RIDE WELL

GUELPH – Taxpayers in the county will see a 3.9 per cent increase to the county portion of their property taxes, after Wellington County council adopted its 2025 budget on Jan. 30.

GUELPH – The county is projecting a tax increase of 3.9 per cent this year despite an announcement from the province of financial relief for municipalities to offset the cost of OPP contracts.

GUELPH – Wellington County council has approved a 2024 budget with a 4.6% increase to the local tax levy. The increase will cost residential taxpayers $30 for each $100,000 increment of their home's valuation.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The county’s economic development division has launched a rural transit survey to assess the public transportation needs and preferences of local residents.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The Guelph to Owen Sound inter-community transit bus (GOST) will continue running through Wellington North for the next two years after a new agreement was recently inked.

GUELPH – A shortage of drivers, perhaps fuelled by high gas prices, is among the possible explanations for a slight decrease in use of the county’s Ride Well riding sharing service from April to May of this year.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Ride Well, Wellington County’s answer to rural transit accessibility, saw record demand for the service in September before passing its second year anniversary at the beginning of October.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The announcement of a two-year extension of the province’s Community Transportation Grant program is good news for users of Wellington County’s Ride Well program.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Ward 3 Wellington County councillor Campbell Cork told Wellington North councillors the county’s Ride Well public transportation program may have positive health impacts for residents of the county’s northern municipalities.

KENILWORTH - Ward 3 county councillor Campbell Cork is concerned about Wellington County’s growing debt.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – County council has approved a 2020 budget with a 3.3% increase to the…