Gas Tax Funding

Whereas local governments continue to use their outdated infrastructures and tools to maintain and enhance community services since the user demand is ever increasing to renew or add new local government infrastructure to support community quality of life; And whereas, the 2019 doubled Federal Gas Tax Fund GTF transfer paid directly to each local government empowers them to deliver thousands of infrastructural projects, from roads and bridges to transit, water, waste and energy systems thereby proving to be the most efficient, reliable and cost effective way to empower local governments and ensure that the correct tools and infrastructure is secured by local leaders who understand their local needs best: Therefore it be resolved that UBCM and FCM respectfully lobby the federal government to continue to support grass root community quality of life by permanently doubling the Gas Tax Fund transfer to support local infrastructures.