City of Winnipeg releases 2024 budget, with some price hikes to services
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The budget features more services being made available for Winnipeggers, however, there are some price hikes to make these services possible.
The second four-year balanced budget has been released by the City of Winnipeg.
The budget features more services being made available for Winnipeggers, however, there are some price hikes to make these services possible.
Mayor Scott Gillingham is following through on his election promise by holding steady on a 3.5 per cent property tax increase throughout the four-year budget, which goes until 2027. Two per cent of that increase will be used to invest in road repairs.
General fees will increase five per cent in 2024 and 2025 and then 2.5 per cent in 2026 and 2027.
Homeowners will have to pay more for garbage and recycling - from $70 to $80 - and in 2025 a new $46 apartment and condo collection fee would be implemented.
The price to ride the bus for adults will start to increase with an annual $.10 jump, but the rate will freeze for the low income WINNpass in 2024.
Some of the possible changes coming for transit includes an automatic fare collection system upgrade, which would cost around $6.5 million; safety shields for drivers in 2024 and four expanded routes in the city - Castlebury Meadows and Waterford Green, Aurora, Prairie Pointe and Sage Creek.
