Four months after promising to extend the West Coast Express commuter rail link to Chilliwack, the NDP won't say how it will do so (Fraser Valley Current)
Four months after promising to extend the West Coast Express to Chilliwack, there’s no indication of how—or when—the provincial government will deliver on its commitment. In its platform for last fall’s election, the NDP pledged to extend the West Coast Express to Chilliwack. The platform also promised a separate “new rail service” in the Fraser Valley. But details have been non-existent. Despite the scale of the promises, the NDP did not issue a press release or hold a campaign event to focus attention on its commitments last fall. The pledge to expand the West Coast Express came in the form of a single short sentence. The promise hasn’t been mentioned since and there has been no explanation for how the government will technical challenges to any plan to run two-way passenger trains between Mission and Chilliwack. ( The NDP has since removed its platform from its website, but you can find an archived version here .) CLICK HERE for the full story