The province is investing $4.7 million to improve access to public transportation across Nova Scotia.
The Halifax Regional Municipality will receive $2 million under the funding announcement.
“Community transportation programs are essential for many Nova Scotians, both in rural and urban communities,” said Lloyd Hines, Minister of Transportation and Active Transit. “These programs offer full-service transportation to meet the daily needs of residents, especially important at a time when restrictions start lifting and people need to get around.”
Twenty-five projects will receive funding through the Community Transportation Assistance Program and the Public Transit Assistance Program this fiscal year.
The Public Transit Assistance Program is providing $2,925,000 to municipalities and community organizations providing fixed route transit services. The funding is used towards capital purchases such as new buses.
The Community Transportation Assistance Program is providing more than $1.8 million in operating funding to 19 door-to-door community transportation services.
Public Transit Assistance Program recipients:
— Halifax Regional Municipality $2,000,000
— Cape Breton Regional Municipality $425,000
— Kings Transit $375,000
— Town of Yarmouth $25,000
— Town of Bridgewater $25,000
— Antigonish Community Transportation Society $25,000
— Strait Area Transit $50,000
Community Transportation Assistance Program recipients:
— Antigonish County Transit Society, $85,580
— BayRides, St. Margarets Bay area, $57,065
— CHAD Transit, Pictou County, $171,569
— Chester Community Wheels, $61,396
— Colchester Transportation Cooperative Ltd., $172,492
— Cumberland County Transportation Society, $146,360
— East Hants Community Rider, $105,366
— HOPE Dial-a-Ride, Yarmouth County, $96,225
— Kings Point-To-Point Transit, Kings County, $150,294
— La Coopérative de Transport de Chéticamp Lté, $45,582
— Le Transport de Clare, $91,104
— MusGo Rider, rural Halifax Regional Municipality, $82,799
— MusGo Valley-Sheet Harbour, $58,598
— Queens Transit Society, $65,879
— Sou’West Nova Transit, Shelburne County, $78,800
— Strait Area Transit, $96,984
— Trans County Transportation Society, Annapolis and Western Kings counties, $129,928
— Victoria County Transit, $63,689
— West Hants Dial-a-Ride, $76,598
