Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is calling on the federal government to provide new funding to support transit in the City of Ottawa, warning the city won't be able to afford to open and operate phase two of the Light Rail Transit system.
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is calling on the federal government to provide new funding to support transit in the City of Ottawa, warning the city won't be able to afford to open and operate phase two of the Light Rail Transit system.
Compared to 2019, the public service ridership was down 38 per cent this year, which is resulting in a $36 million reduction in revenue.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App The City of Ottawa continues to see a drop in ridership coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, with fewer workers travelling to the office five days a week. Statistics showed 24.2 million passengers used OC Transpo in the first four months of the year, while ridership was projected to be 26 million.OC Transpo’s budget is short $140 million a year over the next three years.
The City of Ottawa's new Trillium Line is expected to open this summer or early fall, with rail service between Bayview Station and Riverside South. The eastern extension for the Confederation Line is expected to open in 2025.When reached for comment, the provincial government pointed to a major $543-million deal it signed with the City of Ottawa earlier this year, which included money for transporation priorities.
The $181 million for "transportation priorities" does not include operating funds for OC Transpo. It includes $80 million for the Kanata North Transitway project, $51 million for the design and construction of a new interchange at Highway 416 and Barnsdale Road, and $50 million for repairing and upgrading rural roads and related infrastructure outside of Ottawa’s city centre.
to "reflect the post-COVID reality and the new travel patterns for work." But he said less than a year after being elected that the transit service's finances were. OC Transpo's long range financial plan revealed $6.6 billion in budgetary pressures over the next 25 years, mostly due to low ridership. includes cutting suburban-to-downtown express routes and trimming around 74,000 service hours per year from the bus system, a 3.5 per cent cut from 2023 levels.
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