BCCR Annual General Meeting

Date: March 16, 2015 to March 16, 2015

Time: 11:30 to 01:30
Location: 837 West Hastings St, Vancouver
Ticket Cost: Members – $65 / Non-Members – $90
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Organizing Group

Group Name: BC Construction Roundtable
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Event Information

Keynote Speaker:
Mayor Greg Moore
City of Port Coquitlam

The Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Referendum. Is it a good funding strategy?

Metro Vancouver residents will be asked to vote on a 0.5% increase to the Provincial Sales Tax, to be called the Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax, in the upcoming Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Referendum. If approved, the Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax would fund proposed new transportation investments to manage congestion, support 1 million more people living here and keep everyone moving, through: safer, less congested roads; better service on existing SkyTrain and bus routes; new LRT and SkyTrain lines in Surrey and Vancouver; new rapid bus routes throughout the region; replacement of the Pattullo Bridge; more frequent SeaBus and West Coast Express services; and safer pedestrian and cycling routes. There are critics to this proposed tax including those who want a guarantee that the money raised from the tax will go to the intended programs and not into TransLink’s operating costs. Mayor Moore will explain why this is an important choice and a necessary tax required to achieve critical increased transit service throughout the Metro region.

There are critics to this proposed tax including those who want a guarantee that the money raised from the tax will go to the intended programs and not into TransLink’s operating costs. Mayor Moore will explain why this is an important choice and a necessary tax required to achieve critical increased transit service throughout the Metro region.

Mayor Moore was first elected Mayor of Port Coquitlam in 2008 following six years as a City Councillor. Prior to being elected to public office Mayor Moore worked for the Parks and Recreation Department at the city. He brings his passion as an urban planner and geographer to the Mayors’ Council of Regional Transportation.

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