Funding for station upgrades will be coming to TransLink’s Brentwood Town Center Station on the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain, according to an announcement from Terry Beech, Member of Parliament for Burnaby North-Seymour, on behalf of the Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
The project involves adding passenger information displays, CCTV cameras, two new escalators, a commercial retail unit and improvements to the lighting and PA system. The station's north stairs will also be enclosed and rehabilitated, the mezzanine resurfaced, and canopies added to the mezzanine to better protect passengers from the weather.
"This extensive work to make Brentwood Town Center Station more accessible, convenient and comfortable will make it even easier for Burnaby residents to take public transit,” Beech said. “By investing in projects like these, we are helping keep people mobile and reduce the number of vehicles on the road for a more sustainable future."
This work is part of Phase Two of the Mayors' Council 10-Year Vision for transit improvements in Metro Vancouver and is expected to begin in late 2020. Once complete, it will increase the station's capacity and accessibility while providing new amenities to significantly improve the customer experience.
"Last year, there were more than one million boardings at Brentwood Town Center Station, making it one of the busiest stations on the Millennium Line,” said TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond. “With ridership continuing to grow at unprecedented levels, these investments ensure that we can provide our customers with a better experience when travelling through a major hub to get to their homes, businesses and community centers."
The government of Canada is contributing C$6,160,000 (US$4,622,542) to this project through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The remaining costs will be funded by British Columbia and TransLink.
