Vancouver Sun
Surrey will have to compensate TransLink for the money the transit authority has already spent on the suspended Surrey-Newton-Guildford light rail project.
Members of TransLink’s Mayors’ Council approved a resolution to that effect on Thursday, and also voted to have staff begin planning for a SkyTrain project down Fraser Highway. …
“I have a number of concerns about the cost, and particularly about the costs that we are throwing away,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “If there’s one area where TransLink over the years has been criticized heavily … it is the entire question of cost containment and the wise use of resources.”
Brodie called on Surrey to pay back the money. The council agreed that Surrey would have to compensate TransLink for “all work plan costs unnecessarily expended to date” at the time the city signs a memorandum of understanding with TransLink for the new SkyTrain. A dollar figure was not attached in case the amount changes. …