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Originally Posted by Monolith
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The Mayor's Council promised $3.5 billion for rapid transit south of Fraser, which was comprised of the SNG LRT and the Fraser Highway LRT. The RRT1A proposal (SkyTrain on Fraser, BRT on SNG corridor) should be able to fit into that budget, given BRT is much cheaper than LRT, which would offset the cost of RRT on Fraser Highway all the way to Langley. Even if the first phase ends in Fleetwood or Clayton, the additional money should be able to get the line all the way to Langley, and maybe extend the BRT to White Rock and Coquitlam.
They may currently have $1.6 billion for the SoF rapid transit portion of the 10 Year Plan. But they will eventually have to push for funding for the other $1.9 billion from all levels of government. It originally would've been for the Surrey-Langley LRT, but now since the switch to SkyTrain, it would fund the second phase of it.