Bridgeview
Neighbourhood of Surrey
Looking northwest from Scott Road station
Looking northwest from Scott Road station
Bridgeview is located in Greater Vancouver Regional District
Bridgeview
Bridgeview
Location within Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°12′33″N 122°52′03″W / 49.20917°N 122.86750°W / 49.20917; -122.86750
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionLower Mainland
Regional districtMetro Vancouver
Town centreWhalley
Government
 • MayorDoug McCallum
 • MP (Fed.)Randeep Sarai (Liberal)
 • MLA (Prov.)Bruce Ralston (NDP)
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)

Bridgeview is a neighbourhood in the Whalley town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches south from the Fraser River to King George Boulevard. The neighbourhood consists of all the low-lying area between the Port Mann Bridge in the east and the Pattullo Bridge in the west.[1]

History

In the 1970s, dykes were constructed to prevent the neighbourhood from flooding. Water levels from prior floods had reached 8.9 m (29 ft) and 7.6 m (25 ft) in 1894 and 1948, respectively.[2]

Residents of the neighbourhood fought the municipality of Surrey in the mid-1970s to build proper sewers as septic tanks would often overflow into drainage ditches.[3][4] Then-mayor Bill Vander Zalm and other municipal councillors resisted the idea as the municipality had industrial plans for the area.[3]

Transportation

Bridgeview is served by Scott Road station of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located in the portion of South Westminster which borders the southern edge of Bridgeview, at the interchange between King George Boulevard and Scott Road.

References

  1. ^ "South Westminster and Bridgeview Industrial Areas" (PDF). City of Surrey. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Reid, Amy (May 15, 2018). "Surrey safeguards against flood in Bridgeview as peak water levels rise". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Zillich, Tom (December 18, 2018). "Dirty chapter of Surrey history detailed in book about Bridgeview's sewage woes in '70s". Surrey Now-Leader. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Brown, Janet (March 28, 2018). "Surrey Bridgeview residents call for an end to the city's 'blind eye'". Global News. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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