Whereas developers may be required to provide offsite improvements such as Arterial Highway intersection upgrades not owned by a municipality as part of their developments; And whereas the first developer may be required to install upgrades as directed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure which may also be required by subsequent developers for other projects: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urges the Province to create a legislative framework to allow for latecomer charges or similar mechanism to be collected from subsequent developers to be paid to the first developer or to the Province who front ends the initial transportation upgrades.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Land development is inherently a local government process, where applications are referred to the Ministry for reviewapproval as needed when dictated by legislation. The Ministry is not involved in every land development or land use decision which occurs within a municipality or regional district. As such the Ministry is not in a position to pursue any new legislation regarding this issue. The recent passing of Bill 46: Housing Statutes Development Financing Amendment Act expands development cost charge DCC categories to allow local governments to collect for provincial highway infrastructure projects under certain conditions. This may be used by local governments to distribute the cost of necessary upgrades required by development to multiple developers. Further, as local governments and the Province work together to plan corridors and infrastructure upgrades in advance, there will be opportunities to anticipate transportation requirements. Local governments will be able to plan and distribute the costs of those infrastructure upgrades as needed.