NDP leader David Eby was back in Langley City for the closing week of the provincial election on Saturday, warning in-private remarks by Conservative rival John Rustad suggest he would stop construction of SkyTrain to Langley.

NDP leader David Eby was back in Langley City for the closing week of the provincial election on Saturday, warning in-private remarks by Conservative rival John Rustad suggest he would stop construction of SkyTrain to Langley.

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Eby said at a closed door meeting with the Vancouver Regional Construction Association in August, an attendee asked John Rustad what he would do about the 鈥渋rresponsible amount of work鈥� happening on major infrastructure projects.

According to Ebay,  Rustad said: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e right. There鈥檚 so many projects going on right now. We don鈥檛 have the capacity to build them all at the same time.

Eby warned that would mean cancelling or delaying projects like the Surrey-Langley Skytrain extension, or the Highway 1 expansion. 

鈥淛ohn Rustad broke his promise to build the Surrey-Langley Skytrain and expand Highway 1 before, and how he says we鈥檙e building too many infrastructure projects,鈥� said Eby. 鈥淚n public, he claims he鈥檒l build more, but behind closed doors he says he would cancel or delay."

 鈥淔rom the Highway 1 expansion to the Surrey-Langley Skytrain, John Rustad鈥檚 plan for cuts and cancellations would make your home more expensive and your commute worse. Under our plan, we鈥檒l deliver homes you can afford, an expanded highway, and the first rapid-transit project south of the Fraser River in three decades. We won鈥檛 stop until we get it done.鈥�

Eby said the NDP is committed to extending the underground Broadway line all the way to UBC.