P.E.I. company T3 Transit hopes infrastructure money includes transit fund for new buses
The owner of T3 Transit hopes the federal budget contains infrastructure money that will help his company acquire some new buses. T3 Transit runs a bus service in Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall and Summerside.
T3 Transit needs 6 to 8 new buses over next two years
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The owner of T3 Transit hopes the federal budget contains infrastructure money that will help his company acquire some new buses.
T3 Transit runs a bus service in Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall and Summerside.
Owner Mike Cassidy expects the budget will have a dedicated fund to help municipalities upgrade transit infrastructure but he's unsure what that will mean for his service.
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Cassidy says his main goal is to upgrade the fleet over 2016 and 2017.
He says the ideal situation would be to have six to eight new buses to replace aging ones.
A new bus costs about $630,000, he says.