Editing Surrey, British Columbia (section)

===Future transportation===
Funding a [[Surrey LRT|light rail transit]] (LRT) line linking both [[Newton, Surrey|Newton]] and Guildford with [[Surrey City Centre]] was agreed to by both BC's provincial government and the federal government. The project was unpopular, and after electing a new mayor and council in October 2018, who had run on a platform to cancel the LRT line in favour of extending the existing SkyTrain line to Langley, made it their first order of business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey council passes motions to scrap LRT, start municipal police force – CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mccallum-first-day-as-mayor-1.4893538 |access-date=November 6, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107042135/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mccallum-first-day-as-mayor-1.4893538 |url-status=live }}</ref> TransLink's Mayors' Council, who has the ultimate authority over the project, responded to this decision by indefinitely suspending work on the light rail project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Vancouver mayors agree to suspend Surrey LRT, start process for SkyTrain to Langley – CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-mayors-council-first-meeting-mccallum-1.4907048 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204173558/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-mayors-council-first-meeting-mccallum-1.4907048 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2019, a {{convert|7|km|adj=on}} Expo Line extension from King George station to 166 Street and [[Fraser Highway]] in [[Fleetwood, Surrey|Fleetwood]] was approved and is estimated to be completed by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=December 9, 2018 |title=TransLink could open new 16-km SkyTrain in Surrey by 2025 |work=Daily Hive |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-surrey-potential-timeline-december-2018 |url-status=live |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209224310/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-surrey-potential-timeline-december-2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=July 25, 2019 |title=Mayors' Council approves first phase of new Surrey-Langley SkyTrain up to Fleetwood |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-fraser-highway-skytrain-fleetwood-july-25-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728040900/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-fraser-highway-skytrain-fleetwood-july-25-2019 |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2019 |website=Daily Hive}}</ref> However, the plan is now to take the SkyTrain the entire way to Langley in one phase by 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain won't be up and running until 2028 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8205897/surrey-to-langley-skytrain-2028-finish-date/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Global News |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922052446/https://globalnews.ca/news/8205897/surrey-to-langley-skytrain-2028-finish-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref>