The Strathcona Regional District is looking at a budget of just over $134 million for 2024.
Of that $134,400,209, over $35 million is the operating budget (government services, protective services, environmental health, health, social services and housing, development services, parks and recreation and transportation services), and the remaining approximately $99 million is the regional district’s capital budget.
According to the draft budget, it “addresses urgent challenges our region is facing today — including a new regional housing service to address the growing housing crisis, a new regional fire administration service to better prepare for future emergency threats and faster response, and a new regional transportation service to better coordinate and improve integration if existing transit services between our members in the North...