Langley Township council will spend just over $3 million to rebuild and widen a busy section of 80 Avenue in the Willoughby neighbourhood, with some of the funds coming from another road project that has been hit with delays. On Monday, June 16, Langley Township council voted 8-1 to move forward with the project that will widen about 260 metres of the road, from the 20100-block to the 20300-block of 80 Avenue. The widening and upgrade will include widening the road, installing a multi-use path
on the north side, installing street lighting and landscaping. When that stretch of road is done, it will have a total of four lanes. Parts of 80 Avenue to the east are already being widened and upgraded. The work could be finished by the summer of 2026, according to a staff report to council. Councillors had questions about the source of funding, some of which will come from another project that has been slower to get moving. The Township has also been planning to upgrade
the intersection of 216 Street and 96 Avenue, but chief administrative officer Chan Kooner noted that project has seen a substantial delay. Councillor Blair Whitmarsh asked if there were any updates on the process of buying the land needed for the 216 Street project site, and Kooner said that is just one of the issues. The Township also needs to work with the Agricultural Land Commission and get permission from the Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship. There is also a limited window of
construction near 216 Street. Because it’s near a fish-bearing stream, work can only take place during the dry summer months. Coun. Steve Ferguson noted that in addition to the complications of agricultural land, there was a railway near the 216 Street site. “It’s a complicated intersection,” he said, pointing out that the two sections of 216 Street north and south of 96 Avenue don’t line up with each other.
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4 lanes now? finallyyyyy.
So they’re spending $3 million but it’s from some other project that’s delayed… which means we’re basically paying for traffic now while waiting on everything else? Makes sense in a backwards kind of way.
Wait i thought widening roads always takes like 10 years, not “by summer 2026”?? Also the 216 Street intersection stuff sounds like they can’t build unless it’s winter? Like fish stream = no work? idk.
Man I live near there and the intersection always sucks, so good I guess. But “four lanes total” doesn’t fix the fact people blow through the lights. And why are they dealing with like the Agricultural Land Commission and the water ministry, can’t they just buy the land like normal and be done? Sounds like the township keeps stepping on its own delays.