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Proposed vehicle levy to fund Evergreen Line
Report goes to Metro Vancouver Board Friday
Mike Lloyd/The Vancouver Sun Nov 22, 2010 07:00:57 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Ditch the plan for a property tax and bring in a vehicle levy instead.  That is the recommendation going before the Mayors of Metro Vancouver as they try to find a way to fund the Evergreen Line.

The proposed rapid transit line would go from Port Moody, through Coquitlam to Burnaby.

A staff report goes before the Metro Vancouver Board Friday.  It recommends mayors reject any plan from TransLink that involves property-tax-based funding.

The Vancouver Sun reports the board will be urged to direct TransLink to come up with a new plan, one that includes a vehicle levy or some other kind of carbon tax.

TransLink wants the board to come up with more than $68 million next year to help fund transit options and has suggested a $31 to $54 property tax increase for the average household.


An artist's rendering of Evergreen Line