Today, Darren Fisher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; Jennifer O'Connell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament for Pickering-Uxbridge; the Honourable Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables; and Pam Lovelace, Deputy Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, announced over $20.8 million in joint funding for the first phase of the Burnside Transit Centre Eco-Rebuild project.
The project involves improvements to the Halifax Regional Municipality's public transit services, which will result in a faster and more reliable public transit experience. Funding for the first phase will support the planning and design of the new transit centre. The new detailed design of the facility is an important step in developing a plan to replace and expand the existing Burnside Transit Centre with a net-zero facility. Funding will also support studies to determine what is needed to transition to a zero-emission bus fleet.
Once complete, this project will increase the capacity of the Halifax Regional Municipality's public transit system, provide residents better access to public transit, and improve access to clean energy transportation.
The Government of Canada is investing over $6.5 million in this project. The Government of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality are each contributing over $7.1 million to this project.
