B.C. government to provide update on Broadway Subway project
A Millennium Line train is seen at VCC-Clark station in this undated photo from TransLink.
The Ministry of Transportation and Transit is set to provide an update Monday on the long-awaited Broadway Subway project.
The province will be giving a tour of the guideway and tunnel of the SkyTrain expansion.
The project is both behind schedule and over budget.
The Broadway Subway will extend the SkyTrain Millennium Line from its current terminus at VCC-Clark Station to Arbutus Street, reducing travel times along that stretch of the Broadway corridor to just 11 minutes.
The new line will not directly travel to UBC, and riders heading to the university will need to transfer to the 99 B-Line bus.
In December, the province announced the project's budget had increased by $127 million to $2.95 billion.
The subway line was initially planned to open in 2025, but the B.C. Government announced last year that it wouldn't be completed until 2027.
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