Residents of Tsawout First Nation got a preview of a route extension, which will formally launch Jan. 2. On Dec. 12, representatives from the Tsawout First Nation, BC Transit, and the District of Central Saanich gathered at the Tsawout Administration Building for speeches and a ride of the route.
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Central Saanich councillor Zeb King, who attended along with fellow councillors Bob Thompson and Niall Paltiel, thanked members of the Tsawout First Nation who continued to lobby for the service.
In an earlier email, Underwood said that she has been petitioning BC Transit to extend service since the early 1980s, when she was an employee of the W瘫S脕NE膯 School Board, because adult learners attending Camosun College would have to walk, hitchhike, or carpool in bad weather. That made it hard for them to complete their classes in winter.
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The new route (82 Saanichton/Sidney via Stautw) will run along Stautw Road, turn on Jimmy Road, then onto Mt. Newton Cross Road. Four new bus stops will also be built.
Correction: An cited incorrect information. There will be five trips per day, not two.
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