Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker and Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson say funding will help a local transit project.
This week, Ontario received additional approval from the federal government to move forward with a transit infrastructure project for Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit (SMART), which provides services in Aaran-Elderslie, Brockton, Chatsworth, Hanover, Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, Saugeen Shores, Southgate and West Grey.
The more than $250,000 will help fund the purchase of specialized transit buses and will result in the replacement of 11 buses in the region
“I’m excited to finally receive federal government approval on this and other transportation infrastructure projects Ontario nominated last July,” said Walker. “This investment means the SMART can move forward with the purchase of specialized transit buses to serve the community.”
“The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought instability and uncertainty, but important investments in infrastructure, such as the ones being announced today, will help kick start our local economies,” said Thompson.
The funding is in addition to the $2.1 million of provincial funding recently announced towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation of four road and bridge projects in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and more than $2.9 million for projects in Huron-Bruce.
Projects approved in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound: West Grey – replacement of Lantz Bridge (Bridge 28). Provincial funding: $465,620.10 Grey County – Grey Roads 3 and 4 roundabout construction. Provincial funding: $606,606 Arran Elderslie – Replacement of Soper’s Bridge, Structure A25. Provincial funding: $267,639.90 Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation – Phase 2: Roads and Culvert Flood Damage repair/reconstruction. Provincial funding: $768,320.28.
Projects approved in Huron-Bruce: Town of Saugeen Shores McEwing Bridge Replacement. Provincial funding: $792,430 Bruce County Country Road 6 East A. Provincial funding: $1,584,54 Municipality of Brockton Replacement of Bridge 0013. Provincial funding: $534,696
These projects are among 144 nominated to the federal government for funding approval via the Rural and Northern stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program or ICIP last summer.
