Greater Victoria residents may face a $28.50 tax increase per household this year to offset flatlining B.C. Transit revenues and ridership.
But Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard is concerned taxpayers in the Capital Regional District are the only solution being looked at to address what he called a “crisis in transit.”
B.C. Transit is facing a projected deficit of $5.9 million for the coming year.
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