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Vote to urge fee riles local activists

Committee refuses to delay its support for replacing road fund that runs out this year

By Andrea Damewood
Published: November 18, 2011, 4:00pm

A transportation advisory group passed a resolution this week asking the Vancouver City Council to pass a $20 car license fee to pay for road projects.

But some people feel the vote was rushed.

The Neighborhood Transportation Safety Alliance, an ad hoc advisory committee, voted 6-4 Tuesday to recognize the “urgent need for an adequate, stable funding source for maintenance and capital” for the city’s roads.

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