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Greater Sudbury receives $2 9M from Ontario s Gas Tax Program
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Greater Sudbury receives $2 9M from Ontario s Gas Tax Program
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Stratford’s share of revenue from Ontario’s gas tax, nearly $470,000 this year, will be especially helpful as the city’s public transit system faces plummeting ridership numbers due to the pandemic.
“Transit across the country, Stratford being no different … it’s been a struggle with revenue because ridership really dwindled during the first lockdown,” Michael Mousley, the city’s transit manager said. “For the next month, I expect ridership to be low again. There’s no schools, which is a big part of our ridership every day, (and) people are asked to stay home, which they seem to be doing, so I expect ridership to take a dip.”
LONDON, ONT. Ontario is providing over $11.5M in funding to Elgin-Middlesex-London municipalities through Ontario’s Gas Tax program. According to a release from MPP Jeff Yurek’s office, the province is providing a total of $375 million in gas tax funding for 109 municipalities that deliver public transit to 144 communities across Ontario. The province will flow the funding as soon as possible in 2021. “This is excellent news for our communities, said Jeff Yurek, MPP. “Funding for public transit will help make it easier to get where you need to go while supporting economic recovery in our region.” Local allocations are as follows:
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