Backgrounder: Canada and Alberta fund three additional public transit projects
Backgrounder
A new list of transit projects has been approved under the Canada-Alberta Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and Clean Water and Wastewater Fund Bilateral Agreement. Altogether, the Province of Alberta will receive up to $347,190,000 from the federal government for public transit projects under the Agreement with federal contributions covering up to 50 per cent of the eligible project costs. The Government of Alberta and municipalities will contribute the balance.
The projects announced today are in addition to 107 others approved for funding since Canada and Alberta signed the Agreement in September 2016.
Newly funded projects:
Location |
Project name |
Federal funding |
Provincial funding |
Anticipated start date |
Town of Black Diamond |
Local Inter-Municipal Transit System Development |
$46,000 |
$300,000 |
July 1, 2017 |
Town of Pincher Creek |
Transit Service; Purchase One CNG Bus and Five Passenger Shelters and Benches |
$46,000 |
$303,333 |
January 1, 2017 |
Town of Turner Valley |
Park-n-Ride Facility Construction |
$46,000 |
$300,000 |
July 1, 2017 |
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