PROVINCE PAYS $27,000 TO WIPE YOUR SEAT CLEAN
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — As Ontarians slowly get moving again, local public transit users across the riding can feel a little safer knowing the seats they sit in while commuting around town will continue to be sanitized as the pandemic continues.
In addition to ongoing efforts by municipalities to keep buses clean, MPP Norman Miller says the province will help pay for this essential service.
Miller said Friday “the province is keeping transit riders and operators safe and reducing the transmission of COVID-19” by providing $27,010 for three towns and the Muskoka district to cover additional cleaning costs due to COVID-19.
It’s part of $15 million in Ontario government aid for 110 municipalities.
“Public transit is important even in smaller towns like ours. It helps people get to work and go shopping or do errands,” said Miller. “This funding will help ensure our municipalities can offer safe transit to the residents who rely upon these services and ensure drivers have a safe working environment.”
The money will go to:
- Bracebridge — $6,588
- Huntsville — $8,038
- Muskoka — $9,599
- Parry Sound — $2,855
The money is part of Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19. This $17 billion immediate response provides urgent support to help Ontario businesses, workers, seniors, families, students, Indigenous peoples and communities, and vulnerable populations during COVID-19.
The action plan includes $3.3 billion of additional resources for health care, $3.7 billion to support people and jobs, and it makes available $10 billion for people and businesses through interest and penalty relief measures to improve their cash flow, protecting jobs and household budgets.
For more information about how Ontario is working to protect transit riders and employees, read the guidance for transit agencies and passengers.
