Our community is one of more than 100 receiving funding to offset expenses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on public transit.
The Ontario government has announced $7,207 will be going towards the Municipality of North Grenville, as part of phase four of its “Safe Restart Agreement,” a joint federal and provincial initiative meant to help the economy recover from the pandemic.
According to the announcement, the money will go towards covering things like revenue losses and operating expenses for their transportation programs between February 1st and December 31st of 2022.
The total amount of money being invested across Ontario during phase four comes out to $505-million. Officials say the amount of transit funding that’s been provided to municipalities since 2020 is over $2-billion.
“Ontario has been a leader in supporting its municipal partners and we will continue to champion their needs along with transit users across the province,” says Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney. “This funding, on top of what has already been provided, will help ensure reliable transportation options are available for everyone, whether you’re going to work, school or the grocery store.”
We’ve reached out to the Municipality of North Grenville to learn how the money will be spent locally.