Surrey's public invited to sign time-capsule SkyTrain guideway segment this Saturday

Members of the public will have the opportunity to leave permanent marks on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project this weekend during a public signing event Saturday, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Village Shopping Centre, located at 18710 Fraser Highway in Surrey.

The signing event is positioned roughly midway between the future stations of Hillcrest-184 and Clayton. Visitors will be invited to use markers to sign panels that will later be placed inside a concrete segment forming part of the future elevated guideway of the Expo Line extension. Markers will be provided at the event.

Once the pre-cast concrete segment is installed, the signed panels will no longer be visible to the public. The initiative mirrors a time capsule, preserving a record of the community's involvement during the extension's construction. "The public will sign panels that will be placed inside the segment," wrote the project team. "Once the segment is installed, the signed panels won't be visible, making it similar to a time capsule that captures this moment in the project's history." The project team is exploring ways to mark the completed segment so its location can be easily identified in the future.

The extension's entire 16-km elevated guideway from the existing King George Station to the future Langley City Centre Station will contain more than 4,400 pre-cast concrete segments. As of early May 2026, over 30 percent—about five km—of the elevated guideway had been completed, and 75 percent of columns had been built. Trackwork began in late April 2026. The extension is scheduled to open in late 2029.