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New Tecumseth to receive over $125,000 in transit funding from Ontario

April 24, 2025   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

The Ontario government is investing $1,476,985 to support public transit operated by the County of Simcoe through the 2024/25 Gas Tax program.

The announcement was made by Brian Saunderson, MPP for Simcoe-Grey, on April 16.

The funding can be used to expand service hours, increase routes, purchase new vehicles and improve accessibility to increase transit ridership.

“This funding is great news for people across the region,” said MPP Saunderson. “Under the leadership of Premier Ford, we are investing in local transit to give people more ways to connect with work, school and the people and places that matter most to them.”

The County of Simcoe funding is in addition to the following amounts that four local municipalities will each receive:

Town of New Tecumseth – $125,815

Clearview Township – 131.352

Town of Wasaga Beach $239,168

Town of Collingwood and The Blue Mountains – $343,932

“No matter where you live, workers and families deserve access to fast, reliable and affordable public transit that connects them to good jobs and housing,” said Prabmeet Sarkaria, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation. “Our government will continue to work with municipalities in every corner of our province to improve their transit systems so they can provide the services Ontarians depend on for decades to come.”

For 2024-25, municipal Gas Tax allocations have been maintained at 2023-24 levels. In addition to the Gas Tax program, the government supports municipal transportation projects through the Connecting Links program and the Ontario Transit Investment Fund. 

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