Costs balloon for Surrey, Vancouver rapid-transit lines

Sky-high real estate, a weak Canadian dollar, high labour and materials costs plus inflation have contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars in cost increases for major rail projects planned for Metro Vancouver’s two largest cities, according to the region’s transportation authority.
Updated costs for the Broadway subway line in Vancouver and an at-grade, light-rail line in Surrey were released Monday, as a two-week public-consultation process began for the $7.3-billion second ph