“Disappointing.” That’s the word from the head of the Homebuilders Association of Vancouver (HAVAN) following a referendum ballot aimed at pumping $7.5 billion over ten years into Metro Vancouver’s congested transportation system.
Instead, the 61.7 percent of 700,000 voters who said No to a 0.5 per cent sales tax only made the daily grind for contractors working across Metro’s 21 municipalities tougher, according to HAVAN President Bob de Wit.
