Sunday, December 21, 1997 - North Shore News - 13

A GUIDE TO THE PROPGSED
GREATER VANCOUVER
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

A CHo414céE

Transportation is the number one problem for residents of Greater Vancouver. developing the current plan - the Livable Region Strategic Plan (LRSP) — for

People are frustrated abou: congestion, poor and unreliable transit service Greater Vancouver.

and our current approach to transportation, which is bad for our environment,

our health, our economy and our quality of life. And no one has seemed able Now, negotiators for the Provincial Government and the GVRD have produced

to do anything about these problems. proposals for improving the way we deci.fe on and pay for transportation in
Greater Vancouver. The cornerstone of these proposals is a new transportation

Finding a new way to govern and finance transportation was identified as authority for the region. The GVRD board wants your views on these proposals

a need of the highest priority when the Greater Vancouver Regional District before deciding whether to ratify them at its meeting on February 27, 1998.

(GVRD), @ partnership of the local municipalities in the region, was See page 4 for information on how you can make a submission.

THE New TRANSPORTATION It Coutb Do THis WitHout:
AUTHORITY WoOuULD:

@ double the amount of transit by 2008 : @ increasing property taxes

@ provide a wider range of transit services

@ build the Broadway-Loug’ ‘ed-Coquitlam- # expanding bureaucracy
New Westminster Light Rail Transit system

© co-ordinate improvements and ¢ duplicating municipal functions

financing of the major roads in the region.

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