Gorge-Tillicum residents protested changes to Route 11 that cut service along a 3.5-kilometre stretch of road
B.C. Transit will restore direct downtown bus service through a Saanich neighbourhood after Gorge-Tillicum residents pushed back against the change, which they said was made without consultation.
Instead, the less frequent Route 25 was made to run along that section in the opposite direction, with newly built bus shelters on Gorge Road going largely unused as a result.But after the Times Colonist reported on how Gorge-Tillicum residents packed a community meeting to standing room only on Sept. 28 to advocate for their bus route, the transit agency said on Friday that Route 11’s path through the western end of Gorge-Tillicum would be restored on Jan. 8, 2024.
“A change of this nature requires significant time and resources to implement,” B.C. Transit said. “The recent modification that was made to the Route 25 to provide service along Gorge between Admirals and Tillicum will remain in place in January pending further engagement.” John Lioudakis, general manager of Amica on the Gorge, a multi-level seniors’ care facility in the area where transit service was cut, also wrote to B.C. Transit about how the changes have affected about 175 seniors who live there, calling the new stops “a long-distance walk which is challenging with walkers and canes,” which will worsen in the coming winter.
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