LANGLEY-SURREY BORDER, B.C. – Mark Warawa, Member of Parliament for Langley, B.C., representing the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will announce the completion of the 54th Ave. Overpass, 196th St. Overpass, and 232nd St. Overpass projects under the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) Program and the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Transportation Infrastructure Fund.
Funding partner representatives for the three projects will also be on hand to make remarks and take questions from the media. These representatives include B.C. Education Minister and MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood Peter Fassbender; Robin Silvester, President and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver; Councillor Mary Martin on behalf of Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts; Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer of the City of Langley; and Acting Mayor Bev Dornan on behalf of Mayor Jack Froese of the Township of Langley, along with other RBRC project stakeholders.
10:15 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time),
196th Street overpass
(South of 60th Avenue)
On the border of Surrey and Langley, British Columbia
Ashley Kelahear
Director of Communications
Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt
Minister of Transport
Ottawa
613-991-0700
Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055
Robert Adam
Government Communications and Public
Engagement
B.C. Ministry of Transportation and
Infrastructure
250-356-8241
John Parker-Jervis
Media & Government Affairs Advisor
Port Metro Vancouver
604-665-9267
Oliver Lum
Communications Manager, Office of the Mayor
City of Surrey
604-591-4519
Christie Judson
Communications Officer
City of Langley
604-514-2823
Erin Brocklehurst
Corporate Media Liaison
Township of Langley
604-533-6122
Ed Greenberg
Canadian Pacific Railway Media Relations
612-849-4717
