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Transportation plan will be benefit: professor ln itx report tn the pnm’ne‘e. the board of Metmlim rtx'utnmended a (matter Al'nmn to and Hamilton Area-spwifu Ltquent tnereatse tn the HS]. ('xpu'ted m bring in 51 't lnlhun per year. .1 fivewent~per~lltre me! tux. ill]!t(‘tpdh‘d to generate $530 nnlhnn annually. at umnnerriul parjgjng levy. estimated m mix:- 8350 mtlhun per year and um develnptnent charges to raise the $2 bilhun annually. , lhv proposed mImm-mal parking In} has a number of shopping centres «mourned. ~'aughan Mills- mall gt'm’ml manager Stephen (hum )im‘ said. "It's quite significant." he said. “\‘Vv'rc uppnwd In it frnm our ix-rsyx‘ctivv as a shopping Lt‘llUl‘. ms are (9m sis!” shnppmg ‘Ilnm 'r'“ 1" mg 1 {"11 Ink l9“ early in say («It certain. but mu may pay 1m {cm "me1! un busuww-s as part m" lemlims tmmponamm inwshnvm \"d‘l‘g-V "lhc Metrolmx report rm‘mmnends an awmgv parking k'vy uf about 25 toms per spaw. per day. bfil Mr. (kwufinv said he has rcawn to believe the daily charge to his mall muld be up to SI kn vach of the facility's 6.500 spots. ‘ llmwwr. running 1hrn'ulfiumnur roads will saw famihm m'uthcr ways. Unwmsny ut- ‘l-‘nmmu pmk‘ssor and lmtilmi“ on Municipal Huanu- and (kwvrnunw dun-Hm Izmd Slat In said 11w pmvinu' says it will nu-d nu? nmm-y tn expand liw n-ginn's transit s‘ysu‘m and aliu viatc congestion. Mumlinx aim pn npowd establishing higl I - ()u‘upam‘y lull lane's. pay parking a! mum! slntiuns and a lewd-value capture 538mm Iu mm:wa Mctmlinx's various policy goals. BY SPAN I’FARf 1* Val‘umnw's mmspnnalinn agency, ‘I'mnV LHIL. )mph-mt'mui d parking kw) Y-wral yuan ago. which was domed by lhi‘ hmi- m-ss mmnumm and lam néplm‘mi, hv said. vxplmnmg his Criticisms n! the proposal m- not mum! to dmran from Ihv unpunemu- o! inmnwingfltht- lrnnqmnzflim wxwm m the (AHA. “’ ,-\ two-car family mmki pay SQT‘.’ mnra per year. the agvm‘y and. ('AA 54mm (mural ()nmnu puimvd out many of the mob proposed could easily be passed on In (unsuran 'lhc good news is not an husim-sws will necmwily elect to pass along the additional costs. Ms Slark said. adding it all depends on lhm'tmuuny ‘ \W)ik‘.ilidl\l(hl.|l husu‘u-st m” find Hn-ix own ways m (1921] with {he addvd um. mus! will he Inf! (Milling lwnvm-n upping lhvil prim-s m maintain pmfil nungms or (mung rns‘ts'. such As staffing, he mid, In any mw. I! n-lml hmmmws (huw m pass alum: increased costs. It means ()mar~ ians wnuld ulnmzm‘ly be paying mnrv than lhv $377 per yuu Mmmlim initial!) suggested in its mpnn for a family with one an M()rl‘(M'r. any additional costs should be weighed against the potential savings, om- nunm hem-fits and ruiuninn in tmfi‘u‘ con-- gl-stion. which Mamlixu ostmutes Ls costing thv average family $1.600 annué'fly. she urnln-s,' Mumupdl Inning (1008“! 1K1an Vaughan Mills and mum other H'HIH‘H to (harm fur pnrkmg in mm Iuh, an that wally only hum-s one way In pay the parking m- and that‘s im‘n‘ming thr u-mmhi n-m Mr. (humm- said. “Then- an' alsu a 1m olllx-m'fits to having 1119 most siglifk‘am segment omemlinx's pmpowd invvslmcm strategy. the l-per-cem HS I mmasc. may have already his a snag, gjwn that federal Conservative Finanu- Min isu‘r Iim Hahorty has “Tillt‘n a Mm inkmn mg his. pnwincial umnterpan. ()ntano Lib- eral (lhadm Sk‘msa. that the agmemem the pmvnu‘e sight-d tn, .‘imhun'lr [he morgvr of Brynnd that. he also called for the creation nf an auditor m mmm‘ any nmney raised thmugh m'w narnucmxrls ends up where it's mmm In. "Nu nm- iikvs new taxes and pmbabiy none u! these an‘ going to be lamurahty received." he said. noting someone hash do something In Izn‘kk‘ congmtion in the area “The tmubki is we'w way behind whet:- we shouid be on transit. so wo'w got to get caught up.‘ ( )pmmn on the "wusle pmpuwd seems pn-dimahlv mixed. he said, while also stress- ing Hw Impurmnu‘ nf mdkmg up for dam of inaction on (b? transit file. “\1 Un' “14mm lhéy will. but nut in ulhvr l a»t~s.‘"“‘~.hv sand, "Will it rauw people In (‘russ thv hunk-r m saw a mupk' uf cum? I! may. hm Idun’! mmt that will be significant. "lthcr way, we need to get (m with u buinuw It's going to Inkc $2 billion In m1me Ilu- trumgmrtdtfim swarm m the mgfljm ’ 'lhc mum and transportation systvm in the (FINA is in dim need of imprm'cmcm. Markham Bt mm of Trade president and ( 1H ) Ru hard ( iunnmghnm agmt-d. .1 good Hans" sun-m." Ms Slack said. "Thc u'alm' ls HM! H wr dnn't pay Mr H, we're nm gmng In gm ll " , ' Hrgmdh‘ss. nmthrr lhv umupvmrm HST Inkv um lin- fiw ('vm fuel tax im‘u‘uw an‘ wry Mu-ly m haw prufuund Impetus un pen- plvk hum m the u'nnmny, Ms Slack said, The recommendations adopted by the Melrnlinx board last week are gust than nw- ommendations. stressed Mr. Muse’s prl‘ss secretary Susie Heath. "Hm pnwince isn't going m prucm‘d mm any of the agency's suggestions unhl it has an opportunity to contact ()marin H‘Sidt‘nts and other stakeholders. Shf‘ said. “(Mt-vet. finding efficiencies in gmrrn- mom and publioprivale partnerships are a hater alternatin to new taxes and ffi‘S, he said. citing the «fidscauon of $70 billion fur infrastructure (WEI ihe m'xl decade in the 2013 budget as evidence the fodvra! gown]- menl is pan of the solution. lhe province has repeatedly asked the federal government to come )0 the table Ihmugh a national transit strategy, given the negative economic, social and envi- ronmental impacts of G'I‘HA congestion. she said. As a Whitby resident and Minisu'r Responsible for the CIA. M r. l-‘lahcny wmu: he is aware of tha need to invest in tram- pnrtzmun infrasmu‘um’ eind [hr challenges now facing commuters. "l lwllcvv Ontarians pay (-nnugh [anus and governments at all levels and M all pnlllxlcal stripes should he ltmklng lnr wnx m operate mute cll‘u‘lvmly. invest murv strategically and work to keep the tax bur- am low." Mr. l-lalwnmxald. Mr. Haheny tunhe‘r told Mr. Snusa while pmvincial tax policy is ulmnateiy the provincial gm‘o‘rnnwm's pn'rugamw. tht‘ federal gm'emmem dues nm support tax incn-aScs on Canadians. noting the federal gnwrnmvnl rm lhv (EST two per «rm lhc PST and ($1 dm-sn'tualltm tor regmnal variations in ['10 prnv'imzial sham-