MP Parm Gill Marks the Opening of New TransHelp Facility for the Region of Peel

Brampton, Ontario – TransHelp, the Region of Peel’s paratransit service provider, has opened
a new state-of-the-art headquarters that will make transit service more efficient for persons with
disabilities.

The 45,000 square-foot TransHelp facility includes an administrative office with a
communications dispatch centre, a mechanics garage, an indoor parking garage that can store
25 TransHelp buses, two bus wash bays, and a fuelling station.
“Through federal Gas Tax Fund and Infrastructure Stimulus Fund contributions, our Government
is proud to help ensure that residents and families in the Region of Peel have safe and efficient
accessible public transit services,” said Parm Gill, Member of Parliament for Brampton-
Springdale, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities
and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada
for the Regions of Quebec. “We are delivering on infrastructure programs that help communities
from coast to coast to coast, by providing flexible funding that helps them address their biggest
priorities, across a range of needs.”
The $17-million TransHelp project comprised the construction of their new headquarters and the
rehabilitation of an adjoining Copper Road public works building in 2011. The Region of Peel
directed over $9.6 million from its federal Gas Tax Fund allocation towards the headquarters
facility and the governments of Canada and Ontario each contributed $425,000 for the 2011
rehabilitation through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund. The remainder of the cost was supplied
by the Region.
The federal Gas Tax Fund transfer provides long-term funding to municipalities across the
country to build and revitalize their local infrastructure. The Government of Canada has now
made the Gas Tax Fund a permanent source of funding. The Fund that will grow from its current
$2 billion per year to reflect indexing established in Economic Action Plan 2013, which also
provided increased flexibility on how the money can be used to address local infrastructure
priorities. The Government of Canada provides $746.8 million in annual funding for municipal
infrastructure in Ontario. To date, the Government of Canada has made over $222.6 million
available to the Region of Peel through the Gas Tax Fund to improve local infrastructure.
Canada's Economic Action Plan 2013 is delivering $70 billion for public infrastructure, including
a $53 billion New Building Canada Plan to build roads, bridges, subways, commuter rail, and
other public infrastructure in cooperation with provinces, territories, and municipalities. Thanks
to the Government of Canada's leadership and our strong economic and financial fundamentals,
the Canadian economy has recovered from the global recession better than most other
industrialized countries. Canada has been a leader among G-7 countries throughout the
recovery with more than 1 million net new jobs created since July 2009.
“This project will enable the Region of Peel to ensure that residents and families continue to
have access to safe accessible public transit services. Projects like the one we are celebrating
today mean investing in safer, more efficient accessible transportation services, better
infrastructure, and a stronger economy,” commented MP Gill.StarBuzzOnline.com