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Cloverdale embraces Doors Open Surrey cultural festival spreads to the historic town centre
says Orazietti, noting the population By Jennifer Lang of Cloverdale and area has grown Peek inside an 1884 heritage church that’s only used on special oc- rapidly in recent years. “The past and the future live here,” casions or take a behind-the-scenes he said, amending the familiar City tour of the Surrey Museum’s storage of Surrey slogan slightly. collections when doors – and a lot City-wide, 48 sites in City Cenmore – swing open in Cloverdale. tre, Bear Creek Park, Newton and The third annual Surrey Doors Cloverdale are participatOpen is a festival encouring in the June 21 event, aging Surrey residents which runs from 11 a.m. to be tourists in their “The past and the to 4 p.m. own town, by sampling There are myriad future live here.” culture, history, art, and events, open houses architecture, enjoying and activities planned - Paul Orazietti free activities and taking for Cloverdale – from a Cloverdale BIA guided tours. buskers’ festival and artiThe idea originated in san market to a Park Play France, where in 1984 Palooza at Cloverdale people were invited to Athletic Park and a vinvisit places that weren’t ordinarily open to the public, such as tage truck and tractor show ‘n shine at the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum. police stations and fire halls. It’s shaping up to be a veritable The concept has really taken wing smorgasbord of what the historic in Cloverdale, which is part of the town centre and area has to offer. festival for the first time in 2014. Free, hop-on, hop-off transporta“It’s a city event that expanded to tion is available, making it easier to Cloverdale,” says Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale BIA. check out various stops. It’s a chance to share our stories, See MANY EVENTS / Page 8 celebrating the old – and the new,
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Frank McKinnon and Watt Heron stand by a sign erected by the Surrey Board of Trade at Fry’s Corner (176 St. and Fraser Highway) in 1956 to encourage people to visit Cloverdale. Check out digital displays, browse through photos, maps, oral history and more at the Surrey Archives on June 21. The archives is one of 48 participating sites in Surrey Doors Open.
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Acting mayor of the City of Langley, Ted Schaffer, speaks the opening of the 196 Street railway overpass on Friday, June 6.
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By Brenda Anderson Two and a half years after construction began, two of the three railway overpasses that make up the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor combo project have officially opened. Along with 196 Street and 54 Avenue on the Langley City-Surrey border, an overpass at 232 Street has also been completed. It has been in operation for about two months. The two combo overpasses opened to traffic for the first time after the June 6 ceremony. The final overpass in the combo project, at 192 Street, is expected to be finished later this year — possibly as early as July. During a ceremony held at the
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apex of the 196 Street overpass — under blue skies and in front of a striking mountain vista — representatives from the federal, provincial and three municipal governments, as well as from TransLink and Port Metro Vancouver, praised the completion of the project, and trumpeted the benefits it will offer to both industry and to the general public — from quicker commutes to train whistle cessation. “It did take a while, but it is (finished) on time and on budget,” said Langley MP Mark Warawa, speaking on behalf of federal Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt. With the number and length of trains travelling along the corridor
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expected to grow dramatically in the coming years, the overpasses are intended to ease traffic congestion, as well as improve safety and promote the efficient movement of goods through an area with a population that is projected to continue growing. The number of vehicles on roads along the corridor is expected to climb from 380,000 to 560,000 per day by 2021, said TransLink’s chief operating officer, Doug Kelsey. “Commuters can breathe a huge sigh of relief,” said Langley Township Councillor Bev Dornan, speaking over the noise of a train passing underneath the bridge, which also car-
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