Ozzie wants more of us to pay for road upgrades

Not all residents of upgraded streets are chipping in for the work. That may be about to change

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The following resolution has been placed on the agenda of Monday's City Council meeting by Ward 6 councillor Ozzie Grandinetti and his Ward 3 counterpart Matthew Shoemaker.

Monday's City Council meeting will be livestreamed on SooToday starting at 4:30 p.m.

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Local improvement charges for roads

Mover: Councillor O. Grandinetti

Seconder: Councillor M. Shoemaker

Whereas the local improvement charges regulations under the Municipal Act allow municipalities to charge residents abutting a street that is being improved a certain portion of the repair costs; and

Whereas the City of Sault Ste. Marie does charge local improvements to residents in many road reconstruction project projects; and

Whereas it is not the city’s standard practice to charge local improvement charges in all road reconstruction projects, or in upgrades of roads between classes of surface-treatment;

Now therefore be it resolved staff bring forward to council a comprehensive local improvement charges policy that will see local improvements charged in all or most of the road reconstruction projects or in projects that upgrade roads to a higher class of surface.

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