All contracts awarded for Surrey Langley SkyTrain project

All contracts have been awarded for TransLink's Surrey Langley SkyTrain project in Vancouver, British Columbia, government officials announced last week.

The project involves a more than 10-mile extension of the Expo Line along an elevated guideway from the King George SkyTrain Station to Langley Centre. The extension will include eight new stations.

Major construction on the first rapid-transit project south of the Fraser River in 30 years is expected to begin this year, with guideway, stations/systems and trackwork contractors now in place, British Columbia news release.

“The populations of Surrey, Langley and other communities across Metro Vancouver are growing quickly, and we are committed to building infrastructure to meet these needs,” said Rob Fleming, British Columbia's minister of transportation and infrastructure.

The province has selected three teams to deliver the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project:
• SkyLink Guideway Partners will design, build and finance the elevated guideway and associated roadworks, utilities and active transportation elements;
• South Fraser Station Partners will build the eight new stations; and
• Transit Integrators BC will design and build the systems and trackwork.

The project’s business case, which was approved in 2022 prior to significant market and industry changes, determined that the extension could be built in one stage by late 2028, two years quicker than if it was built in two phases.