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By Dylana Kneeshaw

FUTURE OF BC TRANSIT

Future transit development plan for Kamloops now available online

Aug 19, 2020 | 3:50 PM

KAMLOOPS — Details around an updated transit plan recently adopted by Kamloops city council are now available online.

Mayor and council authorized the adoption of the Transit Future Action Plan (TFAP) on July 14 with amendments to the reintroduction of Route 8 Battle. The new document also lays out future infrastructure needs, which include new transit exchanges, upgrades, and amenity improvements at bus stops.

The finalized TFAP document is now available here.

The plan is an update of the 2012 Transit Future Plan, which brought in improvements that resulted in a more than 15 per cent increase in ridership. The current plan clarifies transit system priorities for the next five years and beyond in Kamloops.

“The TFAP identifies service and infrastructure priorities, proposes transit routes that optimize connectivity between neighbourhoods, and will help the City achieve the Transportation Master Plan’s goal of 8 million annual transit rides by the year 2039,” states Deven Matkowski, the City’s Engineering Manager, who presented the final TFAP to Council at the July 14 meeting.

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