Bridgeview, Surrey Explained

Official Name:Bridgeview
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood of Surrey
Pushpin Map:CAN BC Greater Vancouver
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Metro Vancouver
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:British Columbia
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Lower Mainland
Subdivision Type3:Regional district
Subdivision Name3:Metro Vancouver
Subdivision Type4:Town centre
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Doug McCallum
Leader Title1:MP (Fed.)
Leader Name1:Randeep Sarai (Liberal)
Leader Title2:MLA (Prov.)
Leader Name2:Bruce Ralston (NDP)
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:−8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:−7
Coordinates:49.2092°N -122.8675°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code span

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 8.9m (29.2feet) and 7.6m (24.9feet) 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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Westminster and Bridgeview Industrial Areas . 2011 . City of Surrey . January 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191023090232/https://www.surrey.ca/files/SouthwestminterBridgeviewIndustrialAreas.pdf . October 23, 2019 . live.
  2. Web site: Reid . Amy . Surrey safeguards against flood in Bridgeview as peak water levels rise . May 15, 2018 . Surrey Now-Leader . January 30, 2020.
  3. Web site: Zillich . Tom . Dirty chapter of Surrey history detailed in book about Bridgeview’s sewage woes in ’70s . December 18, 2018 . Surrey Now-Leader . January 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181219124444/https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/dirty-chapter-of-surrey-history-detailed-in-book-about-bridgeviews-sewage-woes/ . December 19, 2018 . live.
  4. Web site: Brown . Janet . Surrey Bridgeview residents call for an end to the city’s ‘blind eye’ . March 28, 2018 . Global News . January 30, 2020.