Local municipalities get funding for transit

Local municipalities get funding for transit

Norfolk and Brant counties, along with the City of Brantford, are getting funding for municipal transit.

Norfolk is getting $9,900; Brant, $35,000 and Brantford $812,000;

The money is being delivered through Phase 4 of the federal-provincial Safe Restart Agreement.

The funding will help municipal transit systems address costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Municipalities will be able to use their funding to cover revenue losses, operating expenses and provincial transit priority projects, including fare and service integration and on-demand transit.

The money builds on the more than $2 billion in funding dedicated for municipal transit systems provided by the federal and provincial governments since 2020.

A total of 107 Ontario municipalities received Phase 4 funding.

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