Understanding Municipal Costs & TOARC Effectiveness

Municipalities play a key role in managing the impacts of aggregate extraction on local infrastructure and services.

Your feedback will help TAPMO better understand cost pressures and support informed, practical advocacy around cost recovery tactics.

Why We're Collecting This Information

TAPMO is gathering municipal input to better understand infrastructure impacts, cost pressures, and planning challenges related to aggregate activity across Ontario. Survey results will be summarized and reported anonymously to help support future municipal advocacy efforts.

How would you describe the impact of aggregate-related activity on your municipality’s infrastructure?Which areas are most impacted?Does your municipality currently track or estimate costs associated with aggregate-related impacts?To what extent do current tactics (e.g., fees, agreements) reflect the true cost to your municipality?In the last 5 years, has your municipality had to reconstruct or identified a need to reconstruct haul routes due to aggregate traffic?What are the biggest challenges in aligning cost recovery with actual impacts? What types of tools, data, or support would help your municipality better assess and communicate these costs?Could you please share your TOARC Levy payments for the last 5 years?Additional commentsMunicipality name (optional)Role (optional)

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Estimated Time

5–7 minutes

Survey Purpose

Support TAPMO advocacy and policy discussions on infrastructure impacts and cost recovery.

Privacy

All responses are protected and anonymous.

Need Help?

Questions about the survey?
Contact TAPMO
‍info@tapmo.ca

What Happens Next?

Responses will be reviewed and summarized by TAPMO.
Findings may be shared in newsletters, member meetings, and advocacy materials.
Individual responses will not be publicly attributed.

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