(Provincial Conservative Leader David Alward)
(Photo by Brian McLain)
Adding another 35 million dollars worth of debt on the Harbour Bridge doesn’t make sense to Provincial Conservative Leader David Alward who was in town last night for the party’s nomination meeting in East Saint John. Alward tells CHSJ News the repairs should be jointly paid for by the provincial and federal governments but then looking beyond that he says the bridge should become part of Highway One with the federal government writing off the 22 million dollar debt and removing the tolls. Alward is also proposing a three per cent cap on property assessments until a long term solution is found to the escalating tax bills for homeowners. He charges the Graham Government botched the issue by not consulting with the municipalities.
