Development group warns homebuyers will pay for Metro Van fee increase

A development association is warning that a planned significant increase to a Metro Vancouver development fee will end up being passed on to home buyers.
Metro Vancouver is reviewing its liquid waste development cost charge which is levied on new development in the region, with few exceptions. The fee funds 99 per cent of the cost of growth-related sewage projects in the region.
Metro decided in 2014 to review the rates charged, which have not changed in 20 years. Across the region, rates are ex