As approved through the 2018 Budget, the Brampton Fare changes effective from Monday.
The fare changes aimed to help support the cost of transit services, such as the addition of 65,000 service hours to improve overall transit service including the extension of 505 Züm Bovaird along Airport Road.
The Cash, adult and youth fares are increasing but there are no changes to child and senior fares./ptc-canada/media/post_attachments/sXqdIK7fieg5o2IVGzYk.jpg)
The budget was approved at a Special Council Meeting held December 6, 2017, by Brampton City Council that will result in an overall property tax increase of 2.7 per cent in 2018.
2018-2020 Budget Highlights
• Enhancing core services to offer increased value to residents and businesses:
o Transit: 31 new buses to serve growth areas; 34 new Züm buses to expand bus rapid transit and improve connections to regional transit
o Fire: New fire trucks and firefighters; a fully centralized fire campus, including fire station, training facility, emergency operations centre and a new headquarters
o Recreation: Launch STEM (Engineering and Robotic) recreation programs for ages 3 to 14; expand and improve community centres
o Secondary Unit Task Force: Dedicated team to focus on illegal second unit housing, lodging houses, and group homes
o Interim Library Branch: Expand services with a new BramWest (Embleton) interim location in advance of the combined facility community centre