Mayor withdraws her plan to have development charges waived for a period of time

By Pepper Parr

March 2nd, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Mayor Meed Ward

Mayor Meed Ward advised her colleagues this morning that she was withdrawing her Motion which was to consider the temporary elimination of development charges.

The option in front of Council is now the Community Improvement Plan.

Staff will debate how a Community Improvement Plan could be implemented and what the limitations would be.

It will be a lengthy discussion.

 

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March 2nd, 2026 | Category: News

3 comments to Mayor withdraws her plan to have development charges waived for a period of time

  • Graham
    March 2, 2026 at 4:38 pm · Reply

    Does this mean she lost?

  • Downtown Resident
    March 2, 2026 at 1:46 pm · Reply

    Property Taxes continue to increase.
    Transient Traffic continues to be a huge problem every evening.
    Downtown is at a standstill whenever there is an accident on the hwy.
    Unnecessary on street patios add to the congestion.
    Definitely looking for new leadership for Burlington

  • John
    March 2, 2026 at 10:29 am · Reply

    When it come to our Mayor, I don’t have much to say to her, property taxes just keep going up , when does it stop, we need change!!!

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