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Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone, left, Chastity Davis, Chair of Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad, John Mah, a vice president with the First Nations Health Authority and Luke Strimbold, Mayor of Burns Lake at the Dec. 14 announcement on ways to improve northern transit.
Gov’t to help finance transit improvement By Alicia Bridges THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
SMITHERS - Security webcams at bus stations and funding for communities to launch their own public transit systems were among the measures included in the B.C. government’s $3 million transportation plan for Highway 16, announced on Monday. At a press conference in Victoria, Transportation Minister Todd Stone revealed a five-point plan based in part on recommendations from a symposium held
in Smithers in November. The biggest sum under the plan was a $1.6 million funding pool for communities to expand their own transit services and possibly launch new ones. The minister proposed three possible routes connecting communities along Highway 16, including one from Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa and Smithers. A second proposed route would connect Hazelton, Gitsegukla, Kitwanga and Terrace and a third route would travel between Burns Lake, Fraser Lake,
Vanderhoof and Prince George. Another $750,000 in grants will be available over three years for communities to purchase and operate vehicles, as well as $150,000 for a First Nations driver education program. The government will also invest $500,000 over two years to install webcams and upgrade transit shelters for security reasons. The fifth part of the plan is a commitment to foster greater collaboration between organizations including B.C. Transit, Northern Health and not-for-profits.
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An advisory council whose members include the mayors of Burns Lake and Houston will meet early in 2016. Their job will be to develop a process through which communities can apply for the money. “Partnering with local governments, First Nations communities and organizations, the Ministry is ensuring they are active participants with a vested interest in selecting the transportation services that best meet their needs,” said Stone of the bid to increase transportation.