Halifax to use federal infrastructure fund for 21 transit buses
The city will allocate $6 million from the federal Gas Tax fund for the purchase
The Halifax municipality will use $6 million of a federal infrastructure fund on new transit buses this year.
By the end of 2017, Halifax plans to replace 21 buses in its fleet with 12-metre-long accessible low floor buses.
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi was at Halifax's Lacewood Terminal on Sunday morning to make the announcement.
"As a former bus driver and city councillor, I know how important investing in affordable and efficient public transit infrastructure is to allow Canadians to get to work on time and back home at the end of a long day," Sohi said in a press release.
The federal Gas Tax fund is a pool of money available each year to all provinces and territories for local infrastructure projects.
Sohi is also in Halifax as a keynote speaker at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.
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