Contractor prices for road and sidewalk work are up 30 per cent since 2021. The cost to operate a taxi rose almost 12 per cent since 2020. yxe yxecc
The report warns roads and sidewalks will start gradually deteriorating if funding isn’t topped up.
Over the course of the meeting, Schmidt noted costs for water and sewer maintenance are seeing cost increases “similar, if not higher” than those affecting work on roads and sidewalks. The index showed taxi drivers would need a nearly 12 per cent rise in current fares, to recoup costs. Fares last went up in 2020 and typically rise every four years.Article content
“I can assure you, in October 2020 I certainly didn’t see paying $6 for a cantaloupe or $1.63.9 for a litre of fuel, but here we are,” Bourner said.
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