Backgrounder: Canada and Alberta announce funding for six additional public transit projects

Backgrounder

A new list of transit projects has been approved under the Canada-Alberta 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. Under the agreement, the Government of Canada allocated Alberta a total of $347,190,000 for public transit projects, and will fund up to a maximum of 50 per cent of the eligible project costs. The Government of Alberta and municipalities will fund the balance.

As part of that bilateral agreement, the following six additional projects have now been approved for federal funding of $315,817 and provincial funding of $317,288. The recipient municipalities will cover any remaining costs.

Location

Project name

Federal funding

Provincial funding

Anticipated start date

Airdrie

Bus rehabilitation program for high capacity articulated buses

$94,567

$189,163

2018-01-01

Lake Louise and Banff

Design and Implementation Plan for service between Lake Louise and Banff

$35,000

$35,000

2016-09-01

Leduc

Purchase of replacement specialized transit (LATS) bus

$42,500

$21,250

2017-01-01

Leduc

Purchase of garbage/recycling units plus cigarette disposal units for bus stops

$22,000

$11,000

2017-01-01

Leduc

Construction of concrete bus stops for passengers to safely await buses

$13,000

$6,500

2017-01-01

Spruce Grove

Purchase of 1 bus for local service

$108,750

$54,375

2018-03-01

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