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Grand River Transit plans to review future of route 21; fare hike expected by summer
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he area saw record lows early in the week with temperatures dropping as a low as minus-27 on Jan. 24. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips notes four days this season have been lower than the coldest temperature recorded last year. “The coldest all last year was minus-19.6 degrees,” he said. “These are brutally cold temperatures. These are some of the coldest temperatures we’ve seen in years.’ An arctic wind from the north caused the thermostat to dip lower than it has since 2006. “What we had is an Alberta clipper, and it tends to bring us
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ocal users of Grand River Transit will be paying higher fares later this year … at least for as long as bus service continues rolling in Woolwich. GRT will be making recommendations to the Waterloo Region council’s planning and works committee Feb. 15 regarding the future of the Elmira and St. Jacobs bus route. Although they will not comment about what
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those recommendations might entail, John Cicuttin, manager of transit development, said ridership is lower than many of the regions’ lines. An average weekday includes about 300 paying riders, not including those using transfers, taking route 21, while the region’s busiest line, mainline 7 from Fairview Park to Conestoga Mall and through the universities,
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