Transfer of a portion of the federal Gas Tax Fund and a contribution from the Government of Quebec
December 12, 2014 – Lévis, Quebec – Infrastructure Canada
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse and Les Etchemins and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, and Dominique Vien, Quebec Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches region, on behalf of Robert Poëti, Quebec Minister of Transport and Minister Responsible for the Montréal Region, are pleased to announce that the Société de transport de Lévis will receive $6,548,953 from the federal Gas Tax Fund and a contribution from the Government of Quebec.
The Société de transport de Lévis will use the financial assistance announced today to upgrade and acquire public transit infrastructure and equipment such as buses, garages and terminals, reserved bus lanes, park-and-ride lots and intelligent transportation systems.
The allocation of monies from the federal Gas Tax Fund and the Government of Quebec's contribution will provide transportation agencies and authorities with long-term, stable and predictable funding.
The federal Gas Tax Fund was extended and doubled to $2 billion per year, indexed at 2% annually and legislated as a permanent source of federal infrastructure funding for municipalities.
Over the next five years, transportation agencies and authorities in Quebec will receive $983.1 million for infrastructure and equipment improvements, with $485.5 million coming from the federal Gas Tax Fund and $497.6 million from the Government of Quebec's contribution.
Quebec's contribution consists of revenue generated from the higher registration fees levied on vehicles with heavy-duty engines and monies from the Fonds des réseaux de transport terrestre (FORT). This funding is in addition to investments planned by the Quebec government under various other public transit programs totalling $1.3 billion for 2014–2015.
Vincent Rabault
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
613-943-1838
Cynthia St-Hilaire
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches region
418-528-8063
Anne-Catherine Couture
Deputy Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Transport and Minister Responsible for the Montreal Region
514-873-3444
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Quebec Department of Transport
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