Pre-Christmas opening promised for delayed Evergreen Line

The scheduled opening of the Evergreen Line is changing once again with an announcement the new $1.4 billiontransit line will now open before Christmas of this year, although the Ministry of Transportation could not fix an exact date.

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The Evergreen Line was originallyslated to be in service thissummerbut construction delays and numerous problems with sinkholes during tunneling forcedofficials to repeatedly adjust the timeline.

The Evergreen Line will provide a SkyTrainlink betweenBurnaby,Coquitlamand Port Moody. It is currently over90 per cent complete according to the ministry.

The province also announced it is investing $5 million to build 150 parking spaces at the Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station where the line ends.