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LAURENTIAN VALLEY – Major construction work to upgrade and improve the stretch of Highway 148 running through the township from Pembroke to Greenwood Road could begin as early as summer 2022, council recently heard.
At the April 20 meeting, Chris Belanger, Ministry of Transporation Ontario (MTO) Highway 148 project manager, told council, the project was about one-third of the way through the overall process and he was hopeful it could be tendered about a year from now.
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LAURENTIAN VALLEY – Major construction work to upgrade and improve the stretch of Highway 148 running through the township from Pembroke to Greenwood Road could begin as early as summer 2022, council recently heard.
At the April 20 meeting, Chris Belanger, Ministry of Transporation Ontario (MTO) Highway 148 project manager, told council, the project was about one-third of the way through the overall process and he was hopeful it could be tendered about a year from now.
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The Township of Laurentian Valley has approved the 2021 budget.
The 2021 budget includes $12-million in spending with a levy increase of 7.15% (1.97% in operating, 2% in Capital Reinvestment Reserve and 3.18% increase to the capital budget).
The impact of the 2021 budget translates to $33.98 per $100,000 assessment for municipal purposes.
For the average Laurentian Valley household assessed at $254,820, the impact would be an increase of $86.58 for the year.
This amount is roughly three times higher than the increase Laurentian Valley taxpayers faced in 2020 as the increase was pegged at $9.37 per $100,000 in assessment.
Despite the increase, Laurentian Valley continues to have the third lowest tax rate amgonst the 17 municipalities in the County of Renfrew.