Surrey-Langley SkyTrain station construction underway: B.C. gov’t
Posted May 8, 2026 6:58 am.
Last Updated May 8, 2026 2:16 pm.
Provincial officials have provided an update on a major infrastructure project connecting the Lower Mainland.
Premier David Eby and Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth held a media event at the future site of the Willowbrook SkyTrain Station in Langley Friday morning to announce breaking ground on all eight new stations.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO 1130 NEWSRADIO VANCOUVER LIVE!The SkyTrain expansion, approved in 2022, will extend the Expo Line 16 kilometres from King George Station in Surrey to 203 Street in the City of Langley, with eight stops and three transit exchanges.
“Those eight stations are going to be beautiful,” said Eby.
“They’re going to serve generations of people south of the Fraser, and they are just the beginning of our government’s continued commitment to these communities south of the Fraser, which are just as important, just as deserving of investment, just as deserving of a fast and efficient commute as any other commute, any other community in our province.”
Eby and Farnworth were joined by the federal MP for Surrey Centre, Randeep Sarai, who says infrastructure projects like the new line are one of the Liberal government’s key initiatives.
“With the cooperation of our two governments, we’re able to make it happen and see the people of Langley and Surrey connect with the rest of Metro Vancouver,” said Sarai.
In August 2024, the province announced it would take a year longer and cost $2 billion more than initially estimated — for a total just under $6 billion.
Meanwhile, Eby defended the government’s record budget deficit, which he says makes projects like the SkyTrain extension possible.
He told reporters investments such as this had been put off by multiple previous governments, and he suggested projects of this size could still be cancelled, depending on who is in power.
“To build this project, we have to borrow money, and that is what the debt is about.”
He compared the deficit to a family buying a home.
“When you build a house, when you borrow that money from the bank to buy the house, your debt increases dramatically,” he said.
“But you know, for your family, for the future of your family, for what’s important for you, that that is an investment in your future that you will pay off over a lifetime.”
The February budget forecast the province’s deficit at a record $13.3 billion with a provincial debt of $183 billion. It predicted the debt would reach $235 billion by the 2028 fiscal year.
The current anticipated in-service date for the SkyTrain extension is “late 2029.”
— With files from The Canadian Press
