Get Moving BC

$14 billion for transit

I don't have time to go into this now, but Premier Gordon Campbell has just unveiled a $14 billion plan to improve transit in BC:

* $10.3-billion investment in four new rapid transit lines in Metro Vancouver – the Evergreen Line, the UBC Line, the upgraded Expo Line and the Canada Line (for which $2 billion was previously committed);

* $1.2 billion for a new, cutting-edge energy efficient, high capacity RapidBus BC service along nine major routes in the high-growth urban centres of Kelowna, Victoria and Metro Vancouver; and

* $1.6-billion investment in 1,500 new, clean energy buses and related maintenance infrastructure to provide communities around the province with improved bus service.

This, in conjunction with Gateway, should make a huge difference for the region. As we've been saying all along, the Lower Mainland needs a balanced solution.

I'll be looking forward to seeing the details on the south Fraser improvements.

posted by Jordan Bateman @ 11:03 AM