Surrey In Focus: The Future

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Both! It’s Surrey Urban Screen, one of the largest non-commercial screens of its type in Canada. It’s hard to miss because it’s a huge part – 100 x 32 feet – of the west wall of Surrey’s new Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre.

But calling it just a screen doesn’t do it justice. It’s a surprisingly innovative blend of technology and public art, enabling Surrey Art Gallery and its artists to reach audiences larger than they ever have before.

Not your typical art gallery experienceGiven its size and Surrey City Centre location, the screen is hard to miss. And when the digital media on display is as captivating as the current artwork – Transience by Flicker Art Media (Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby) – the effect can be mesmerizing.

Rich with change and diversity But don’t expect audiences to get bored with the current installation that runs until April 30, 2011. Inspired by the daily travels of commuters and the rich diversity of Surrey’s community, Transience combines thousands of images in dozens of different patterns for a new experience each time. Transience also offers a unique multimedia aspect, with an audio soundtrack being broadcast on 89.9 FM.

Returning public discussion to the public As a critical response to the growing commercialization of public spaces – what some call visual pollution – urban screens are a dynamic new phenomenon in North America. While a small number of European and Australian cities have urban screens, Surrey’s newest public art venue is making waves across the country for its ingenuity.

What’s the potential for this exciting mixture of high-powered media devices and compelling public artwork? Hard to say. But experts hold out considerable hope that venues like Surrey Urban Screen will restore the role of public spaces as a vital location for stimulating social discussions and idea exploration.

Time for a look?Surrey Urban Screen exhibits will change three times per year, with the screen going dark in the summer. With the need for darkness to see the on-screen artwork, viewers will find the venue operating 30 minutes after sunset and continuing until midnight daily.

Image: Flicker Art Media (Aleksandra Dulic & Kenneth Newby), Transience (2010), installation image. Courtesy of the artists, photographed by Sharon Doucette.

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Surrey in Focus was written by Leader reporters Kevin Diakiw, Dan Ferguson, Jeff Nagel and

Sheila Reynolds, and contributor Marelle Reid.

Photographs by staff photographers Evan Seal and Boaz Joseph

Cover and layout design – Glory WilkinsonEditor – Paula Carlson

What’s inside

by Kevin Diakiw

Explorers, trail builders and miners swept through this area 150 years ago, in search of gold.

They were just passing through, and up until 1870, there were still less than 10 families (aside from the Semiahmoo and Kwantlen First Nations) living in what is now Surrey.

Those who stayed were farmers or entrepreneurs after the huge supply of timber. Giant cedars and fi r trees could measure 18 and 25 feet in diameter when fully matured.

Transportation was made possible with little more than a small series of byways: the Semiahmoo-Langley, Kennedy, and Telegraph trails – small roads which suffered seasonal fl ooding.

In the early days, industry in Surrey was all logging and agriculture. Little could the pioneers of that time know they were working on what would become the fastest-growing city in Canada – a boomtown now considered the second “downtown” (after Vancouver) of the Metro region.

Surrey has been working to earn that designation for a long time.

Getting the necessary concentration of commercial, offi ce space and high-density residential buildings into North Surrey – now

known as City Centre – has been the challenge of city councils for decades.

Meetings with business groups, print runs of glossy brochures and promises to “clean up” the crime-ridden Whalley area failed to encourage investors to transform the area into a vibrant city core.

Some progress was made at the turn of this century with the construction of the 25-storey Central City tower and the creation of the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University.

However, administrators in the past have told The Leader many investors were waiting for the city to “put its money where its mouth is” by relocating city hall downtown.

That, along with a host of other civic investments, are in the pipeline now to show Surrey is there, and then some.

Some of the projects identifi ed in the city’s Build Surrey Program – a collection of capital projects that will be built over the next six years – include new swimming pools, gyms, and other recreational facilities; upgrades to the main RCMP detachment and Surrey Pre-Trial Services Centre; hospital expansions; RCMP E Division headquarters; and more.

Specifi c to City Centre will be a new library, performing arts centre, youth park and civic plaza.

And yes, city hall is moving downtown.

At the same time, apartment buildings and residential highrises are sprouting up across the downtown core.

Adding to the promise of a vibrant future are the huge transportation improvements that will have a direct impact on this city, including the construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (which will stretch from the Golden Ears Bridge almost to Deltaport), a new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge, a commitment from the province to build a new Pattullo Bridge, and plans to expand SkyTrain (or other rapid transit technology) deeper into Surrey and on to Langley.

With a current population of 466,000 and 1,000 new residents moving here every month, both challenges and opportunities loom large.

By 2021, Metro Vancouver estimates Surrey will have a population of 578,000. By 2041, that fi gure increases to 740,000 – identical to the 2041 population projection for Vancouver.

Moving that many people throughout the city and providing all the necessary services, such as recreation centres, park land, libraries, etc. – while preserving heritage and the environment – is an imposing challenge.

In the pages that follow, The Leader examines how the City of Surrey is overcoming those hurdles.

From transients and timber,

to Metro’s new metropolisSurrey has grown to become the region’s second downtown

Growth and challenges

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Biggest school district

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Profi le: City Centre

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New education digs

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Motorists: Pay up

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Profi le: Cloverdale

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Profi le: Fleetwood

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Surrey in 2030

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Future of the RCMP

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Profi le: Guildford

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Railway relief

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A LEEDS leader

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Profi le: Newton

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Profi le: South Surrey

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Then and now

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City of Surrey image

This is how Surrey planners envision the City Centre area in the year 2075.

Then and now: King George Highway and 108 Avenue, circa 1950 (top) and King George Boulevard and 108 Avenue today.

Top photo courtesy Surrey Archives; bottom is Evan Seal


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W ith a land mass larger than Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond combined, Surrey has grown at break-neck speed for the last decade.

Many of those years, building permit values exceeded $1 billion, with residential building accounting for most of that construction.

With all of that growth comes both challenges and opportunities.

At 466,000 people and 1,000 more coming to Surrey each month, the city is expected to become the most populous city in B.C. within the next two decades.

As that happens, Surrey is also moving from a rural community to an urban core – already described as the region’s next “Metro Centre.”

Because of that, emerging challenges must be met so the city can make the most out the advantages that come with being a growing, dynamic municipality.

One of the key challenges will be adequate transportation.Vincent Lalonde, Surrey’s general manager of engineering,

believes moving people and goods will be one of the most important tasks to tackle in the years to come.

In charge of the department that designs and builds this city’s roads, Lalonde said Surrey will require thoroughfares that meet the needs of every kind of transportation – from pedestrians, to cyclists to buses, trucks and cars.

“I think the number-one challenge that comes with growth for sure is transportation,” Lalonde said. “That’s where we have been putting a lot more emphasis in the last three to four years.”

Before roads can be planned appropriately, it’s important to know what level of public transit will be available. Surrey has been lobbying TransLink, the transit authority, for a long while in an attempt to get better bus service.

In October, TransLink unveiled its options for rapid transit expansion in Surrey, which include a combination of more SkyTrain lines, a system of ground-level light rail,

and additional buses.Public consultations took place in late October, and results

from the meetings are expected by next summer.“We have to infl uence TransLink and partner with them

for service to our citizens,” Lalonde said. Once better service arrives, more residents will take transit, making it fi nancially viable for TransLink, he said.

Surrey is also working toward establishing sustainable energy for the future.

“District energy” provided by the city will heat buildings in smaller communities.

Lalonde said technologies such geothermal energy (taken from the earth), burned wood chips, waste-to-energy, and biogas create heat which can be piped into buildings, reducing, or eliminating the need for traditional thermal methods.

The fi rst test will be in the new city hall in North Surrey, along with the library, where the heating system will use alternative energy systems.

Jean LaMontagne, Surrey’s general manager of planning and development, agrees that transportation will be key moving forward.

He also said affordable housing will be a huge issue in years to come.

“We’ve got a good stock of houses, but if you have an increase in population, you still need to develop (affordable housing). I think that’s always a challenge, because you try to provide something that’s a quality environment, yet you try to keep it affordable.”

He also notes people living here have become far more conscious of the ecology and sustainability, meaning planners have to stay on their toes.

On the environment front, the City of Surrey is currently in negotiations to construct a biofuel facility to convert the city’s green and food waste into biofuel, which can then be used to power vehicles. This would be the fi rst such plant of

its kind in the province.Surrey is also going to be home to the region’s fi rst eco-

centre, which will be a one-stop drop-off location for recyclable, compostable, and reusable items, as well as whatever is left over as garbage.

“Everybody is getting more educated,” LaMontagne said. “I see this as very meaningful, a healthy challenge – you’ve got the tools to make a difference.”

Laurie Cavan, Surrey’s general manager of parks, said her division has to provide adequate facilities for all those people coming to the city. The Build Surrey Program provides some goals, but Cavan wants to see more of the city’s parks made accessible to active groups.

Mayor Dianne Watts said that’s why the city created the Ecosystem Management Study and the Sustainability Charter.

“We’ve raised the bar,” she said. “We will no longer accept development at any cost.”

With people fl owing into this city quickly, along with challenges, benefi ts also arise – chief among them is Surrey has caught the attention of both the provincial and federal government.

“We really have raised the profi le of Surrey with other levels of government,” Watts said.

That spotlight has resulted in funding for bricks and mortar, with major projects including the expansion of Surrey Memorial Hospital, the Golden Ears Bridge, the new Port Mann Bridge, plans for a new Pattullo Bridge and the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

The fast-paced growth in population also means a requirement for more recreation facilities, many of them identifi ed in the Build Surrey document, a road map for civic construction for the next six years.

Watts said the city still needs to be fi scally prudent.“We’re trying to keep our taxes low,” she said.“We need to build a city, but we also want it to be

affordable.”

Planning for B.C.’s biggest cityMore effi cient transit is key to success in being the province’s most populous municipality

A tale of two cities

Surrey population projections:

2021: 578,000 2031: 668,000 2041: 740,000

Vancouver population projections:

2021: 673,000 2031: 705,000 2041: 740,000

Jobs in Surrey:

2021: 217,000 2031: 259,000 2041: 290,000

Jobs in Vancouver:

2021: 441,000 2031: 464,000 2041: 482,000

Total number of dwelling units, Surrey:

2021: 211,200 2031: 255,700 2041: 285,200

Total number of dwelling units, Vancouver:

2021: 264,500 2031: 306,700 2041: 325,400Evan Seal photo

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by Sheila Reynolds

I f the school district had all the money it wanted to build the classroom space it feels necessary in the coming years, there

would be at least seven new schools built in Surrey by 2015.

There would also be about a dozen additions constructed on cramped schools and another six or so pieces of land purchased to plan for future facilities.

But that wish list isn’t likely to come to fruition.

Surrey hasn’t received any provincial funding for new school space – besides modular buildings to accommodate full-day kindergarten at some schools – since 2005.

One new school, Adams Road Elementary, is set to open this December near 68 Avenue and 182 Street and represents the last of the capital money granted to Surrey fi ve years ago.

“The really frustrating part is we’re shovel ready. If they came along tomorrow and said

‘here’s X million dollars for whatever,’ we’re ready to go,” said Surrey Board of Education chair Laurae McNally.

Even then, however, it takes a minimum of two years to build an elementary school and three to fi ve years to complete a high school.

The lack of additional classroom space in a district growing by hundreds of learners each year means more and more students are destined to spend many class hours in portables.

This year, there are about 230 of the so-called temporary classrooms in Surrey and by 2015, it’s estimated there will be roughly 340.

In some neighbourhoods, such as the Clayton area in north Cloverdale and in Grandview Heights in South Surrey, there is a pressing demand for classrooms as housing development proceeds at lightning speed.

Of course, the shift to full-day kindergarten

in 2010 and 2011 has put further strain on school space.

And the school district is concerned what effect further provincial plans to expand the scope of the public education system may have on Surrey.

In February 2010, the provincial Throne Speech announced “new partnerships with the private sector and parents will enable the establishment of neighbourhood preschools for four-year-olds and three-year-olds within communities over the next fi ve years.”

That, according to projections, would leave several local elementary schools with between

15 and 30 portables apiece.Unless signifi cant capital dollars are

committed in the near future, it’s estimated such a plan would also dramatically increase the overall number of students in Surrey learning in portables.

Struggling to keep pace with school space

Evan Seal photo

Unfortunately, portables will likely remain a familiar sight at Surrey schools, unless new provincial capital money is made available.

How many kids in Surrey schools?

2010: 67,700

2015: an estimated 70,500

Number of kindergarten students

2010: 3,374 in full-day program

2015: 5,100 in full-day program

Portable projections 2010: 232 (5,800 students)

2015: an estimated 340 (8,500 students)

Cost of district’s building wish list

2010-2015: $272 million

Surrey is B.C.’s largest school district, and that’ not going to change in the near future.

“The really frustrating part is we’re shovel

ready.”

Laurae McNally

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Diversity in education

by Sheila Reynolds

It’s already arguably one of the most cul-turally diverse school districts in the prov-ince.

And if trends continue the way they have in recent years, the diversity in the classroom will continue to refl ect that of the rapidly growing city of Surrey.

In 2008, there were a documented 114 languages other than English spoken in the homes of Surrey public school students. And that’s 27 more languages than had been documented just fi ve years earlier.

School district fi gures show nearly 30,000 students – 44 per cent – came from homes where a language other than English is spoken.

Board of Education chair Laurae McNally doesn’t anticipate the trend will change in coming years.

“We are going to be a far more multicultural district than we are now,” predicts McNally, who has been a local school trustee since the 1980s.

At some schools, nearly half the student population are English-as-a-Second-Language learners.

But the multicultural nature of the classroom is far from the only challenge facing Surrey schools.

As has been the trend for more than a decade, the growth in the number of students with special needs continues to exceed the rate of general school population growth.

McNally also expects the number of children with special learning requirements will continue to rise. For years, the pace of enrolment growth of students with special

needs has exceeded the rate of overall enrolment growth.

And with technology playing a bigger role in our world, it’s expected students of all cultures and learning levels will increasingly turn to distance learning.

Surrey Connect, a distributed learning school where students are taught mainly outside the traditional classroom, primarily online, was established in 2003. In its fi rst fi ve years, the number of full- and part-time students enrolled went up by an astonishing 800 per cent.

Often, students will pick up courses that aren’t offered at their schools, or utilize the program to support homeschooling. Students can work at their own pace and registration is continuous, making it a fl exible option for children who don’t thrive in a classroom environment or for family with busy schedules.

“I think students will be more active taking courses online,” says McNally.

Total languages spoken in Surrey schools:

2008 - 1142015 (estimated) - 134

Total online learners (full-time):

2008 - 1,2872015 (estimated) - 2,400

Total special needs learners:

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In 2008, nearly half of students in Surrey came from homes where a language other than English was spoken. The district will become even more multicultural in the coming years.


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The Surrey School District will open the doors to the new District Education Centre (DEC) early next year, providing new spaces for Surrey Connect students, as well as for Education Services, Aboriginal Services and many other district departments and educational programs currently in buildings scattered throughout Surrey.

Building ef ciencyBy consolidating many district and student support departments into a single building, the district will save an estimated $1.25 million annually through effi ciencies, including the reduction of staff travel between district offi ces, elimination of many annual offi ce lease payments and signifi cant energy cost savings. This money, from the district’s annual operating budget, will be directed to the classroom.

Building environmental sustainabilityThe DEC is built to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold standard. LEED is an internationally recognized rating system for a building’s environmental impact. The DEC will help the Surrey School District signifi cantly in meeting provincial government requirements for the reduction of the public sector “carbon footprint”. The new building is expected to reduce the district’s carbon production by 62.5 per cent, and provide a reduction in gas and electricity costs of 54.7 per cent.

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City CentreEvan Seal photo

Surrey Chief Librarian Beth Barlow (left) and Whalley Library Manager Surinder Bhopal with the new City Centre Library taking shape behind them. The 77,000-sq.-ft. space will be a gathering place for bibliophiles and others.

At the current Whalley library, which will be replaced by the City Centre library, branch manager Surinder Bhogal says it can be diffi cult in the much smaller library to fi nd a balance between the community’s need for a space to mingle as well as space to study in silence.

Patron Chris Cahill likes using the computers and fi nding things to read, but he mostly shows up for the social opportunities.

“I probably come here more than I used to,” he says, noting the new branch, being designed with social engagement in mind, will be more conducive to meeting up for a chat.

Along with surfi ng, reading and conversation, there will be a place for all sorts of different activities in the new library.

To start with, the already popular English-as-a-Second-Language classes and Lego club will continue.

There will also be more services, staff, programs, evening hours and books available to check out.

The current collection includes 50,000 items, while the new branch will boast double that amount.

And rather than expanding on the collection even more right away, the library will simply be built with areas that offer room to grow.

Bhogal said it was important to consider the information needs people will have next year, and even 10 years down the road.

In light of this, spaces on the fourth fl oor to be rented out until the library’s collection and services expand to meet future needs.

The City of Surrey has been a strong fi nancial supporter of the new library, committing $16 million to the project, while the provincial and federal governments have contributed $10 million each.

“The new City Centre library will be an architectural landmark and a wonderful gathering place for the community,” said Mayor Dianne Watts.

The library is part of the Build Surrey infrastructure program – a collection of capital projects that are to be designed and constructed in the city’s town centres over the next six years (2010-2016).

City Centre encompasses an area of approximately 581 hectares and is bounded by 112 Avenue to the north, 96 Avenue to the south,

132 Street to the west and 140 Street to the east.Since 1991, Surrey planners have aimed to

develop City Centre into a regional “downtown,” and make it the main business, cultural and social hub for the city and the South Fraser region.

The library will be the initial building in the fi rst phase of the City Centre development, which will later include a new city hall, a performing arts centre and plaza that can welcome up to 5,000 people.

With an eye to the future, the construction in the growing cosmopolitan centre is beginning with the iconic library as the focal point of downtown Surrey.

“It’s going to be like no library you’ve ever seen,” Bhogal says, looking out her corner offi ce window at the construction site already dwarfi ng the little Whalley library. “It will just be this huge, beautiful space that everyone can access.”

Other projects on the go:

Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre (completed) – the centre, at 13458 107A Ave., offi cially opened on May 15, 2010. It was initially built as a Games Preparation Centre, an offi cial venue to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Following the Games, the building was re-opened to the public as a 20,000-sq.-ft. recreation centre featuring a

gymnasium (named after Joe Burns), a youth lounge, preschool area and multi-purpose space.

Covered youth park (completion 2010) – to be constructed in Tom Binnie Park next door to the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre to provide additional opportunities for outdoor recreational activities for youth.

Underground parking facility (2010-2013) – will provide parking for the new library and city hall projects and will have capacity to support additional private sector development in the City Centre area as well.

New city hall (2012-2013) – Surrey’s new municipal centre is currently being designed and will be approximately 165,000 square feet.

Civic plaza (2012-2013) – a large outdoor plaza will be built adjacent to city hall and the library that will serve as a gathering place for large civic celebrations and other outdoor events.

Performing arts centre (to be announced) – a regional scale performing arts centre will provide a venue for world-class performances. The centre will include a 1,600-seat fl exible theatre and a 250-seat studio theatre.

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Imagine walking into a large warm room where people are relaxing in arm chairs next to displays of the latest best-sellers while sip-

ping their morning dark roast. Rain streams down the window panes behind a

roaring fi replace. People are chatting or tapping away on their laptops.

Though it looks like a bookstore, this is actually the public library.

No more the hushed reading room, the modern library has evolved to become the heart of the community.

And by this time next year, Surrey residents will be able to enjoy their new City Centre branch – a $36-million, 77,000-sq.-ft. project – in more ways than one.

The four-storey LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver-certifi ed structure will feature, among other things, a coffee shop on the main fl oor, a teen lounge and gaming area, a world languages collection, quiet and silent study areas, a children’s section, living room reading lounge, outreach services for the visually impaired, and even a meditation room.

Electronic services will be the most up-to-date in the province, with self-serve check-out stations and 80 computers for Internet connection.

In designing the look of the interior space, the team at Bing Thom Architects (BTA) wanted to emphasize the library as a place for community gathering.

A neutral palette of cream and maple will allow the books and people inside to add the colour.

“Building a library with a lot of stacks in it is not necessarily the priority,” said BTA principal Michael Heeney. “It’s really about space – space for people as opposed to books. Trying to think about the kinds of activities that happen in libraries, we tried to make sure we had spaces that support those kinds of activities.”


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Surrey Board of Education chair Laurae McNally is looking forward to moving into new offi ce space at 92 Avenue and 140 Street. Currently, school administration staff are spread among 10 different buildings throughout the city.

Surrey schools staff and online learners will occupy new District Education Centre

by Sheila Reynolds

It was more than 20 years ago when it was fi rst identifi ed as a need in the Surrey School District: a new administration building.

At that time, the school board of the day simply wanted government help to pay for a building to house the increasing number of staff members in the rapidly growing district.

But the project was never approved for funding and was shelved year after year while local enrolment ballooned and other funding priorities took hold.

Since then, the district has been forced to lease several other buildings – space that simply isn’t available at the inadequate board of education building located across from city hall on 56 Avenue near 144 Street.

Surrey, the largest school district in B.C., currently has a 50-year-old main offi ce of just 18,000 square feet., compared to the 103,000-sq-ft. building the Vancouver Board of Education occupies.

Surrey school administrative staff are now spread among 10 different buildings all over the sprawling city – and the district spends more than $1 million per year in lease and energy costs alone on those various sites.

Next year, however, the district’s dream of opening a single, effi cient, environmentally sound facility that will house hundreds of staff members and provide space for educational programs and meetings, will fi nally come to fruition.

“I never thought I’d live long enough to see this day,” said Surrey Board of Education chair Laurae McNally, who was a trustee when the concept of a new board offi ce was fi rst fl oated in the mid-1980s.

The new District Education Centre (DEC), located at 92 Avenue and 140 Street, is scheduled to be complete by the end of December, with staff members moving in

during phases over the fi rst four to eight months in 2011.The four-storey building will house about 475 staff members, and

will also have space for Grade 10-12 students in the Surrey Connect distributed learning program.

The $40-million building is being funded without provincial government help, by way of district-generated funds such as facility rentals and international student fees. While the cost is signifi cant, the district estimates it will save about $1.5 million annually by consolidating staff and services in one location

As a bonus, DEC is not only environmentally friendly in that staff won’t have to drive between all the various sites, but the facility is being built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standard. The building has geothermal heating, drawing and circulating heat from the earth, and numerous thermal glass windows and skylights for natural light.

“Nobody will be happier than me when DEC opens,” said McNally, noting money will be freed up for kids and classrooms, and communication amongst administrators will be greatly improved.

Second and third phases are planned at the DEC site eventually, but the timing of those additions are dependent on a number of factors, including the sale of the current district-owned land.

Moving on up

Current Surrey education offi ce: 18,000 square feet.

Vancouver board offi ce: 103,000 square feet.

New Surrey education centre: 150,000 square feet.

Employees from 10 separate offi ces throughout Surrey will be consolidated at the new District Education Centre.

The $40-million building is being paid for by the school district, without any funding from the provincial government.


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Congestion at Surrey’s Highway 1 interchanges – particularly up 152 Street near Guildford – should be much less frequent come 2015.

The new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge will be open by then and a proposed new six-lane Pattullo Bridge may be up as well.

The two rebuilt spans, coupled with the so far under-used Golden Ears Bridge, will assure much easier access from North Surrey over the Fraser River – at least for those willing to pay.

The Port Mann crossing will be electronically tolled and the expectation so far is the new Pattullo will be as well.

That’s fed concerns that the gridlock near the freeway may simply shift downriver as drivers who don’t want to pay at the three toll bridges divert as far away as the Alex Fraser Bridge for a free crossing.

“This is a signifi cant issue for us,” Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said. “We’re paying tolls to get across the bridges and no other bridges are tolled in the region.

“If people want to get around it, they’ll go down to the Alex Fraser to get a free alternative. That exacerbates the problem and doesn’t accomplish the overall goal of reducing traffi c congestion and getting us out of cars.”

Victoria Transportation Policy Institute analyst Todd Litman says Surrey residents are rightly angered tolls are being applied only here, and not broadly across the region.

“You’re reducing congestion on the highways, but you’re going to have worse traffi c congestion on the surface streets.”

He said the root problem is the province’s “unfair and ineffi cient” policy of tolling only major new infrastructure, not existing bridges or corridors.

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Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, with the construction of the new Port Mann Bridge behind her, wants to see tolls throughout the region.

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Tolls or other mechanisms – from higher parking prices to distance-based insurance – should be applied region-wide to help raise money for needed transit expansion and to control congestion, Litman argues.

Australian planners were recently taken by surprise when a new toll tunnel built to bypass congestion in Brisbane ended up with far fewer users than expected – in part because GPS guidance systems used by many Australians alert them to the approaching toll and guide users to a free alternative.

But Gateway Program spokesperson Pamela Ryan rejects the premise many motorists will fl ee the Highway 1 corridor to avoid tolls.

“There may be those who decide to avoid the Port Mann Bridge and take another crossing, but there are others who are already taking those other crossings [to avoid Highway 1 congestion] who would gladly taken an improved and tolled Port Mann Bridge,” she said.

Modelling shows Port Mann tolls will have minimal impacts on traffi c fl ows over other bridges, such as the Pattullo and Alex Fraser.

The current number of 130,000 vehicles crossing the Port Mann each day is expected to rise to 140,000 after opening day.

That’s in contrast with the experience at the Golden Ears Bridge, where initial use was weak after tolls kicked in.

Ryan says Golden Ears depended on drumming up new users, which is not a problem at the Port Mann, particularly with rapid population growth expected in the Surrey and Coquitlam areas.

Two lanes are dedicated for local use only, effectively acting like a separate bridge directly linking Surrey to Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam.

Tolls will be applied as soon as the new bridge opens in late 2012, even though only eight lanes of the 10 lanes will be open for the fi rst several months.

Ryan said relatively free-fl owing conditions should

prevail over the Port Mann for much of the day except for peak periods of 90 minutes to two hours and during major entertainment events – similar to bridges elsewhere in the region.

Commuters over the bridge should save 30 minutes to an hour of travel time each day, she said.An entirely new transit option will also be available when the bridge opens.

RapidBus service is promised to run from 202 Street in Langley to Lougheed Station in Burnaby, making a stop near 156 Street in Surrey.

Frequent service every 10 to 15 minutes is planned at peak times and the full run from Langley to Lougheed is estimated at 25 minutes.

Big transportation gains are also projected with the opening of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR).

The 40-kilometre highway linking Deltaport to Highway 1 and the Golden Ears Bridge is expected to be fully open by the end of

2013, with the Surrey portion of the corridor opening by late 2012.

“You will be able to drive from the Tsawwassen ferry terminal to Highway 1 in about 20 minutes,” predicts Gateway Program executive director Geoff Freer.

Thirty minutes will get ferry traffi c to Maple Ridge via the Golden Ears Bridge, he says.

Freer also expects plenty of Delta residents will use the SFPR to park at Scott Road Station to board SkyTrain

rather than driving through the Highway 99 tunnel and across Richmond to reach the Canada Line.

Eliminating trucks and most other traffi c from River Road should also mean much less congestion there, as well as more reliable TransLink bus service.

Highway 99 will also be friendlier to buses — HOV/bus lanes that run through Richmond and part of Delta will be extended the rest of the way to South Surrey by next spring. (The newest leg will be bus-only westbound from King George Boulevard to the Highway 91 interchange).

Improvements to ease rail shipments along the Roberts Bank corridor should also reduce delays for some motorists. An overpass at 152 Street just south of Highway 10, for example, will speed vehicles over trains, ending one source of local congestion.

The South Fraser Perimeter Road – a 40-kilometre highway linking Deltaport to Highway 1 and the Golden Ears Bridge – is expected to be fully open by the end of 2013.

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Port Mann/Highway 1 Project$2.46 billion ($3.1 billion including fi nancing):New 10-lane bridge. Lanes doubled on 37 kilometres of freeway widening.HOV lanes through Surrey as far as 200 Street in Langley.Direct connect local lanes dedicated for traffi c between Surrey and Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam.Multiple new or rebuilt interchanges. Bridge tolls: $2.85 base ($5.15 if not paid within two days).

South Fraser Perimeter Road$1.2 billion:40-kilometre four-lane highway along the south bank of the Fraser River.Connects Deltaport, Fraser Surrey Docks and riverside industrial areas to Highways 1, 17 and the Golden Ears Bridge.

New Pattullo Bridge$1 billion (estimated):Six-lane bridge built to modern standards, ending hazards of 75-year-old span.Likely to be tolled barring another fi nancing mechanism.

Transit upgrades:Highway 1 RapidBus service between north Surrey/Langley and Lougheed Station in Burnaby to come with new Port Mann Bridge.New SkyTrain, light rail or bus rapid transit lines under consideration to link Surrey City Centre to Langley, Guildford and South Surrey/White Rock. Costs and timing undetermined, routes and technologies to be chosen in 2011.

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Bus rides will become a lot more high-tech in the coming years, with on-board wifi and digital displays at transit stops.

The replacement span for the Pattullo Bridge will likely be tolled.

For residents hoping public transit will offer a real alternative to driving, the jury is still out.

Within Surrey itself, a SkyTrain extension to Langley could be under construction if not built by 2020, although it could be much longer if TransLink’s funding tribulations continue.

Alternate scenarios that could be cheaper and therefore faster to build include using light rail or bus rapid transit (BRT) technology to build new lines down Fraser Highway to Langley, down King George Boulevard to White Rock and to link Guildford to City Centre via 104 Avenue.

Nor have advocates given up hope for a light rail service on the old Interurban rail corridor, from Scott Road station through Newton and Cloverdale to Langley and beyond.

A major bolstering of the frequent transit network now taking shape, which promises bus service at least every 15 minutes on a growing mesh of corridors, will go a long way to transforming Surrey, predicts SFU City Program Director Gordon Price.

“Having a range of choices integrated into a seamless network offering frequent service – that’s where change comes,” he said.

Besides the transportation options themselves – and barring a super-spike in oil prices – much of how we move in the future will depend on how and where we live.

Surrey City Centre’s emergence as a dense centre with attractive amenities and a growing

university will play a critical role, Price said.“You’ll see more of an urban place emerge

– especially once you add a couple thousand young people who don’t operate on the same assumption that they’re all going to drive.”

That, he said, could counterbalance the risk that the Gateway road expansions will intensify sprawl and “lock Surrey and Langley into another decade of car dependence.”

Beyond our borders

It’s tempting to look at Surrey in isolation, but transit and transportation improvements elsewhere in the Lower Mainland will have a huge impact on local residents.

Rapid transit upgrades elsewhere will make TransLink’s system more usable and attractive to Surrey residents by 2015 – just as the opening of the Canada Line did last year.

The Evergreen Line should be up and running, connecting Burnaby’s Lougheed Station to Port Moody and Coquitlam by then – opening up new areas that are accessible via SkyTrain.

And plans are being laid to double the capacity of SkyTrain’s Expo Line, easing congestion on the Surrey-New Westminster-Burnaby-Vancouver route.

Extending high-quality transit further east into the Fraser Valley is arguably as

important to Surrey as it is to the Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack residents who would be served.

That’s because a rapid transit line reaching far to the east could take thousands of Valley motorists off Surrey streets who now have to drive in or through this city because they have no viable transit alternative.

It would also cement the future of Surrey’s City Centre as the region’s second Metro downtown, because new lines would converge there and act as a pipeline for workers, shoppers and students.

Tech on transit

The future looks a lot smarter for transit users.

Smart cards may allow you to pay for a short hop on a bus – maybe also even a taxi.

Your cellphone will tell you exactly how long it will be before the next bus arrives at your stop – if the stop itself doesn’t have a digital display counting down the time to the next bus.

And amenities like on-board wifi could someday make a train or bus ride more productive.

The trip may even be shorter – thanks to the bus driver’s ability to remotely hold a green light until the bus gets through and make use of dedicated bus-only freeway on-ramps to bypass congestion.

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Peter Fedos and friend at the site of a new 9,000-sq.-ft. animal shelter on Colebrook Road. Fedos, a program manager for Hyland House, a shelter for people, says his shelter will work closely with the pet-friendly centre.

“At Kwantlen Polytechnic College, just down the road, they have a farrier program, so there’s a lot of synergy there. So there’s the capability to have farming and horticulture and farrier, dog grooming – all of those things.”

The new animal shelter will be taking over the one currently being managed by the Surrey SPCA on 152 Street. While the SPCA will still oversee cruelty cases, the city-run centre will offer veterinary services and animal control offi cers will be based there to deal with strays, licensing issues and other animal management concerns.

Specifi c details of the building have yet to be determined, but the budget is in place, said Watts, and Chernoff Thompson Architects have been retained to design the centre.

The Vancouver-based fi rm has designed several other animal care facilities, including the 4,800-sq.-ft. building owned and operated by the City of Coquitlam.

That structure includes an area for volunteers, clerical and manager offi ces, space for bylaw offi cers, a treatment room, an animal wash and food storage areas.

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A homeless woman hunkers down for the night in a makeshift tent some-where in Surrey.

It’s November, and it’s cold.There’s a shelter nearby where a warm bed and a hot meal could be hers, but

she’s trading both for something more important: a 14-year old Rottweiler-shepherd cross curled up beside her.

The two of them have been together since the dog was a pup.He is her loyal companion, her protector, the one constant in her life, and

she is not willing to abandon him.Peter Fedos, program manager of Hyland House, a 35-bed emergency shelter

for homeless men and women in Cloverdale, sympathizes.“How can you expect someone like that to leave their dog somewhere else

and not have him with them?” he asks.“It makes it more diffi cult to accommodate someone who’s not willing to

part with their animal. We slowly became aware, while providing homeless services, how big a need there is for people that actually need sheltering with their pets.”

Since 1993, Fedos has been working with Options Surrey Community Services, helping individuals who are homeless or who are considered at risk of becoming homeless in Surrey.

At Hyland House on Colebrook Road, there is also a 20-unit supported housing component available for transition and second-stage housing, as well as personal development programming, such as employment, accommodation and community integration.

During a cold weather crisis, Hyland House can accommodate an additional 15 emergency beds.

There are no animals allowed in the building (other than assistance dogs), but the problem will soon be solved, since the city is planning to build a 9,000-sq.-ft. state-of-the-art animal shelter close by.

People staying at the shelter will be able to keep their animals in a newly added pet area at Hyland House and will also have an opportunity to volunteer at the city-run animal shelter.

There is a garden at Hyland House where residents do landscape work and tend to the plants. With a variety of work to do with animals as well, the activity can be a form of therapy for those who stay at the homeless shelter, Fedos said.

Mayor Diane Watts said this setup – a homeless shelter in a rural area where therapeutic farm work and pet-friendly accommodation is available – is unique in the Lower Mainland.

“We’ll have a program set up where they can volunteer, learn about animals, learn about grooming, because we’ll also have horses there as well.”

Designers took care to provide an attractive space for visitors to maximize animal adoption rates.

Watts said it will be important to ensure that the Surrey animal shelter also have the same variety of amenities, including a large cat room and space for enough kennels.

Knowing their pets are being cared for while they attend to their own needs will be a big step in the right direction for homeless people in Surrey.

“That relationship with animals is a key relationship,” says Watts. “We’ve seen the research.”

Other projects on the go: New Cloverdale recreation centre

(completion 2010-2011)– 65,000-sq.-ft. centre will include three gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms, a fitness facility and seniors’ space. The centre is being constructed on the east side of 176 Street at 62A Avenue, adjacent to the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

Cloverdale Greenway trails and North Creek Bridge (2010-2011) – pedestrian and cycling trails and a new bridge across North Creek will be constructed to accommodate growing demand for recreational opportunities in Cloverdale.

Clayton Park improvements (2012-2013) – new amenities will be added to this park to meet growing demand.

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Like many kids in Surrey, Jamie Allen grew up playing hockey.

Ever since his dad took him to the local arena and tied a pair of skates on his feet for the fi rst time, he’s loved the sport.

“It’s a pretty exhilarating feeling,” he said. “It’s like riding a bike. You throw on your skates, you get out there and the wind’s blowing in your face and it’s just nice and fresh.”

Today, Allen is the president of the Surrey Minor Hockey Association.

Although he only gets out for a game about once a year now, he’s still passionate about being on the ice.

And he’s not the only one who feels this way.Whether it’s a wobbly line of four-year-olds barely able to

stand or a team of top players fl ying along the boards, the number of people wanting time at one of the eight ice rinks in Surrey is huge – and growing.

There are more than 2,500 players on 61 teams between the ages of four and 20 registered for minor hockey in this town.

Players in high school get up before the sun to practise their shots while their bleary-eyed parents watch from the stands.

Adult teams gratefully accept 11 p.m. weekday game times because there’s just no other slots available.

Then, of course, there are the recreational players, men’s and women’s teams and fi gure skaters wanting to hit the ice, not to mention the droves of residents who just w ant some public skate time to fool around with friends on the weekend.

In an effort to keep up with the demand, the City of Surrey has set aside part of the Build Surrey Program’s budget for another sheet of ice to be installed at the Surrey Sports and

Leisure Complex by 2016.Having four rinks in the same building will be convenient

for residents, be better for hosting tournaments, and will be more effi cient in terms of keeping equipment and staff together under one roof, said Laurie Cavan, general manager of parks and recreation.

For hockey especially, which has the greatest demand in terms of number of users, more ice means more playing time.

“It’s defi nitely a positive,” said Allen. “Whenever you’re putting stuff together for the kids, no matter how small you feel it is, it’s still a big part.”

Allen believes the city’s support for hockey will benefi t residents in many ways.

Not just because hockey is fun, but because of the character-building qualities of the sport.

Hockey kids spend time learning teamwork, maintaining good fi tness, and building their self-esteem – which makes for contributing, upstanding citizens, he said.

Having coached for many years, and seeing his own son, now 18, stay dedicated to the game, Allen is confi dent more ice is needed.

With the Winter Olympics earlier this year, there was a big jump in the number of children ages four to seven registering for hockey

Whenever the Vancouver Canucks get into in the NHL playoffs, Surrey Minor Hockey sees a big spike in registration the next season.

Considering there are increasing numbers of parents wanting their kids to play, it’s clear there won’t be a moment when the new rink won’t have at least one pair of skates carving it up. It just makes sense to give the opportunity for

every kid to play, whether or not they’ll make it to the NHL, said Allen, who understands the joy of getting in on the game.

“I had one young fellow one year that was playing when I was coaching down at a lower level. This young guy, he couldn’t skate very well, but I would skate over to him and I would look down at him when he fell down and he had the biggest smile on his face you could ever imagine.

“And he wasn’t very good, but he just loved to be there. He stayed for years, and he never did actually get very good at the game, but he never quit smiling. So, it’s kind of cool when you see that kind of stuff.”

Other projects onthe go:

Seniors’ park (completion 2010) – The new community park offers specialized outdoor recreation equipment and activities for seniors.

New gymnasiums (2013-2014) – A pair of gyms will be added to the Fleetwood Recreation Centre to allow for a broader range of activities to be offered in the community.

Ice: A hot commodity in SurreyMore than 2,500 players in minor hockey jostle for available rink time

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president of the Surrey Minor Hockey Association, at the Surrey Sports and Leisure Complex in Fleetwood. The recreation centre will be home to a fourth sheet of ice by 2016.

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I n 2030, Eric Basran will be 32 years old.

The city the Surrey resident grew up in will be a very different community from the municipality in transition he will remember as a 12-year-old living here in 2010.

Whether the Surrey of the future is simply a bigger version of its current self or something better is a matter that is being decided right now.

If all goes well, the grown-up Eric could be living in a Surrey that has remade itself into a Vancouver-style pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly mix of high-density buildings served by an expanded transit system.

In this scenario, the attempt by planners in 2010 to create a vibrant City Centre in Whalley has succeeded.

Among the people who pulled it off are the same developers responsible for the makeover of the old Expo ‘86 site next to Vancouver’s Yaletown district who brought their expertise to the reinvention of downtown Surrey.

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In North Surrey, 20 years from now, the patchwork of old and new, mostly low-rise buildings and aging single-family homes will be largely gone.

Tall residential complexes will rise above a colourful street-level parade of retail stores, public parks and other amenities.

The grown-up Eric will be able to leave his car at home most days, walking or biking to nearby destinations.

He won’t need to hop SkyTrain across the river into Vancouver because he will have been able to fi nd work in his hometown.

SkyTrain will have been expanded, with new lines bringing in people from all directions.

There will be a larger number of people commuting from Vancouver to new offi ces in Surrey, reversing the traditional ebb and fl ow of commuter traffi c.

If a Surrey resident does need to drive, he or she will have the choice of two new bridges, the Port Mann and the Pattullo, which will be able to handle a surge of new-technology transportation.

Vehicles will be powered by gas, diesel, electricity or hydrogen in 2030, but they will still need lanes and places to park.

But the bad old days of semi-trailer trucks jousting with smaller cars and trucks on congested streets will be just a memory, with the bulk of the trucks discreetly directed on to their own route: the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

Offi cial bird? The construction crane

Business will be booming.Surrey Board of Trade meetings will be bigger

and the carpets at the new board offices will be plusher.

When people tell jokes about Surrey, it will be about the rapid pace of growth and development.

Much like Calgary, some will say the city’s official bird has become the construction crane.

If you don’t like the view, wait a week, others will say -- someone will build something there.

Older residents will bore the young by muttering about the way things used to be.

That fancy highrise? It used to be a second-hand store.

Those new riverfront residences? Former auto wrecking yards.

And don’t get them started on the changes to the annual Cloverdale fair, which like many local celebrations, has grown bigger and better.

The kids will shrug and wait for the conversation to return to something they care about, such as tech toys.

The shiny new City of Surrey will be better adapted to whatever unexpected technological changes are waiting in the wings.

If The Surrey-North Delta Leader turns 100 (in 2029) at a time when newspapers are read using disposable electronic reading devices, bandwidth will be required. A lot of it.

And if we are going to have helpful but ironic computer assistants with personalities of the kind described in William Gibson science fiction novels, a lot of infrastructure is going to be needed to accommodate the vast electronic pipelines they will require.

Some of the changes in tomorrow’s Surrey will be low-tech but no less dramatic.

New boulevards that were once modest patches of lawn dotted with small bushes and new trees will be overshadowed by towering greenery that will cement the Surrey reputation as a city of parks.

“Living walls” of greenery will form vertical gardens on highrises, and green rooftops

Some things will be preserved.Thanks to a regional focus on preserving

greenways and parks, it will still be possible to witness a deer

wandering through a North Surrey

neighbourhood.Raccoons will still

be raiding backyard gardens.And every time the

Canucks get within a whisker of making the

playoffs, no one will be able to move around 72 Avenue and

Scott Road for hours after the game. There will be shouting flag-wavers of all ages.

Other things will be added to the city scene.

Police on horseback will be on patrol.

Facing the future SurreyIn the year 2030, the city will be bigger,

taller and better – maybe

see Future on PAGE 25 ..................


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What kind of a Surrey will Eric Basran, 12, see 20 years from now, when he’s 32 years old? The answer lies in planning decisions that are being made right now.


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and soccer fi elds.Signs in Punjabi script will be as common and unremarkable as Chinese characters are in Richmond and Vancouver.

Vancouver residents in search of the fi nest in South Asian cuisine, music and fashion will make pilgrimages to Surrey.

Unlike the rest of an aging Canada, Surrey will have a higher percentage of young people, many of them second-

generation residents whose parents, like the B.C.-born Eric, came here from somewhere else.

And the seeds for this reinvented city South of the Fraser will have been sowed several decades earlier, when planners made decisions about the best way to shape growth.

Or more urban sprawl?

That’s the positive view, that today’s best-laid plans did not go astray.

Surrey could instead be a failed attempt of renewal that mirrors portions of Calgary, another community recently transformed by booming growth.For a long time, there were gaps in the downtown

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demolished blocks of old homes for new highrises that were never built.They ended up as parking lots.

In that scenario, Eric may be forced to move away from a community that tried and failed to get a grip on growth, that became an untidy sprawl of strip malls and townhouse projects, a city with no heart.

It will be remembered as the failure of an ambitious attempt at remaking a former suburban bedroom commuter community into something so much more.

Will Surrey succeed or fail?We’ll find out.

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Tomorrow’s citizens of Surrey will face a city that is even more multicultural than it is now.

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By 2041, Surrey will be as big as Vancouver in terms of population, with each city home to an estimated 740,000 people. But the cities will be diff erent in nature.

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By the time it’s completed in 2013, the new B.C. headquar-ters for the RCMP in Surrey

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The $966-million 76,162-square-metre facility at the Green Timbers site in the 14200 block of 96 Avenue is intended to house more than 2,700 RCMP E Division Headquarters personnel. But it could as easily accommodate a revived BCPP.

That will only happen if negotiations between the province and the Mounties don’t produce a new policing contract by the time the current agreement expires in 2012.

Among the issues that have to be sorted out, accountability is near the top of the list.

Critics complain the federal police force doesn’t have the kind of direct, local civilian oversight that municipal police forces like those in Delta and Vancouver do.

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Failure of the contract talks and the resulting resurrection of a provincial police force would represent a historic reversal.

It’s been 60 years since an abrupt and controversial decision by the Liberal-Conservative coalition government in Victoria closed down the BCPP and turned provincial policing over to the RCMP.

There were howls of outrage from the municipalities that employed the BCPP because they were not consulted.

Supporters of the switch argued the BCPP was poorly run and prone to corruption, while opponents said it was a desperate attempt by the embattled coalition government to save money on policing so cash could be funnelled into pre-election public works spending.

At the time, the BCPP had a longer history than the RCM, beginning with its formation in November 1858 at Fort Langley, 15 years before the Mounties’ force took shape.

The RCMP has held the B.C. contract ever since, one that includes Surrey, home of the largest RCMP detachment in Canada.

The RCMP... or something else?Provincial negotiations could change the face of policing in Surrey

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M embers of Canada’s police force know what it’s like to move around a lot.

Most RCMP officers start work outside their home province and then get assigned to a whole new region at least once more during their careers.

Being from Nova Scotia, Supt. Wayne Sutherland knows what that’s all about.

He lived back east for several years before coming to B.C. in 2004.

“I was stationed in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and the next day I was in stationed in Surrey, so I know what it’s like to go from one side to the other.”

In 2007, Sutherland was moved to RCMP headquarters in Vancouver to become director of major capital projects.

His job for the past three years has been to oversee the big RCMP E Division headquarters move to its new site in Surrey.

Right now, there are employees and Mounties occupying 25 different offices around the Lower Mainland.

The current buildings are overcrowded, inconveniently located, and too spread out – it’s time to bring everyone together in one place, Sutherland said.

By 2013, the RCMP’s new 249,888-sq,-ft. complex, which includes a seven-storey office building currently under construction at 14200 Green Timbers Way, will be completed.

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Home to 2,700 RCMP employees, the new headquarters for the force’s E Division is to be completed by 2013.

The new headquarters will be home to 2,700 RCMP employees, including members of integrated units, such as the homicide investigation team.

“The fact that we’re going to amalgamate all our current headquarters locations in one facility, I think is a great opportunity for the organization, because it allows us to be better integrated, it allows us to give better service, it allows us to be more efficient and more effective,” said Sutherland.

Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass, RCMP chief executive for the pacific region, concurred.

“A unified headquarters facility will allow employees and integrated teams to work toward the common goal of keeping the people and communities in the region, British Columbia, and the country, safe,” he said. “Ultimately, this is about the RCMP being well connected to communities across British Columbia.”

The contract and construction is being handled by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) as a private-

public partnership with Green Timbers Accommodation Partners.

PWGSC started three years ago on an extensive search to find the best location.

The 14.8-hectare site in Surrey was chosen for its central location in the

Lower Mainland, availability of land space big enough to accommodate the large building, and access to major highways.

With Surrey’s long-term vision of growth for the future, the move is good for police as well as the city.

“I think it’s a great benefit to the City of Surrey to have the headquarters here,” said mayor Diane Watts. “We’re the largest RCMP detachment in the country, so it’s quite fitting that we’ll have the headquarters situated in Surrey as well.”

The official ground-breaking ceremony in May of this year saw the start of the construction project that created 900 jobs right away, with the potential for more

down the road. The building will meet LEED (Leadership

in Energy and Environmental Design) Canada gold certification, using the latest in industry technology and standards. It is

scheduled to be completed in December of 2012.

As part of the project agreement, Green Timbers Accommodation Partners agreed to a fixed price of $966 million to design, build, finance and maintain the facility for 25 years after construction.

Sutherland said his fellow RCMP employees are looking forward to moving into and staying at the new location for at least that long.

Once they move in, of course, his role there will be over.

Though he may be stationed in the new building in a new job with the force, Sutherland could just as likely be off to Ottawa or some other city in Canada.

Once again, it might be time for another Mountie to find a new home.

Other projects onthe go:

Fitness facility and gymnasium for Fraser Heights Recreation Centre (completion 2010-2011) – to serve the citizens of the rapidly growing community of Fraser Heights.

Outpatient hospital (2011) – the five-level, 17,500-square-metre complex at 140 Street and Fraser Highway will provide day surgery and other outpatient services.

New artificial turf field at Hjorth Road Park (2012) – this second artificial turf field will provide additional capacity to accommodate growing demand for outdoor field programming.

New ER and critical care tower at Surrey Memorial Hospital (2013-2014) – When the new emergency department opens at SMH – sometime in 2013 – it will be five times larger than the existing ER and built to handle an expected 101,000 annual patient visits by 2020.

The 25,000-square-metre critical care tower, expected to open in 2014, will add 151 beds to the hospital, bringing the total number of beds at SMH to 650. And Fraser Health’s long range vision for expanding the hospital doesn’t end there. Planners envision eventually building a second tower at the site.

Swimming pool at Guildford Recreation Centre (2013-2015) – will provide increased access to swimming lessons and recreational swimming for residents of the North Surrey area, particularly Guildford and Fraser Heights. The new facility will also complement service being provided by the pools at North Surrey Recreation Centre and Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex.

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Work has begun this fall that will see an end to traffi c jams at train cross-ings.

The $360-million Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Program includes constructing overpasses at most busy railway crossings in Delta, Surrey and Langley.

The costs of the program are being shared between the federal government, B.C. Rail, the rail companies and the cities where the construction is taking place.

Surrey Coun. Marvin Hunt said the program is great news for commuters who will no longer have to wait for trains, which will soon be double their current lengths.

He also noted the city is getting a great bargain because the costs are being split so many ways. About $360 million in improvements along the rail line are coming with a $20-million investment from the city.

Sand pre-loading began at 152 Street and Colebrook Road in October. The preload will remain there for two years before construction can begin on the $40-million overpass. In the meantime, a road diversion will allow traffi c to fl ow around the construction site.

Overpasses will also be built at 192 Street ($34 million), 54 Avenue ($25 million) and 196 Street ($60 million) and crossing improvements are planned at 168 Street.

In Delta, the road bridging is planned for 41B Street ($24 million) and 80 Street (a $19-million overpass to Boundary Bay Airport).

Langley will have overpasses built at 64 Avenue at Highway 10 ($51 million) and 232 Street ($25 million).

Various other projects are also planned including realignments of Colebrook Road by Panorama Ridge.

The projects improve the links serving from the Deltaport Container Terminal and the Westshore Coal Terminal through the B.C. Lower Mainland to the rest of Canada.

The work also allows train companies to lengthen trains to 13,000 feet, nearly double their current size.

With a planned spur line near Panorama Ridge, train traffi c will more easily be able to travel both ways.

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LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Envi-ronmental Design, is a globally accepted sustainable development rating system,

generally used to determine how green a build-ing is. Although some major private developers have jumped onboard with LEED, it is recently changed provincial law, which institutes that all government-funded buildings must be LEED Gold or higher, that has produced a boon of green buildings in Surrey.

Cities around the world like to compare their green credentials based on how many LEED-certifi ed buildings are within their borders. So where does suburban Surrey rank? Higher than one might assume. According to data from the Canada Green Building Council, Surrey has 24 certifi ed buildings either completed or under construction.

While the number may seem high, only fi ve of these developments were fi nanced by private money. The other 19 are recent government projects that had to meet the LEED standard, such as new schools, the new RCMP headquarters, and the new outpatient hospital.

The full list of LEED buildings is as follows:• Semiahmoo Library (January 2004)• Surrey Transfer Station (April 2005)• Czorny Alzheimer Centre – 16850 66 Ave. (July 2005)• Kwantlen Polytechnic University library expansion – 12666 72 Ave. (January 2007)• Kwantlen Administration Building – 12666 72 Ave. (March 2007)

• Envision Credit Union Newton – 7322 King George Blvd. (November 2007)• Kwantlen Cloverdale Campus (September 2008)• Ministry of Labour offi ce building – 13650 102 Ave. (2008)• Peace Arch Visitor’s Centre (April 2009)• Frito Lay Distribution Centre – 11811 103A Ave. (April 2009)• Warehouse and Cold Storage – 2775 190 St. (November 2009)• CityPoint towers - 10777 University Dr. (March 2010)• Woodward Hill Elementary – 6082 142 St (May 2010)• Adams Road Elementary – 18228 68 Ave (September 2010)• Maxxine Wright Centre – 13729 92 Ave (September 2010)

• Creekside Health and Housing Centre -13670 94 Ave. (Jan 2011)• Surrey City Centre Library – 10350 University Dr. (March 2011)• Alder Gardens YWCA – 138 Street and 70 Avenue (April 2011)• SFU Podium 2 expansion – 13450 102 Ave. (April 2011)• Mountain Equipment Co-op Distribution Centre – 13340 76 Ave. (July 2011)• Surrey Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre – 9750 140 St. (summer 2011)• SD36 District Education Centre – 14033 92 Ave. (November 2011)• RCMP E-Division headquarters – Green Timbers (2012)

• SMH Acute Care Tower – 13750 96 Ave (December 2014)

With Vancouver at 111 LEED buildings, and Victoria at 52, Surrey ranks third in the province based on the number of LEED buildings. Cities

behind Surrey include Burnaby at 21, North Vancouver at 19, Kelowna at 16, Kamloops at 13, Nanaimo at 11, and Richmond and Maple Ridge tied at eight each.

Nationally, we compare well too. Here are some of the larger cities in Canada and their respective LEED-certifi ed buildings: Toronto – 205; Calgary – 125; Montreal – 78; Ottawa – 76; Winnipeg – 67; Edmonton – 64; Quebec City – 37; Mississauga – 33; Brampton – 22; Halifax – 22; Kitchener – 20; Markham – 20; Kingston – 19; Saskatoon – 18; Vaughan – 16

In comparison to the eastern suburban cities, Surrey is pulling its weight. We are outdone only slightly by Mississauga, but beat out Brampton, Kitchener, Markham, Kingston, and Vaughan.

Paul Hillsdon is a local blogger and creator of civicsurrey.com

Projects making Surrey a LEED leaderA boon of green buildings have been sprouting up in the city

The Surrey Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre is one of 24 buildings certifi ed to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards in the city.

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by Marelle Reid

What’s more popular to watch than hockey and attracts even more players than soccer?

If you’re in Surrey, then the answer is cricket.It’s the second-most popular sport in the world after soccer, and in Surrey the pastime is

growing rapidly as immigrants from South Asian countries bring their love of the game here.Inamul Desai, president of the B.C. Mainland Cricket League, has been mad for the sport ever

since he fi rst picked up a bat as a kid in western India.There was no cricket fi eld in Surrey when he moved here in 1993, so it wasn’t until he found

a pitch to play on and a club to join at age 27 that he took it up again.The fi rst full-fi eld cricket pitch was built in Sullivan Heights Park in 2004.“It was basically a dream come true for me because as a new immigrant I had no language,

no sports to play with and nobody to hang out with,” Desai said. “I mean, I had everything in Surrey. I had a good job, I had a family, but I had no sports to play with and I was too old to learn hockey at that point.”

Now Desai’s whole family gets out to play at Sullivan Heights every week between May and late August.

His brother, Salim Desai, is the president of the Surrey Stars Cricket Club.

The entire club, in fact, is made up of the Desais’ extended family and friends, including nephews, siblings, and in-laws.

With a wide fan base, and the ability to bring people from across generations together in Surrey to play and to watch, cricket has been recognized by the city as a sport that needs to be supported.

Surrey has the second-highest turnout of registered cricketers in Canada, after Toronto.

Of the 29 clubs in B.C., eight are in Surrey, and of 1,500 players in B.C., about 800 of them play here.

Of course this means the three cricket fi elds in town – in Enver Creek, Crescent Beach and Sullivan Heights parks – are well-used.

Since cricket is growing as quickly as the population is, new fi elds need to be built to keep up with the demand from players and clubs.

There are seven fi elds in Vancouver, where many players from Surrey commute for their games and practices.

After many consultations with the community, the City of Surrey decided the best place for a new fi eld would be the Newton area.

“Newton overall has been growing, so we’re seeing new development coming in, and it’s a really young community,” said Laurie Cavan, general manager of Parks, Recreation and Culture. “Certainly the demand for parks is high, and we like to program them so that there’s something for everyone in the park.”

A game for a growing cityCricket fi elds coming to meet the demand

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Inamul Desai, president of the B.C. Mainland Cricket League, says cricket helped him make connections with the community when he came to Canada in 1993.

The new West Newton Community Park, to be open by 2013 at the intersection of Highway 10 and 58 Avenue, will include a $3.26-million cricket fi eld as well as other sport courts, a casual lawn area and bike/walking paths.

With elementary schools in Surrey starting to include cricket in their sports programs, Cavan said it makes sense to increase access to cricket fi elds.

The new fi eld planned for Newton will give Surrey residents the convenience of staying in town.Preliminary plans to put a regulation pitch in Newton Athletic Park are also being discussed at

city hall.It’s all part of the vision for Surrey’s future.Since Surrey has the youngest population in B.C. by a median age of four years, upgraded

recreation centres, parks and sports facilities are needed to satisfy the demands of a youthful and energetic demographic.

“When we recently did 10-year strategic plans, [we found] those are the things that are really important to the community, that they fi nd really help them have a great quality of life,” said Cavan.

Bowlers and batmen in Surrey can therefore look forward to their city growing with their sport in the years to come. With bigger and better facilities, there is also the potential for tourism based around national and even international cricket competition here.

Even if the sport wasn’t growing so big in Surrey, Desai knows it’s always going to be a big part of his community.

“I will always play or be involved with the team,” he said.

Other projects on the go:

New artifi cial turf fi eld and amenities at Newton Athletic Park (completion 2010-2011) – in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a new fi eld and grandstand seating for 500 will be installed, along with lighting for night use, a digital score board and game clock.

Annual upgrades to Newton Athletic Park (2010-2016) – the park will receive more recreational amenities on an annual basis, including volleyball courts, children’s

play area and additional parking spots.

Main RCMP detachment expansion (2010-2011) – a 35,000-sq.-ft. renovation will create more space for an expanded police force.

Second artifi cial turf fi eld at Tamanawis Park (2011) – to provide additional fi eld hockey capacity to meet growing demand.

New transit exchange (2011-2012) – the Newton Transit Bus Exchange on 72 Avenue at the north end of the Newton Wave Pool will be relocated to King

George Boulevard south of 72 Avenue.

Police station (2011-2012) – an RCMP Newton District police station will be built near the new Newton Transit Bus Exchange.

Fitness facility at Newton Wave Pool (2012-2013) – a larger, more modern facility will be added.

Surrey Pre-trial Services Centre expansion (2013) – Surrey is partnering with the province to construct an 180-cell expansion, along with renovations to the existing facility.

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L ike an oasis in the middle of the city, the South Surrey Indoor Pool on 17 Avenue is never quiet during open-

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learning to stay afl oat, competitive swimmers and divers slipping silently into the deep end, or just some people looking for a hot tub to relax in, there’s always someone wanting to jump in.

There are four indoor public pools in Surrey – in Fleetwood, Newton, North Surrey and South Surrey – but it’s not enough to meet demand.

There are too many fi sh in the pond, so to speak.

To answer the demand for more indoor aquatic centres, the City of Surrey is planning to build a fi fth indoor public pool in South Surrey by 2013.

Though plans are still in the works for budget, location and size, Manager of Community and Recreation services Lisa White says the city is going to meet soon with user groups to determine just what is needed in the new facility.

For Brad Dingey, head coach of the Pacifi c Sea Wolves competitive swim club, a new pool will mean more kids in the water and possibly more medals hanging around their necks.

Many Sea Wolves have gone on to national and international competition, but they didn’t get there without practising.

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club who split their practices between the South Surrey and Fleetwood pools, six days a week.

Dingey had to start a wait list for those who want to join because there’s just not enough room for any more.

The current South Surrey pool is about 30 years old, and offers a relatively small 37.5 metre, six-lane tank with just two diving boards.

Making a splash down southCity’s fi fth indoor public swimming pool on the way for 2013

South SurreyEvan Seal photo

For Brad Dingey, head coach of the Pacifi c Sea Wolves competitive swim club, a new pool means more kids in the water – and possibly more medals.

With a new pool, which will offer more space and features, Dingey said his club could possibly double in size.

“Most of these new facilities [have] 10-lane, 50-metre pools, and they usually have two of them side by side.”

And it won’t just be swimmers who will benefit from a bigger and better facility.

The White Rock Divers club is also based out of the South Surrey Indoor Pool.

Head coach Grant Brehaut knows a new swimming hole could provide not only more time for practice, but the latest in facility requirements for his divers.

Ideally, the new pool will feature more deck space for things such as mats and trampolines.

“We’re able to better prepare athletes without any more time in the pool and just more time on dry land,” he said of the most

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Fitness centre (2010-2011) – a new facility with the latest work-out equipment will be added to the South Surrey Recreation Centre.

Kwomais Point Park renovations (2010-2011) – the Sanford Hall and Kwomais Lodge buildings will be updated to provide new pace for recreational activities.

New fi re hall (2010-2011) – Grandview’s volunteer fi re hall will be replaced with a new “full-time” hall, providing enhanced service to south Cloverdale, Grandview Heights, Hazelmere Valley, Douglas Heights and Campbell Heights.

Community arts space (2015) – an addition to the South Surrey Recreation Centre will provide arts-related programming space to serve the active and growing arts community.

current diver training. “I’m really excited and looking forward to hearing about the new pool. I think it’s going to really help our sport.”

Though the details are still to be determined, one thing is clear: Residents of South Surrey will have another pool in which they can take a dip within the next few years.

Dingey doesn’t know why, but the South Surrey Indoor Pool is one of busiest he’s worked at in his long career as a coach.

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