Surrey residents vow 'fight's not over' with Hawthorne Park road plan

Surrey city council moved one step closer toward the construction of a new east-west connector road that would bisect a popular park.
On Monday, councillors voted to repeal a 30-year-old bylaw that protects portions of Hawthorne Park in order to move forward with the 105 Avenue corridor project, a two-lane road between Whalley Boulevard and 150th Street.
The decision prompted jeers and calls of “shame” from opponents who insist the proposed road would damage ecologically-sensitive ar