Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Council Notebook: Dust program rates see increase

Mayor Deb Higgins, Coun. Candis Kirkpatrick,
Coun. Don Mitchell and Coun. Dawn Luhning are
seen at the Jan. 27, 2014 council meeting.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

The 2014 dust control rates will increase three per cent from 2013.


City council approved the dust control program at Monday’s meeting for gravel streets and lanes in the city.

“Funding for the Dust Control Program is allocated from the Street Oiling Operating Budget and a charge is levied against abutting property owners based on property frontage,” said an engineering department report. “The Program is self-sustained where the cost is fully recovered by the benefitting properties.”

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