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    Infrastructure Canada announces funding for Halifax Regional Municipality for new transit facility planning

    Sept. 7, 2022
    The funding will go towards the first phase of the Burnside Transit Centre Eco-Rebuild project.
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    More than C$20.8 million (US$15.8 million) in joint funding for the first phase of the Burnside Transit Centre Eco-Rebuild project was announced by Darren Fisher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honorable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; Jennifer O'Connell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament for Pickering—Uxbridge; the Honorable Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables; and Pam Lovelace, Deputy Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality. 

    "Safe and reliable public transit systems contribute to making our communities good places to live, work and raise families. That's why we're investing over C$6.5 million to begin the important work needed to replace, expand and transition Dartmouth's Burnside Transit Center into a net-zero facility, ready to accommodate clean energy transportation,” Sec. Fisher said. “By working together with partners, we will continue to support public transit infrastructure across the country so that people can get where they need to go in faster, safer and cleaner ways." 

    The project involves improvements to the Halifax Regional Municipality's public transit services, which will result in a faster and more reliable public transit experience. Funding for the first phase will support the planning and design of the new transit center. The new detailed design of the facility is an important step in developing a plan to replace and expand the existing Burnside Transit Center with a net-zero facility. Funding will also support studies to determine what is needed to transition to a zero-emissions bus fleet. 

    "Investing in key public transit projects is integral to the well-being of any community. It connects our residents to work, to school and to each other while creating jobs and positioning our communities for a greener future,” said Sec. O’Connell. “Today's important announcement for the first phase of the Burnside Transit Center Eco-Rebuild project will ensure that residents in the Halifax Regional Municipality will have improved access to a modern, reliable and green transit system in the years ahead." 

    Once complete, this project will increase the capacity of the Halifax Regional Municipality's public transit system, provide residents with better access to public transit and improve access to clean energy transportation. 

    The government of Canada is investing more than C$6.5 million (US$ 4.9 million) in this project. The government of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality are each contributing more than C$7.1 million (US$5.39 million) to this project.   

    "This is an exciting investment for Halifax Transit and for the residents and visitors of the municipality,” said Deputy Mayor Lovelace. “This funding supports not only our public transit service by designing and planning construction of a net-zero transit facility for Burnside but will facilitate our transition to a zero-emission bus fleet as part of HalifACT, the municipality's climate action plan to reduce emissions and rely on clean energy sources."