No Green Trip This Year

The Alberta Provincial Government has reallocated the $10 million that it had in this years budget for Green Trip. The Green Trip Fund (mostly for public transit) was announced in the summer of 2008 as a $2 billion fund at the same time as the $2 billion for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).

This news is disappointing as the inter-municipal transit plan that included the City of Leduc, County of Leduc, and City of Edmonton was determined as the priority project to recieve Green Trip money by the Capital Region Board (CRB).

On Monday afternoon, members of the CRB including: The City of Leduc, Leduc County, Edmonton, and Strathcona County met with Minister of Transportation Oullette and received confirmation that the $10 million would not be available this year.

I hope to see Green Trip money move early after the next Provincial budget. Building a Public Transit system that will meet the needs of the Capital Region citizens will require funds from other levels of government.

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written by grahambalon , February 05, 2010

This is disappointing news indeed. Why has this occurred and how can we make sure it doesn't happen again this year?

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