WATERLOO, ONT. — The governments of Canada and Ontario recently announced funding for 10 public transit and active transportation projects in the Waterloo Region in Ontario including improvements to bus stops and shelters as well as safer pedestrian crossings and intersections.
The University of Waterloo and Conestoga College Doon Campus bus stations will be renovated and expanded to include new heated transit canopies, signage and covered bicycle parking. Several projects involve the construction of new and expanded pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, including a new 1.7 kilometre trail to ION Light Rail Transit in the region, indicates a June 16 release.
The Government of Canada is investing over $13 million in these projects through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan. The Government of Ontario is providing more than $11 million and the Region of Waterloo is contributing more than $17 million.
“As Waterloo Region’s economy begins to reopen, the approval of these transit projects and this investment of more than $31.4 million from Ontario, the federal and Waterloo regional governments will jump start our local recovery and create much needed jobs,” said Mike Harris, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga, in a statement. “I am very pleased that Waterloo Region is now able to move forward on these projects and deliver improved transit infrastructure to our communities.”
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