Surrey North Delta Leader, February 18, 2014

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Vehicle levy to fund buses?

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Tuesday February 18, 2014

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NEB deadline passes for say on Trans Mountain twinning

Thousands apply for oil pipeline hearings by Jeff Nagel A TOTAL of 2,131 individuals and

organizations have signed up to participate in National Energy Board (NEB) hearings later this year into Kinder Morgan’s proposed twinning of its Trans Mountain oil pipeline. The deadline to apply expired Wednesday night. B.C. municipalities seeking intervenor status include Surrey, White Rock, Langley Township, Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver (city and district), West “We are Vancouver, tasked with a... Belcarra, responsibility Port Moody, Coquitlam, around New Westsustainability.” minster, Richmond, Barinder Rasode Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Merritt, Kamloops and Victoria. The Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Capital and Fraser-Fort George regional districts also registered, as did the Vancouver Parks Board, Port See PIPELINE / Page 3

MOVING UP

Surrey City Hall is now open for business in its tony new digs in Central City

by Kevin Diakiw BLACK MARBLE walls reach up eight metres

inside the foyer of Surrey’s new city hall, while six storeys of window panes offer a view of a public plaza, the city’s new library and the Central City tower. The open atrium (above), with stone tile floors, spans the full six floors of the building, with a 20-metre-long artwork centerpiece – a metal flock of birds – flying toward the large window.

A wide staircase on the north side ascends, and at each landing, serves as a bridge between the east and west sides of the building. On Thursday, workers were still scrambling to put the finishing touches on the structure, sanding down surfaces, covering exposed wire, and screwing banisters into stairwells. Feb. 13 left only three days until City of Surrey staff moved from the old city hall at 14245 56 Ave. into their shiny new digs in North Surrey.

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Officials said the $97-million building at 13450 104 Ave. would be move-in ready by Monday, Feb. 17, when the city officially started doing business at the new city hall. Much of the back areas of the hall are constructed with typical hub-style workstations separated by thick white dividers. The outermost offices, for manager and city councillors, have floor-to-ceiling windows and gracious views. See CITY HALL / Page 4

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