This year, Cochrane will receive $25,274 and Temiskaming Shores will receive $112,496 in Gas Tax funding to go towards public transit improvements, announced MPP David Ramsay.
Ontario shares two cents per litre of gas tax revenues with municipalities to expand and improve their public transit systems. Better transit means that more people are leaving their cars at home, which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Ongoing investments in public transit are part of the Open Ontario plan to build infrastructure and create jobs in local communities.
QUOTES
“Ontario’s dedicated Gas Tax Program provides sustainable transit funding municipalities can count on to improve transit services across the province. Our record investments in public transit strengthen Ontario’s economy, improve air quality and build strong communities.”
– David Ramsay, MPP (Timiskaming-Cochrane)
QUICK FACTS
- One bus takes up to 40 vehicles off the road, and keeps 25 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere each year.
- Since 2003, public transit ridership has increased by approximately 110 million passenger trips province-wide. This is the equivalent of removing 91 million car trips from our roads.
- Ontario has provided municipalities with more than $1.3 billion in Gas Tax funding since 2004, in addition to the $316 million allocation in the 2009-10 program year.
LEARN MORE
Read more about how the Open Ontario plan will invest over $32 billion in infrastructure to strengthen the economy and creating and sustaining over 300,000 jobs.
Contact:
Trevor Mood
Office of David Ramsay, M.P.P.
Timiskaming – Cochrane
(416) 325-7137