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Originally Posted by e-clam9
Humm, I really like the Surrey Central recreation center. Many families/kids go there. There is also a parking lot for it in front of Surrey Central Mall (next to Surrey Central station and bus terminal). I really hope Surrey doesn't close it. I remember the parking lot also has it own plan by SFU for more buildings there in the future. I also like to mention another project I don't like. On 100th Ave, Surrey removed the parking lane, added the bike lane with a wide tree/plant area along it, then narrowed the two remaining lanes. I hardly see any bike using the new bike lane. Many cars/vans/trucks still park on the right most lane for quick delivery. It means only one lane left with heavy traffic. I guess this project cost over a million along 100th Ave only to make a few bikers happy. It is not a well use of Surrey tax payers' money !! When Centra,Park George I and II are done, there will be more traffic with another 1000+ families. I can see they will remove the tree/plant area or even remove the bike lane together. What a waste of tax payers' money !! Surrey should fire the city planner. I am not against the bike lane, but it should not take up so much space.
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While I feel the road widening in Surrey lately has left us with slightly too narrow lanes I am unsure how you can be upset with widening 100th Avenue. Especially living in Park Avenue. It was a completely absolute gong show up 100th for years when it was 1 lane, backing up at 140th either direction.
For parking in front, Surrey has had a long term (and by long term I mean like 15+ years) stance that arterial and collector roads will have NO _0_ parking on them. 100th is a major arterial so the parking was eventually going to go away they've been in the process of removing parking on such roads for years now.
And be happy about that, a lot of traffic chaos in Vancouver is due to them allowing parking on major arterial roads causing chaotic lane changes driving patterns which are a leading cause of traffic build up and accidents outside of intersections.
For the bike lanes, my only complaint is they are not marked. I have seen many people using the bike lane crossing as cross walks because the intersections are actually really confusing with all the white lines. I do hope (and have put in a request) that Surrey paints, at least the intersection bike lanes, green which is standard in Metro Vancouver, and marks the lanes themselves bike only.
While it may seem silly now and not really used, Surrey is trying to be proactive and I have to applaud them adding both modes of transportation aka proper separated bike lanes AND an extra motor vehicle travel lane.
It is a downtown and having bike lanes actually makes a lot of sense. As the density increases, the traffic will aswell if there are no alternatives and if you just want to head over to the mall or a movie, walking/biking could be a good option compared to driving.
As for the rec center, sorry to disappoint but it is coming down in the future from what I understand. It will be redeveloped and it will be replaced with a YMCA rec center I believe (unless that has changed recently). I don't think it is a huge loss in the short term. The building is old, the pool is inferior to Guildford which is only 5 minutes away, and the ice surfaces are being relocated to Scott Road Station.
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