2026 - 2030 Surrey Financial Plan

ENGINEERING

• Worked with the Planning Department to apply and secure funding to research and implement complete communities strategic projects; • Received Council approval to enter into a License Agreement with Novus Entertainment Inc. and Beanfield Technologies Inc. to install, operate, and maintain telecommunication infrastructure within road allowances to increase broadband access and connectivity across the City. This also ensures residents, businesses and the general public have access to some of the most modern connectivity infrastructure;

• Assessed continuous improvement opportunities to advance Guaranteed Permitting Timelines related to drawing submissions/reviews and financial processing; and • Developed engineering components of the Digital Permitting Expansion Project to improve and accelerate the development approval process by delivering enhanced communication and transparency of application status and improved quality of submissions. This would include Cross-Connection Control Program Database Management in Citizen Portal.

ECOSYSTEMS

• Implemented innovative programs to reduce construction landfill waste through the use of recycled concrete and asphalt products as part of the Engineering Department’s Capital Infrastructure program.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Entered into a lease of City lands to Skylink, which employs over 350 tradespeople and staff for the construction of the 4,400 pre-cast concrete guideway segments to build the SLS SkyTrain elevated guideway.

• Continually developed processes to compile utility asset condition, probability of failure and consequence of failure information related to critical infrastructure to

support sound maintenance management and sustainable service delivery; and

City of Surrey | 2026—2030 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Engineering

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