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Yes campaign takes pitch to Cloverdale Proponents hear concerns over costs, timeline By Jennifer Lang A definitive yes vote in the Metro Vancouver transit referendum is critical to Surrey, where up to 350,000 new residents are expected in the next 30 years, Cloverdale business leaders were told at a forum last week at Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino. If the city hasn’t received its fair share of transit and transportation funding in the past, the proposed congestion tax is a chance to change that. “There’s huge benefits for Surrey in this,” said Elizabeth Model, CEO of the Surrey Downtown BIA, which has joined the Yes coalition. The March 19 forum highlighted the benefits of the Metro Mayors’ Council Transportation and Transit Plan, and coincided with the launch of the mailin referendum. Metro Vancouver voters are being asked to support a new, 0.5 per cent Congestion Improvement Tax that would be dedicated to the Mayors’ Council transportation and transit
plan. The additional sales tax will fund billions of dollars worth of upgrades. “We get approximately 45 per cent of the $7.5 billion plan,” she said. “There’s a huge impact on our economy.” Surrey would benefit from about $3.5 billion in new infrastructure and transit upgrades, from more buses and Blines, road upgrades and an LRT – the “big ticket item” for Surrey, the city’s transportation planning manager, Philip Bellefontaine, said. “There is a criticism that areas such as Burnaby and Vancouver get all the improvements,” Bellefontaine said. Bus service in Surrey, for instance, which is measured in terms of service hours, is roughly half of the regional average. The referendum is an opportunity to “close that inequity gap,” he said. An estimated 1 million people will be moving into the region over the next 30 years. See TRANSIT / Page 6
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The hunter games
Manitoba’s Tyler Wilson (top photo) competes with about 120 others in the day’s second compound bow flight at the 2015 3D Canadian Indoor Archery Championships at the Cloverdale Agriplex on March 21. The three-day event was co-hosted by the Semiahmoo Fish and Game Club.
Police hunt for flasher in Clayton Heights By Kevin Diakiw A man who exposed himself to students in the Clayton area of Surrey earlier this month is now the subject of a police search. It’s also possible the man later exposed himself to a woman in the same area weeks later. On March 2, at about 1 p.m., police responded to a call of a man committing an indecent act behind
Three incidents in two weeks near high school spark police alert Clayton Heights Secondary School. He’s described as a Caucasian male in his 20s, with a medium build, tattoos on his arms, wearing a grey hoodie and dark jeans. He was riding a BMX bike. Then on March 5, at about 8:30 a.m., Surrey Mounties responded
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to a complaint of a man flashing his privates to two students in a laneway north of 70 Avenue between 190 and 188A Streets. He is described as a Caucasian male, 30 to 40 years old, about 5’10”, with greying hair and wearing dark clothes.
Then on March 16, at about 12:30 p.m., Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a man committing an indecent act on a trail near 70 Avenue and 188 Street as a woman walked her dog in the area. He didn’t say anything, or approach her, but she felt it was obvi-
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ous he wanted her to see him. He left the area on his bike riding east on 68 Avenue. That suspect is described as an Hispanic male, approximately 20 years old, with a slim build and short dark hair, wearing a brown hoodie and shorts. He was also riding a BMX-style bike with orange-
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