Council Endorses Transportation 2050, Langley City’s Transportation Plan

Last Monday, Langley City Council endorsed Transportation 2050, the long-term transportation plan for our community. Work on this plan began in 2021 and has since gone through a series of community engagements that have helped shape it.

Transportation 2050 has four main goals:

• Make transportation safer and more comfortable
• Build a transportation network that is connected and accessible for all
• Increase the proportion of trips made by walking, rolling, cycling, and transit to support the health of community members and the environment
• Work towards, and advocate for, a transportation system that is resilient and adaptive to change while being cost-effective, efficient, and forward thinking. (such as around e-scooters and sharing programs)

Transportation 2050 includes many transportation projects, some of which are priority projects. The following map shows the priority projects for Langley City.

Map of High Priority Projects. Green = Roads, Blue = Multi-Use Path, Purple = Cycling, Yellow = Sidewalk. Select the map to enlarge.

The following outlines the priority projects.

While the provincial government is responsible for the Langley Bypass (between the Surrey border and Glover Road), the City would advocate to the province to continue making safety improvements and to build a multi-use path on both sides of the highway.

Along Fraser Highway, the City would enhance all intersections to improve traffic flow, add queue jumper lanes to enhance bus speed and reliability as appropriate, and build safe cycling infrastructure. The City would install a multi-use path along Industrial Avenue and new sidewalks and cycling infrastructure on 203A to improve access to the SkyTrain. Douglas Crescent would also get safe cycling infrastructure.

The City would enhance walking, rolling, and cycling safety on sections of Grade Crescent, 50th Avenue, 53rd Avenue and 201A Street.

On 56th Avenue toward Langley Secondary School, the City would look to work with Township to build a multi-use pathway to improve student access to that high school.

Some of these high-priority projects, such as building a multi-use path on Grade Crescent and Industrial Avenue, are already funded with construction pending.

Transportation 2050 also includes details on further plans the City should develop, such as:

• Increasing support for Safe and Active Routes to School Programs to make it easier for kids to get to school without needing drop-off or pick-up
• Developing a Micromobility Strategy for personal e-transportation devices
• Developing a Slow Streets Program for neighbourhood streets
• Updating the City’s traffic calming policy

For more information, please read Transportation 2050.