Surrey/South Fraser Updates
This thread was started for the general updates of the city, Surrey, as we prepare for the upcoming developments in the next decade. I think this would serve like the General Vancouver Updates thread, but exclusively for Surrey.
:haha: "Surrey is currently the second largest city in BC and one of the fastest growing in all of Canada. Within the next decade, Surrey is expected to take Vancouver's place as the largest city in the province" - Tourism Surrey (Official Visitors Guide 2009) |
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I don't think it will happen so soon either and that's why I brought it up here :tup: |
Damn I can't wait until I can say I live in Metro Surrey.
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So I guess this is the thread where we'll post photos of cul-de-sacs and such :haha:
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back in the 90's the projections were higher than now I guess - maybe they scaled them back?
they said Surrey would overtake vancouver within 20 years - that was over 10 years ago go surrey go |
Official BCStats models predict that Surrey's population will not surpass Vancouver's in the next 27 years.
In 2036, Vancouver will have a population of 817,166, and Surrey will have a population of 710,191. Unless you consider surpassing to be surpassing a previous amount, in which case, Surrey will surpass Vancouver's 2009 population in 2027. |
During the boom time Surrey was growing a lot faster. Thats why there are different times all over the place for when Surrey is set to pass Vancouver. As is stands Surrey is still fastest growing city in BC still so its hard to give true stats on when it could happen. For all we know we could get past this hard times soon an have some good boom again and Surrey could go even fast growth second time around cause after all this it the time for the investors to by the land cheaper.
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? I think 20 years would be a more reasonable answer. Just look at City Centre....still full of one-storey buildings, really old towers....The land own by Surrey is huge and it would take quite a while to shape it up.
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Which is unfortunate in my mind because the only way we're ever going to get a decent critical mass of infrastructure near Surrey Central is if the land is all bought up, split into decent sized plots in between a walkable road grid, and sold off for development. |
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As for the mess between the City Parkway and King George, that will only be resolved by utilizing incentives to redevelop. The City is also stalling when it comes to the redistribution of King George to the newly upgraded parallel routes due to the same issues. The City will inevitably have to, for a lack of a better term, piss off a few residents and business owners in order to get the ball rolling. It is something that will have to be done... but when will they get it done? If it doesn't happen, the plan will never succeed. |
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Oh, by the way, the old Chrysler Car Dealership on King George (right next to skytrain station) is now Grace Community Church...
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Why is the population of Surrey such a big deal? It has 3 times the land to work with. So naturally they'll have more people living there.
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But then you ignore Vancouvers designated parkland. |
^Developable is a word even though spellcheck doesn't agree with it.
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