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Road pricing eyed for transit, too
Surrey councillor likes resident’s push for hens on small lots
Plucky plan for chickens gets support
TransLink is considering time-of-use charges for all commuters
by Kevin Diakiw A SURREY councillor thinks a South Surrey woman is hatch-
ing a good plan by aiming to create a pilot project allowing chickens on small residential lots. Kate McMaster has been working with the city to change a bylaw – restricting the ownership of chickens to properties one acre or larger – since March, with the hopes of legalizing ownership of small-lot flocks, like the one she has on her quarter-acre lot. Coun. Marvin Hunt said he’s impressed with McMaster’s plans. “She actually has a very nice looking coop,” Hunt said last week. “It fits well into the neighbourhood, she’s even talking about the different setbacks, wanting to do a 10-property pilot for this.” The longtime South Surrey resident found out about the restrictions this year after bringing three hens – two Ameraucanas and an Australorp – home from a friend’s farm in Langley. “Someone mentioned that they thought it was only legal to have chickens on acre lots,” she said. “So I emailed city council right away to ask for permission to have these hens, because I didn’t want to do something illegal. e only councillor who responded to Marvin Hunt herThwas Hunt. “I think it has potential, because she’s really working at doing a good job,” Hunt said. “I think what you might see is a pilot of 10 (properties) and it be evaluated in a year or so.” He said noise will not be an issue, because hens are quiet, and roosters will not be allowed.
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“I think what you might see is a pilot of 10 (properties) and it be evaluated in a year or so.”
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Kate McMaster, with one of her chickens, Maizie, wants the City of Surrey to legalize ownership of hens on small residential lots. Currently, a bylaw only allows chickens on lots that are one acre or larger.
TRANSLINK IS doubling down on the concept of road pricing, arguing it should apply not just to cars to control congestion at the busiest times, but also to transit riders to make more efficient use of buses and SkyTrain as well. A revision of TransLink’s longrange regional transportation strategy is going to public consultation over the next two months and it reinforces the idea of using time-ofuse pricing tools to make the most of investments. The Transportation 2045 plan will argue the number of vehicle trips travelled in Bob Paddon the region must climb no higher if Metro Vancouver is to remain a livable region and not end up mired in gridlock. Capping car travel will be challenging. The overall number of trips taken is projected to climb 50 per cent over the next three decades as a million more Metro Vancouverites arrive, all criss-crossing the region to get to 500,000 more jobs.
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