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TransLink Extends AirCare Vehicle Exemptions
(Dec-07-2005)
The TransLink Board of Directors has extended the newer vehicle model year exemption to include 2003 model year vehicles in 2006 and 2007. As well, the Board exempted all hybrid vehicles, effective January 1, 2006.
These policy changes mean a 2003 model year vehicle will not require an AirCare test until its first re-licensing in 2008 and all vehicles such as the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, which utilize a gas/electric hybrid technology, will no longer require an AirCare inspection as a condition of re-licensing.
The TransLink Board has also requested that the Province, the GVRD and the FVRD advise the Board if they support the continuance of AirCare in a revised form, as recommended by the independent consultant in the report titled “Recommendations on AirCare Program 2006 – 2011”. The report recommends the following changes, effective January 1, 2007:
- Implementing On-board Diagnostic testing for 1998 and newer vehicles,
- Maintaining the 12 centralized testing centres,
- Shortening the proposed testing contract to five years, expiring on December 31, 2011,
- Lowering test fees.
The current contract for the AirCare program expires on August 31, 2006. Download a copy of the independent consultant’s report, titled “AirCare Program Review - Phase 2” here.
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