Thread: Highway 174
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2009, 4:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DubberDom View Post
That could be easily done, but the problem remains that the road is a city-owned road, and beyond Trim, about 90% of cars are not resident of the city of Ottawa. I'm sure the city's plan is to stall and stall again to frustrate Rockland residents and force the province to take it over.
Except those thousands of commuting Rockland residents ARE paying Ottawa taxes (at least indirectly) at the commercial level even if they are not paying residential taxes. If their jobs were moved to Rockland, the City of Ottawa would lose a significant tax base.
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