TransLink Mayors’ Council pushes for renewed federal funding to keep up with growth
“Looking ahead to population growth, we are calling on the government to speed up the delivery of the permanent transit fund by two years to 2024. This will ensure that we don’t have to delay projects in the 10-year priority plan.”“Metro Vancouver is expected to grow substantially in the near future, which will bring increased pressures on our public transit services,” said CEO Kevin Quinn.
“TransLink will need sustainable and dependable funding to both maintain our current levels of service and prepare for critically needed expansion.” In addition, the Mayors’ Council is calling for Ottawa to once again permanently double the Canada Community-Building Fund, and increase its annual escalator to 3.5 per cent, to account for construction cost inflation.It is also asking for a national commission with provinces, transit agencies and local governments to develop a new funding model.
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