Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario announce funding for 17 public transit projects across Ontario
Backgrounder
A new list of transit projects has been approved under the Canada-Ontario Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) agreement, which is designed to address key infrastructure priorities with a focus on repairing and upgrading existing facilities and assets.
The Government of Canada is providing Ontario with over $1.48 billion under PTIF, and will fund up to 50 per cent of the eligible project costs.
As part of the bilateral agreement with Ontario, the following 17 projects in four municipalities have now been approved for federal funding amounting to more than $7 million.
The projects listed below are part of the list of 312 projects announced by Prime Minister Trudeau today.
Location |
Project Name |
Federal Funding |
Anticipated Start Date |
Cornwall |
Replace Three Conventional Buses |
$771,000 |
January 1, 2017 |
Cornwall |
Replace Four Specialized Buses |
$240,000 |
October 31, 2016 |
Cornwall |
Replace One Diesel Fuel Tank and One Waste Oil Tank |
$228,000 |
April 31, 2017 |
Cornwall |
Install surveillance cameras on 25 buses for the safety of operators and passengers |
$88,000 |
October 31, 2016 |
Cornwall |
Implementation of Specialized Transit Scheduling Software |
$38,000 |
October 31, 2016 |
Cramahe |
Replacement of 1 Specialized Transit Vehicle |
$32,500 |
April 1, 2017 |
Cramahe |
Implement New Scheduling Software/Hardware |
$6,250 |
January 1, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Transit Intelligent Transportation System Enhancements to provide real time passenger information |
$100,000 |
January 31, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Transit Storage Garage Replacement Study |
$450,000 |
January 15, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Construction of a new Transit Maintenance Garage & Public Works Yard |
$1,000,000 |
January 15, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Transit Stop Shelter Upgrades of up to 110-120 new accessible transit stops and amenities |
$813,893 |
January 31, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Accessible Transit Stop Upgrades of up to 10-12 new accessible transit stops |
$50,000 |
January 31, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Replace 9 conventional transit buses with new accessible and efficient buses, as part of the Transit Bus Replacement Program |
$2,650,000 |
January 31, 2017 |
Peterborough |
Replace 5 and purchase 1 new accessible specialized transit buses, as part of the Specialized Transit Bus Replacement Program |
$337,500 |
January 31, 2017 |
Peterborough (County) |
Replace one accessible Caremobile Van |
$50,398 |
November 1, 2016 |
Quinte West |
Design and Planning of a new office and vehicle storage space for Quinte Access Transportation |
$56,166 |
January 1, 2017 |
Quinte West |
Purchase of 2 new specialized buses to improve service reliability and accessibility needs, and meet ridership demand |
$113,775 |
January 1, 2017 |