{"id":72707,"date":"2019-08-08T14:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=72707"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:18:56","slug":"improved-huntsville-transit-service-nominated-for-federal-funding-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/improved-huntsville-transit-service-nominated-for-federal-funding-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved Huntsville transit service nominated for federal funding: Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Norman Miller, MPP for Parry Sound-Muskoka, announced today that Phase 1 of Huntsville\u2019s Ridership Growth Plan is being nominated under the Public Transit stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). If approved by the federal government, Ontario would contribute $122,487 towards the estimated $367,500 cost of the project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPublic transit is very limited in our area so this project is important because it will allow people who don\u2019t have a car or can\u2019t drive increased access to transit in Huntsville,\u201d said Miller. \u201cThis will help both residents and local businesses whose employees need transit to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville\u2019s Ridership Growth Plan is intended to expand the service and cut the travel time in order to make it practical for people to use transit to get to and from work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur transit Ridership Growth Plan in Huntsville is about making our community more accessible for all citizens.  These changes will improve the efficiency and frequency of our system while expanding the service area,\u201d said Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison. \u201cThe support of the Province of Ontario for this project is great news for our environment, our community and accessibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of 134 transit projects outside of the GTHA that have been nominated by the province. The projects are now with the federal government for final funding decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese initiatives promise to make a real difference in people\u2019s lives,\u201d said Minister of Infrastructure Laurie Scott. \u201cNow it\u2019s up to the federal government to approve them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ICIP is a $30 billion, 10-year infrastructure program cost-shared between federal, provincial and municipal governments. Ontario\u2019s share per project will be up to 33.33 per cent or about $10.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Funding is allocated to transit projects based on the municipality\u2019s share of total transit ridership in Ontario as per the 2015 Canadian Urban Transit Association Fact Book. This allocations-based funding model was set by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>These projects are from the first intake of ICIP applications from municipalities outside the GTHA. Some project applications from this intake are still under consideration by the province.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/planned-huntsville-transit-expansion-put-on-hold-due-to-higher-than-expected-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planned Huntsville Transit expansion put on hold due to higher than expected cost<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to all of our stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norman Miller, MPP for Parry Sound-Muskoka, announced today that Phase 1 of Huntsville\u2019s Ridership Growth Plan is being nominated under the Public Transit stream of the Investing in Canada [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":24674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-72707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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