City to Ask for Share of Gas Taxes

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 03:51 AM

Prince George City Council has agreed to send one gas tax related resolution to the Union of B.C. Municipalities for the fall convention.

The resolution calls for the Federal Government and province to share some of the taxes collected on fuel sales.

Mayor Colin Kinsley says the public has no appetite for another tax on a litre of gas, so a previous resolution calling for the city to be given the authority to add its own tax to fuel had to be withdrawn. The Mayor says “They would give us the authority to tax long before they would be willing to share the tax with us.”

The Mayor says “My argument to the Feds and to the Province has been, look it, you get all the tax and we have 660 kilometers of roads we fix the potholes, we rehabilitate the roads to the tune of $3 million bucks a year, we do the crack sealing and you don’t contribute anything to municipal road system and yet, look at the fuel that is sold in our community.”

Council agreed to withdraw one resolution and will press to have the Province and Federal government share a portion of the taxes already charged on fuel.

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Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 03:51 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Chadermando on July 24 2007 5:00 AM

If the average person pays (0.30 per litre) $1000 bucks a year in gas taxes for their truck then that would mean we are short about $50 Million a year from the feds and province for our local roads. Not including industrial fuel taxes.

Posted by: Palopu on July 24 2007 9:01 AM

If we would quit wasting money on **Mega Projects** we would have millions for fixing our roads. This City spends approx $100 Million per years on various and sundry projects. We get millions from traffic fines, gambling, teresan gas, etc; etc; etc;.

What we need is to quit wasting money.

Posted by: diplomat on July 24 2007 7:25 PM

The Mayor: :"...we fix the potholes, ...we do the crack sealing..."

The more correct wording here should have been"....we attempt to fix some of the potholes and we try to do some crack sealing..."

A lot of time, money and effort is wasted every year on pothole and crack repair to roads/streets that have simply outlived their usefulness and ought to be totally repaved instead of patched over and over again.

I agree with Palopu. How come we have no hesitation to take on the burden of all kinds of mega projects but we nonchalantly let some of the roads go to pot?

Posted by: Andyfreeze on July 25 2007 10:49 AM

Yesterday was an in town day for about 5 hours and I can agree with those that say the roads are a mess!
It's all about infrastructure and if you neglect that,it WILL come back to haunt you.
PG bowl area roads are a disgrace!