Township Council Supports Community Rail Line

The Township of Langley Council unanimously voted to support sending the following resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM):

Whereas:

1. The Township of Langley has the highest growth rate in Metro Vancouver and public transit has not kept up with population growth, resulting in inadequate services to support current and future Township of Langley residents and businesses;

2. Communities south of the Fraser, including Delta, Surrey, Township of Langley, City of Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack have a combined population over 1.2 million and there is no Interregional public transit connecting these respective Fraser Valley communities; and

3. Capacity on existing transit routes and Highway #1 continue to be congested within these respective communities south of the Fraser River, and without greater investment in public transit infrastructure and service congestion will continue to worsen;

Therefore be it resolved that Council hereby authorizes the Township of Langley to submit to the Union of BC Municipalities a motion in support of the Province of BC re-activating the interurban rail corridor along the existing rail corridor that connects Delta, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack.