Regional Council has approved its 2017 budget.
Residents will see a two per cent increase on the Regional portion of their property tax bill.
That means the average household assessed at $240,500.00 will see their tax bill increase by $28 dollars.
The operating and capital budgets total 1.1 billion dollars.
Among the highlights 30 million towards the implementation of daily GO rail service to Niagara and 12.5 million for road resurface and repair projects.