The purchase of new accessible buses and upgraded equipment will improve public transit services for several northwest New Brunswick communities after an investment of more than $704,000 from the federal government.
This was announced by MP Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault, on behalf of the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada. Along with Nicole Somers, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Northwest Regional Services Commission (NRSC) and Mayor of the City of Saint-Quentin, and Bruno Volpé, Bruno Volpé, Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Regional Services Commission.
With this funding, the NRSC will purchase several new vans, one of which is wheelchair accessible, and will install several new bus shelters, and acquire new software to improve public transit services offered by Flexgo to the regions of Vallée-des-Rivières, Grand Falls Regional Municipality, Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick.
These upgrades will not only provide residents in the region with reliable public transportation to get to work, school, and access essential services, but they will also elevate living conditions to attract more economic growth opportunities in northwest New Brunswick.
