New route for NextStar: Transit Windsor beefing up east-end service
The Environment Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee approved a report Wednesday, to establish Route 250 at the end of August.
It will service the battery plant, the Twin Oaks Industrial Park and Rhodes Drive.
The city is going to lease the land they need for $1 plus HST per year for three years.
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This will allow Transit Windsor to drive onto NextStar property for a bus stop.
Officials told committee members NextStar previously offered some 'preliminary percentages' of potential ridership.
Transit Windsor won't know for sure how many employees will use the service until the factory gets up to full speed.
NextStar officials have already hired 900 employees and at last check, they plan to begin cell production later this year.
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