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Drivers could end up paying an average of between $3 and $8 per day to get around Metro Vancouver if decongestion charging is introduced in the region.

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The cost estimates were in a report presented by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission to a joint meeting of TransLink’s Mayors’ Council and board of directors on Thursday.

The report caused concern for a number of the region’s mayors, who called it a good start and agreed the conversation needs to take place, but worried that mobility pricing would not be fair or affordable for residents.

“Going through the report, definitely some of the charges that are talked about here are definitely up there and certainly are going to catch people’s attention,” said New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Coté, who described mobility pricing as a difficult, complex and controversial issue.

It’s been proposed that mobility pricing could pay for transit and transportation improvements in the region, replace the declining gas tax and deal with traffic gridlock.

The commission looked at two options for decongestion charging, both of which could reduce congestion by 20 to 25 per cent.

One option is congestion point charges, where drivers are charged when they pass a certain location — including bridges — and complemented by further charges at locations on the Burrard Peninsula.