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Improved transit coming to 4 communities in a joint effort by the Province and the Feds

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Dec, 2023 05:36 PM

B-C Transit and the federal and provincial governments have combined funding of just over 90-million dollars to improve transit infrastructure to four communities.

The announcement by federal Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser, B-C’s Transport Minister Rob Fleming and B-C Transit’s C-E-O Erinn Pinkerton will allow for preliminary work for a proposed new transit centre in Saanich.

Funding will build also three new transit exchanges in Kelowna and upgrade existing transit centres in Victoria and Langford to incorporate a maintenance training centre.

The federal and B-C government will each invest 36.5 million for the projects.

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