{"id":6909,"date":"2015-11-13T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T21:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2015-11-14T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T16:21:20","slug":"good-news-huntsville-receives-increased-amount-from-gas-tax-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/good-news-huntsville-receives-increased-amount-from-gas-tax-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news &#8211; Huntsville receives increased amount from gas tax fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Huntsville will receive $146,000 from the Province this year from their gas tax fund. 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According to Deputy mayor Karin Terziano, the amount received doesn\u2019t fully cover the cost of transit program but it helps reduce the burden on taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Photo courtesy of &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/islandyorkie\/<\/cite><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Huntsville will receive $146,000 from the Province this year from their gas tax fund. That is up from the $106,000 they received last year. 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