Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest in public transit infrastructure for North Bay residents
Backgrounder
The federal government is investing $8,362,099 through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program for these eight projects. The Government of Ontario is investing $6,896,755. The City of North Bay is contributing $5,433,480.
Project information
Location |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City of North Bay |
Construction of sidewalks and associated storm water improvements |
Constructing 5.19 kilometres of 1.5-metre-wide concrete sidewalk along transit routes, and installing storm sewers, curbs and gutters, tactile walking plates, and associated elements. |
$3,937,844 |
$3,281,208 |
$2,625,557 |
City of North Bay |
Conventional fleet replacement |
Replacing eight conventional transit buses with hybrid buses, improving fuel mileage and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
$3,805,158 |
$3,170,647 |
$2,537,088 |
City of North Bay |
Bus wash facility rehabilitation |
Refurbishing a transit bus wash facility, bus washing and vacuum systems components, exterior bay doors and frames, and enhancing lighting. |
$270,000 |
$179,982 |
$90,018 |
City of North Bay |
Transit terminal upgrades |
Rehabilitating a transit terminal including interior and exterior lighting and rehabilitating the roof membrane. |
$155,825 |
$103,872 |
$51,952 |
City of North Bay |
Rolling stock, ITS and security improvements |
Upgrading automatic vehicle locator screens and installing driver barriers on approximately 20 conventional buses. |
$87,148 |
$72,616 |
$58,106 |
City of North Bay |
New bus shelters, concrete pads |
Replacing six bus shelters and installing four new concrete pads at bus stops. |
$67,546 |
$56,283 |
$45,037 |
City of North Bay |
Fare system upgrade |
Upgrading the fare system by installing a coin sorting machine, a coin safe, and two coin wrapping machines. |
$29,378 |
$24,479 |
$19,588 |
City of North Bay |
Bus barn lighting |
Replacing and upgrading approximately 56 interior and six exterior lighting fixtures, with LED lighting in a transit bus storage facility. |
$9,200 |
$7,666 |
$6,134 |