Given the significant over-estimation of population South of the Fraser from the viewpoint of 1990 – below – what are the planners projecting now?
Coincidentally, the Buzzer Blog explored exactly that a couple of days ago:
Dan Freeman, a Senior Planner at TransLink, provided me with some nice maps and info that further illustrate where growth is expected to explode in the region. One red dot represents 100 persons, and a blue dot represents 100 jobs.
… you’ll see how much more populated Surrey City Centre will be in 2041. Dan tells me that in thirty years, the population in this centre will jump from roughly twenty thousand to almost eighty thousand people…. [About the population of the Downtown Peninsula around 2000.]
Another significant change in population growth is along the Fraser Highway, particularly close to Langley, Cloverdale and the Clayton area in Surrey. Until recently, population growth has been in that area between Fraser Highway & Highway 10. In the future, almost all of the growth is expected north of the Fraser Highway in the Clayton area.
For more, here’s an interview in the Buzzer Blog with Metro’s Manager of Regional Development Christina DeMarco.
Just to clarify, this map shows total projected population and employment 2041…not growth.