The City of Burnaby is looking to finish its $9.8 million project to add “accent lighting” along SkyTrain’s Expo line.
The project has been going in multiple phases with a series of coloured lights being added to the large columns on the SkyTrain, including lights that would reflect on the ground in various shapes and designs.
The project is similar to the one completed by Coquitlam for the Evergreen line, with the large columns changing colours and designs up and down North Road on the Burquitlam border.
The first two phases cost $3.4 million, starting with lighting on 12 columns from Metrotown Skytrain station to Willingdon Avenue by this December. The second project will add lighting from Metrotown Skytrain station to Imperial Street and Willingdon to Patterson SkyTrain station by April 2022. Council has been asked to approve more than $6.3 million to complete the project. Another project will add lights all the way to Edmonds SkyTrain station.
“The scope of this project requires design/build services to fully design, engineer, supply and install a complete working accent lighting system on the guideway SkyTrain columns along Beresford Corridor.
