Through the government’s Safe Start program, St. Thomas is the recipient of $67,000 for its transit service.
The funding announcement was made Wednesday with Premier Doug Ford noting the money is to help municipalities deliver safe and reliable public transit.
The funds can be used to cover revenue losses due to COVID-19, operating expenses, and provincial transit priority projects, including fare and service integration and On-Demand transit.
This funding builds on the more than $2 billion in dedicated funding for municipal transit systems that the Ontario government, in conjunction with the federal government, has provided since 2020 to help transit systems across the province respond to the impact of COVID-19.
Phase 4 of the Safe Restart Agreement will help municipal transit systems address costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic between February 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.
Written by Ian McCallum
