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Masse can’t make meetings New shelter affecting his downtown business By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
Coun. Bob Masse says the city’s new downtown homeless shelter is creating problems for his business and forcing him to miss two of council’s Monday morning workshops every month. That, in part, resulted in Monday morning’s scheduled three-hour meeting being adjourned after 45 minutes because only three of seven councillors showed up, too few for an official quorum. Mayor Nicole Read was at a homeless conference in Montreal, while Coun. Gordy Robson was on vacation and Coun. Kiersten Duncan showed up late – about 15 minutes after the meeting was adjourned. See Masse, 3
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Skyfall Halloween fireworks went off without a hitch at the Albion Fairgrounds on Friday as the annual Ghost Ridge haunted house wrapped up. See story , page 10.
Report recommends road pricing Pitt Meadows mayor supports such a system B y Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
Metro Vancouver motorists could save time and money, if they could get used to paying for how far they drive or even what time they get behind the wheel, says Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. “Congestion pricing has worked in cities around the world, ben-
efiting local economies and drivers. It’s worth finding out if it can work here,” said commission chair Chris Ragan. It could lead to lower tolls on the Golden Ears Bridge, but the addition of those on the Pitt River Bridge. An Ecofiscal report, released this week, found that Metro Vancouver’s bridge and tunnel traffic pinch points should all be tolled as part of a road-pricing pilot project to battle congestion. It’s difficult, though, for Trans-
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Link to try out any new tactic as any new revenue source must get the public’s approval through referendum. Last spring, a proposal to raise the provincial sales tax by half a per cent was rejected by referendum. In October, Premier Christy Clark reiterated that there will be no change to that policy. Clark re-affirmed the province’s requirement when Metro Vancouver mayors voted to study roadpricing options.
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“I think it’s an idea whose time has definitely come,” Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker said of road tolls. Traditionally, tolls were intended just to raise money. Now they can also shape road usage to minimize traffic jams, Becker said. He isn’t pessimistic about the province’s position and doesn’t see the referendum-requirement as a deal breaker. “There’s nothing to say we can’t get together and work together.” NOW BOOKING
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