At Monday’s regular council meeting, the issue of Greyhound Canada’s application to cut routes in Northern B.C. including Prince George to Prince Rupert, PG to Valemount, and PG to Dawson Creek.
The first recommendation was made to call on the Passenger Transportation Board to decline Greyhound Canada’s aforementioned application. The second recommendation was to request the provincial government to review and strengthen transportation infrastructure and networks across the province. Both were carried unanimously.
“If the service were to disappear, many people in Northern British Columbia will not have a way to travel from city to city,” explains Councillor Murry Krause, who raised the issue. “It’s about affordability, it’s about not having a vehicle, it’s all of those things so I think it would be very unfortunate.”
This is a late resolution brought forward, meaning it will be up to the Resolution Committee of the Union of BC Municipalities on whether it will be supported.
According to Councillor Krause, the resolution will be going to UBCM shortly, with the intention of having Greyhound look at a different model and ultimately continue service in the North.