Construction and more Construction - Langley

This information is from the March 2008 BC Major Projects Inventory.

Langley Airport Expansion
Status: Construction started Start: Sep 2007
Est. Cost ($ million): 20 Finish: Late 2008

Willoughby Community Recreation Centre
Status: Construction started Start: Fall 2007
Est. Cost ($ million): 56 Finish: Late 2008

South Village Condominium Development
Status: Construction started Start: May 2007
Est. Cost ($ million): 40 Finish: 2009

North East Gordon Estates Residential Development
Status: Construction started Start: Fall 2007
Est. Cost ($ million): 80 Finish: 2010

The Village at Thunderbird Centre
Status: Construction started Start: Late 2005
Est. Cost ($ million): 50 Finish: Sep 2009

Gateway 200 Business Park
Status: Construction started Start: Summer 2004
Est. Cost ($ million): 20 Finish: 2010

Golden Ears Bridge
Status: Construction started Start: Jun 2006
Est. Cost ($ million): 808 Finish: Summer 2009


Bedford Landing
Status: Construction started Start: Late 2006
Est. Cost ($ million): 400 Finish: 2009

Total major projects currently underway just in Langley: 8
Cost of major projects currently underway just in Langley: $1,454,000,000
Majority of work is complete by late 2008.

What happens when all those projects finish, all the money is spent and all the workers go home?

Observations From the Street

The weather was so nice this weekend, the wife and I decided to take baby mohican for a little drive. No better way to celebrate good weather in the suburbs than burning fossil fuels!

Some interesting observations from driving a little bit off the beaten path.

1) We aren't even close to running out of developable land.
2) There are innumerable new homes under construction in Langley / Surrey.
3) There are many "Development Proposal" signs all over the place for new subdivisions that contain 50 - 500 homes. (Bedford Landing, Milner Heights, Yorkson, Copper Creek, Clayton, and more - these are by developers like Parklane, Adera, Morningstar, Solterra, Foxridge, and lots of other smaller developers)
4) There were hundreds of for sale signs, mostly in new home developments. I assume most of these homes for sale are speculators or developers trying to sell their investment. Very few "sold" signs.

What are your observations from where you were out and about this weekend?