City of Surrey's 2025 Annual Financial Report

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

The Engineering Department provides city services in Transportation, Solid Waste, Water, Sewer, Drainage, District Energy, and Land Development. The accomplishments and goals in this section are those that relate to the divisions that fall under the General Operating Fund: Land Development, Operations, and Project Delivery.

LAND DEVELOPMENT Land Development includes the Development Services section which prescribes the municipal infrastructure required to service land and building development. The Inspection Services section ensures that the aforementioned infrastructure meets Council-adopted standards and requirements while the Support Services section provides administrative support related to Engineering permits for construction in City road allowances. OPERATIONS Operations maintains the City’s engineering infrastructure including roads, drainage, sewer and water operations. This division also carries out the City’s residential waste collection services as well as manages and maintains the City’s fleet of vehicles and Engineering business enhancement initiatives.

PROJECT DELIVERY The Project Delivery division is responsible for delivering the City’s Infrastructure Capital Program for Transportation and utility assets. This includes developing designs, procurement and construction services. The team provides survey services to all City departments with a primary focus on legal services to support Engineering and Parks Recreation & Culture. Furthermore, the division acts as the City’s liaison with various levels of government on advancing key regional projects in Surrey.

2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Supported the Memory Map app for the public to share and discover places in Surrey that hold significance to the people who call Surrey home

• Secured a multi-year Enterprise Licence Agreement that strengthens the City’s GIS foundation, delivering uninterrupted service and enabling scalable growth for future innovation • Entered into a lease of City lands to Skylink, which employs over 350 tradespeople and staff for the construction of the 4,400 precast concrete guideway segments to build the Surrey Langley SkyTrain elevated guideway • Assessed continuous improvement opportunities to advance Guaranteed Permitting Timelines related to drawing submissions/reviews and financial processing • 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

• Completed the 74 Avenue utility work under the Housing Accelerator Fund • Collaborated with the Province and TI Corp to finalize the detailed design of infrastructure along Fraser Highway as part of the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project, including utilities, roadway design, traffic signals/streetlighting and signage/ pavement markings • Developed Engineering components of the Digital Permitting Expansion Project to improve and accelerate the development approval process • 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

• Filled a total of 10,388 potholes

• Cleared 14,273 catch basins to alleviate possible flooding issues • Worked with Surrey Fire Services and the Province to establish data compilation and sharing in support of next-generation 911 emergency response processes • Completed the Green Timbers SkyTrain Station supportive works which included protected cycling on 140 Street and the development of 113 Park and Ride spaces at Green Timbers Way • Acquired remote sensing oblique imagery and LiDAR data to update key derived datasets, including contours, digital elevation models, and building outlines

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