St. John’s residents to benefit from improved public transit
Backgrounder
Joint federal-municipal funding will support five transit projects in St. John’s under the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.
The Government of Canada is providing up to $380,870 towards these projects, representing 50 per cent of the total eligible costs. The City of St. John’s will provide the remainder of funding.
| Project name | Improvement |
|---|---|
| Thirty-one (31) Wheelchair Accessible Shelters | Will replace non-accessible shelters along designated wheelchair accessible routes. |
| Tire Balancing Machine | Will allow technicians to balance tires in-house, reduce costs, turn-around time and bus service disruptions. |
| Purchase and Installation of a Virtual Network and Storage Area Network (SAN) | Will consolidate physical servers, reduce energy costs, decrease downtime, improve disaster recovery, provide faster backup, and expedite software upgrades and installations. |
| Public Transit Review | Will provide recommendations for future expansion, improvements to the system and potential new technologies to aid the system. |