Provincial funding for a regional tri-county transit service concept announced Friday came with few details but sounds like a good idea to Southgate Mayor Brian Milne. Article content

The province has agreed to give $9.495 million to Grey, Bruce and Dufferin counties from the Ontario Transit Investment Fund. Article content

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The budget for OTIF is $5 million a year starting in 2025-26, a provincial announcement said. Funding pays up to 50 per cent of project costs for up to five years for projects that encourage integrated, coordinated and sustainable transit services.

“The other 50 per cent would either be through tax dollars or fares or what have you,” Milne said in an interview Saturday.

His community includes Dundalk, whose residents use the re

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