'Our challenge is no longer just about surviving the effects of the pandemic and inflation,' says Brad West, mayor of Port Coquitlam and chair of the Mayors' Council.
Metro Vancouver mayors say if TransLink does not get $500 million in emergency relief funding to sustain current service levels until 2025, it will be forced to cut services.
The council has written to the federal government asking it to provide $250 million, to be matched by the provincial government, which has not yet technically made such a commitment. While ridership remains down, West said TransLink foresees overcrowding on buses, especially in municipalities south of the Fraser River, as population growth ramps up due to record-level federal immigration targets.
TransLink stated in a news release that based on federal projections an estimated 1.45 million people will immigrate to Canada and one in every eight newcomers will land in the Lower Mainland. New funding models that do not rely on so-called regressive sources, such as transit fares and property taxes, should be done via a new tripartite national commission with provinces, transit agencies and local governments, Hurley said.
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