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Three of four alignments would see BNSF tracks move east past 176 St. By Tracy Holmes recent decades – the cities’ officials said, and It was standing-room-only at last week’s many attendees agreed, the time is right to community forum on railway safety, as more push for making it a reality. “There is a much faster, safer and viable than 300 people packed the Pacific Inn in route available,” Baldwin told the crowd, to South Surrey to learn more about ongoing research into relocating the train tracks off applause. “If we were starting from scratch, the presthe Semiahmoo Peninsula waterfront. ent route would be the last we would take.” Four possible options for reThe issue of the line’s safety has aligning the BNSF tracks – inbeen in the forefront in recent cluding three that would move months, following derailments the line along routes east of 176 in other areas of the country Street – were presented in what and the death of a White Rock was described as an opportunity jogger who was struck by a pasfor public feedback. senger train. While most attendees apBaldwin explained earlier that peared to be in favour of reloWatts contacted him in August cating the tracks, the possible to invite his city’s participation new routes did not sit well with in Surrey’s efforts – an invitaeveryone. Anna Dean said she tion Baldwin said added muchwas “seeing red” at the suggesneeded clout to the argument. tion to move the problem from “It wasn’t 20,000 people talkone community to another. Dianne Watts ing, ” he said, referring to White “We don’t want your problem Rock’s population. “It was over in our neighbourhood,” Dean told a panel that included Surrey Mayor half a million.… This is a great thing.” Watts noted 15 of the 19 kilometres of Dianne Watts, White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin and City of Surrey staff. “Whatever rail line eyed for re-alignment run through the alignment is, it will affect another neigh- Surrey. From the border, it passes through the Douglas area, along four kilometres of bourhood.” While the idea of relocating the tracks is See ONLINE SURVEY / Page 5 not new – it has been raised many times in
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It takes a team
A colleague watches as Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Betty Worobec, left, and Lynne Doull apply a little teamwork to the task at hand – drilling through a plank of cedar during a unique competition at the Cloverdale campus last week. For more on how the teams fared, please turn to page 10.
Former MP fourth to vie for Conservative nod
Gurmant Grewal
By Frank Bucholtz Three-term former MP Gurmant Grewal is seeking the Conservative nomination in the new riding of Cloverdale-Langley City. While word of Grewal’s interest in the nomination came out several months ago, he hasn’t been actively campaigning for the nomination. He recently told Black Press that he is waiting until the House of Commons formally adopts the Electoral Boundaries Commission report that creates the new seat, something that’s expected soon.
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Other declared candidates for the nomination are Dave Hayer, who served as BC Liberal MLA in Surrey-Tynehead from 2001 to 2013, businessman Paul Brar and longtime Cloverdale resident and community activist Mike Garisto. All four candidates are Surrey residents. Grewal said he expects at least one Langley resident to also enter the nomination race. Grewal was first elected to the House of Commons in 1997 as a Reform MP in Surrey Central, which included Cloverdale. He was re-elected in
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