North Bluff Road Corridor Study

Thank you for your question and comment. Maccaud Park and the Tennis & Pickleball Courts at Centennial Park are located adjacent to the east and west of the study area boundary, respectively, and are not included as part of the Corridor Study as this creates a natural boundary to the defined Corridor study area. Although these two parks are outside the study area, they will be considered to ensure they meet the community's needs and contribute positively to the study area's overall development.

Thanks for your questions and comments. It appears your questions pertains to question number 14 in the North Bluff Corridor Study Survey.   

• The North Bluff Road Corridor Study is being undertaken as a Strategic Priority of Council and its intent is to review long-term land uses and density within a specific area along North Bluff Road in relation to Surrey’s approved Semiahmoo Town Centre Plan (STC). Given the proximity of Surrey’s STC to White Rock, this Study aims to understand how the density and building heights in Surrey’s 2022 approved Semiahmoo Town Centre Plan will affect our community values and local development.
  
  
• Translink Mayor’s Council has prioritized the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as part of their 10-year priorities plan. Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT, is a high-frequency rapid transit service with dedicated bus lanes and rail-like stations. Of the nine BRT and RapidBus priority corridors identified, the proposed King George Boulevard BRT is among the first three corridors to advance to further planning, engagement, and implementation stages. The King George Boulevard BRT corridor is intended to run up to Semiahmoo Town Centre.
  
  Through the recent Bill 47 (Transit Oriented Areas and Transit Oriented Developments) introduced in early 2024, 52 TOAs in different municipalities across BC were identified by regulation by the Province. Transit-Oriented Area (TOA) is defined as an area within a prescribed distance from a transit station/hub. Specifically, municipalities which have areas within 800 metres of a transit station, and 400 metres of Bus Exchanges, that meet a specified list of criteria are provincially required to designate a Transit Oriented Area, with minimum density requirements under the legislation. To date, White Rock has not been identified as having a TOD area to designate.
  
  It is anticipated that the proposed King Geroge Boulevard BRT if approved, will have a future impact on White Rock as it relates to Transit Oriented Areas (TOAs) if the Province were to designate it as a transit hub. While this has not been confirmed by the Province at this time, the provincial policy manual for Bill 47 states that “As transit technologies evolve and as transit services expand across the province, the legislation and regulations will be updated to accommodate those additions.”  The potential of the proposed King George BRT is an important factor to consider for pro-active long-term land-use planning in particular while evaluating its impacts to the Corridor Study Area.

• The OCP update is the timeline diagram within this survey question to highlight that this update is mandatory and being undertaken in response to new provincial requirements introduced in 2023. The Province has mandated municipalities to update their OCPs by December 31, 2025, to comply with the recent housing legislation. The focus of this OCP update is to evaluate how existing OCP housing and associated policies can be revised to ensure there is sufficient housing capacity to accommodate the short and long-term housing needs identified in the 2024 Interim Housing Needs Report. For more details on the OCP update (2025) project, please visit Official Community Plan Update 2025 | Talk White Rock