Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette is scheduled to announce details and funding for the provincial Green Trip Fund at 10am this morning at Government House in Edmonton. Minister Ouellette is expected to be joined by Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier and Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel.
This announcement will come days after Airdrie Mayor Linda Bruce told the Calgary Herald that “[n]obody has heard anything” about when or if the funds would be distributed. The fund was originally announced two years ago and was meant to support local, regional and intermunicipal public transit, but the criteria for municipalities to apply for funding was never announced. It is expect that Minister Ouellette may announce the criteria today.
Update: Here is a link to the media release. The fund will provide a one-time capital expenditure of $800 million in funding will be available to the Capital region; $800 million to Calgary and surrounding area; and $400 million to other municipalities throughout Alberta.
The program is available to owner/operators of public transit services, which may include municipalities, regional entities, non-profit organizations, Metis settlements and the private sector. Submissions for GreenTRIP funding must include a business case that describes the sustainability of the project. GreenTRIP will provide only capital funding assistance for public transit infrastructure and technology, not operating funding for transit service.
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Public Transit is not a provincial government responsibility. I hope all the money goes to fund more private business because P3’s are the best way to solve the spending problem.
This is great news! If the City and Feds match, that’s a good chunk of LRT!
Oh god, another flip flop from the Stelmach government! Too funny. :p
Have to say the government was right this time. This money belongs to the local area of government which is most efficient.
Yet another capital project with no money allocated to the future operating costs. It’s going to be awesome when places like Barrhead and Westlock have have LRT lines named after Kowalski but no money to actually run the trains on ’em…