Backgrounder: Canada and Québec support support better public transit services in Outaouais
Backgrounder
Investment of more than $31.6 million
Public Transit Infrastructure Fund
The governments of Canada and Quebec are investing $31,613,981 in seven projects being undertaken by the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) to improve commutes, cut air pollution, strengthen communities and grow regional economy.
The Government of Canada is contributing $17,563,323, representing 50 % of the total eligible costs, and the province is providing $14,050,658, which represents 40 % of the total eligible costs. The STO will provide the remaining funding.
List of projects
Project Name |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Funding from the STO |
Anticipated Start Date |
Purchase of fifteen 40-foot hybrid buses in 2017 |
$6,500,000 |
$5,200,000 |
$1,300,000 |
April 1, 2017 |
Lorrain station and its park and ride lot (as part of the Rapibus phase II) |
$4,163,323 |
$3,330,658 |
$832,665 |
November 1, 2016 |
Purchase of 6 articulated hybrid buses in 2017 |
$3,500,000 |
$2,800,000 |
$700,000 |
April 1, 2017 |
Increase in changeable message sign (CMS) coverage |
$1,600,000 |
$1,280,000 |
$320,000 |
April 1, 2017 |
Studies to extend Rapibus westward |
$1,000,000 |
$800,000 |
$200,000 |
April 1, 2016 |
Electronic passenger counting for the entire fleet of buses |
$600,000 |
$480,000 |
$120,000 |
January 1, 2017 |
Studies to extend Rapibus all the way to the airport |
$200,000 |
$160,000 |
$40,000 |
January 1, 2017 |