Funding the Maintenance of 27th Street.

One of the most expensive roads to maintain in the city of is the 27^th street corridor. Historically 27^th street functioned as the connection between Highway 6 and Highway 97. In spite of the construction of the now decades old overpass in the north end of Vernon that directs north south traffic to 32^th st.  27th st. continues to carry a heavy traffic load from residential areas in the south and east of greater Vernon and points east. This load has increased with the concentration of big retail stores in the Anderson subdivision and the north of Vernon and the residential development on slopes of Middleton Mountain. Local drivers rightly choose this route to the north of Vernon avoiding the congestion on 32^th st.

I believe that funding options for this route's maintenance and enhancement should be pursued at the local and provincial level of government since 27 th Street has retained and in some ways increased its role as a connector between Highway 6 and Highway 97. Taxing heavy trucks is not the answer. 
The answer to this thoroughfare maintenance lies in the acknowledgement of shared responsibility with the various jurisdictions that do benefit from this busy corridor.

Cheers Shawn Lee Candidate for Vernon City Council