MONEY GREENLIGHTED FOR UCPR TRANSIT PROJECT
A new public transit project is in the works for all of Prescott-Russell.
The United Counties of Prescott-Russell has received reconfirmation of provincial funding for a five-year pilot project to develop and operate an inter-municipal transit program for the Prescott-Russell region.
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The OCTP aids local transit and intermunicipal bus service programs in areas which do not have regular public transit. Both the City of Clarence-Rockland and Russell Township have their community transit services which connect with OCTranspo in Ottawa.
The UCPR wants to set up a five-year pilot project to determine public demand for a regional inter-municipal transit service.
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“We had to wait,” said Carole Lavigne, UCPR economic development and tourism director, during a January 30 phone interview. “Now it is approved (again), and we’re very happy for that.”