{"id":2387,"date":"2012-07-19T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/beaconsfield-broaches-local-improvemen\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:42:04","slug":"beaconsfield-broaches-local-improvemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/beaconsfield-broaches-local-improvemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaconsfield broaches local improvement tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nSolving highway noise woes could cost some homeowners more than $50,000<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b><\/div>\n
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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\nBeaconsfield held an information meeting at city hall, July 12, to find out whether citizens will support an initiative to build a concrete sound barrier along highway 20, from St. Charles boulevard to the Pointe Claire border.<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cPeople agree that the solution is a sound wall,\u201d Staddon said. He added that, because building one is so costly, \u201cthe city cannot and therefore will not pay for it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cSo we have to work with the Quebec Ministry of Transport (MTQ), which has offered to pay 50 per cent of the cost,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat means that we have to follow their rules.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nBased upon citizens\u2019 response, Beaconsfield city council will consider implementing a local improvement tax this fall, to pay for the city\u2019s share of the $4 million project.<\/div>\n
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\nHomeowners in the worst affected zones could wind up paying more than $50,000 each in taxes and interest, spread over several years. Beaconsfield project director Andr\u00e9 Gervais told The Suburban<\/i> that the amount is per household and not based upon property value.<\/div>\n
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\nResidents who experience the most noise will pay 50 per cent of the cost; those experiencing slightly less will pay 33.33 per cent, and those a bit farther away who experience noise above provincial norms will pay 16.67 per cent. Citizens who experience less than the 50 decibel threshold for normal street noise will pay nothing.<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cThis is a thought process,\u201d Staddon told residents who attended the information meeting. \u201cWe want you to consider what it will cost, how you will realize the benefit and whether you want to move forward with it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cIn Beaconsfield, we don’t usually have local improvement taxes,\u201d he added. \u201cCouncil is reluctant to go further until we know whether the citizens involved approve of implementing a local improvement tax.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nIn a nutshell, Beaconsfield wants taxpayers to cover the city\u2019s share of the cost of building the wall according the degree that they will benefit.<\/div>\n
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\nThe costs are based on MTQ estimates that vary widely. During its information meeting, the city cited an MTQ study that estimated that an alternative vegetative wall would cost more than a concrete one.<\/div>\n
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\nHowever, in an interview after the meeting, Gervais told The Suburban <\/i>that the provincial estimate of the cost of building a concrete wall is two years old and \u201cMTQ now says that by the time a concrete wall is built, it might cost 30 per cent more than the [estimated cost of the] green wall.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nThat would be about 50 per cent more expensive than the original forecast cost of building in concrete, undermining the credibility of the MTQ calculation.<\/div>\n
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\nCity manager Patrice Boileau explained to Beaconsfield citizens that ultimately the true cost of building a wall won\u2019t be known until the project is tendered.<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cAfter that, we don\u2019t have a lot to say,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce we go to tender, we lose control.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cThe future is uncertain,\u201d Staddon acknowledged, underscoring the need for Beaconsfielders to decide democratically what is to be done. \u201cIt is filled with intangibles like electric cars and public transit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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