Friday, June 6, 2008

News Release - Regional Tolls: Socially Responsible User Fees Earmarked for the Funding of Public Transit

CNW Group, June 5

During a speech today to members of the Association québécoise du transport et des routes (AQTR), André Lavallée, Montréal Executive Committee member responsible for Urban Planning and Public Transit, launched the discussion on funding for public transit by proposing a new approach. It would consist of establishing a regional toll collection system, the revenues of which would be shared among the municipalities to finance their own contributions to the development and to operate local and regional public transit and active transportation projects.

Montréal's bold and ambitious Transportation Plan seeks to make active transportation and public transit the preferred means of personal travel and a crucial tool in the city's development. Public consultation sessions that were held in the fall of 2007 revealed the existence of a strong consensus for deploying our full resources to carry out its various measures.

For further information: François Goneau, Relations avec les médias, (514) 868-5859; Source: Darren Becker, Office of the Mayor and the Executive Committee, (514) 872-6412.

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