08-23-2016, 11:13 AM
I think they mean literally building ("developing") bus stations/platforms.
The list basically reads as "GRT's Capital Plan for 2016/2017"
Which would mean that "iXpress Station Development" is probably referring to the Ottawa iXpress platforms/shelters.
The "Block Line Station Development" would be the bus loop and station at the ION station there, which I guess was not part of the ION project agreement.
These kinds of funding announcements are where it pays off for a city to have a large stack of planned-but-unfunded capital projects. You can see that Toronto and Ottawa have a huge number of projects getting funding. We have... exactly what was planned for the next year anyway. There are no "nice to have" items, or ones that are expected in the next 5 years, only things we were going to build next year regardless. It would behoove GRT to make sure to have a small stack of "future projects" to pull from when funding opportunities like this come around. One I'd like to see is a more concerted effort to install bus shelters across the system.
The list basically reads as "GRT's Capital Plan for 2016/2017"
Which would mean that "iXpress Station Development" is probably referring to the Ottawa iXpress platforms/shelters.
The "Block Line Station Development" would be the bus loop and station at the ION station there, which I guess was not part of the ION project agreement.
These kinds of funding announcements are where it pays off for a city to have a large stack of planned-but-unfunded capital projects. You can see that Toronto and Ottawa have a huge number of projects getting funding. We have... exactly what was planned for the next year anyway. There are no "nice to have" items, or ones that are expected in the next 5 years, only things we were going to build next year regardless. It would behoove GRT to make sure to have a small stack of "future projects" to pull from when funding opportunities like this come around. One I'd like to see is a more concerted effort to install bus shelters across the system.