Prince George city council will consider the first step in renewing the city’s annual operating agreement with BC Transit at its Monday, May 26 meeting.
For each of the provincial government’s fiscal years, the City of Prince George must renew its operating agreement with BC Transit for both conventional transit service as well as the handyDART accessible service.
For the 2025-26 fiscal year, Prince George’s conventional service is expected to see operating costs worth almost $13.2 million while the accessible service has estimated expenses worth almost $1.9 million.
Once the provincial government’s share of costs and revenues from fares and advertising are removed from the equation, Prince George is expected to have around $4.9 million in net costs for the conventional service and $626,621 for the accessible service.
Those are increases from the approximately $4.6 million and $528,421 net costs for the city for each service seen in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
At the May 26 council meeting, votes will be held on the first three readings of a bylaw establishing the 2025-26 annual operating agreement.
