WHEREAS Section 12(1) of The Municipal Regulations prescribes road haul fees which are not reflective of the actual costs incurred by municipalities to maintain an acceptable level of service for transportation infrastructure.

WHEREAS there is currently no annual review or other mechanism in place for adjusting the legislated road haul fees to account for current costs, including inflation, commodity prices, as well as the actual costs to complete transit infrastructure maintenance and renewal.

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the provincial government to annually review road haul fees to accurately reflect actual costs of road maintenance, road restoration and loss of road life and that this be better reflected in the compensation formula.