{"id":61220,"date":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=61220"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:00:00","slug":"provincial-partnership-key-to-expanding-transit-in-fall-river-hrm-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=61220","title":{"rendered":"Provincial partnership key to expanding transit in Fall River: HRM Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> Mayor Andy Fillmore said expanding transit service deeper into Fall River remains a priority but will require continued growth in ridership and stronger involvement from the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking with The Laker News<\/em> on Dec. 19 during an interview at Halifax City Hall, Fillmore acknowledged ongoing frustration from Fall River residents and businesses who want bus service extended along Highway 2 into the community, rather than stopping at the top of Perrin Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a conversation I\u2019ve had many times with Halifax Transit,\u201d Fillmore said. \u201cThere seem to be a number of reasons given why the transit you\u2019re describing is not happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He said continued population growth in the community could help strengthen the case for expanded service, noting that increased ridership on potential future routes would make transit extensions more viable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the municipality continues to grow and more riders emerge on these future potential routes, that\u2019s going to help make the case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fillmore added that provincial involvement could be a key factor in accelerating transit improvements for Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to the Joint Regional Transportation Agency and the Capital Region Transportation Plan released earlier this year as important tools in addressing regional transportation gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think one thing that could really help to accelerate this solution is the provincial involvement,\u201d Fillmore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe provincial government is very interested in looking at about a 50-kilometre radius around the city and doing whatever they can to make transit and transportation work better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He said improved regional transit is about more than buses alone, emphasizing the need to support commuters, businesses and economic growth across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s commuters, that\u2019s moving goods and services \u2014 that keeps the economy going,\u201d Fillmore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s moving private automobiles, bicycles, scooters \u2014 it\u2019s moving everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FALL RIVER: Mayor Andy Fillmore said expanding transit service deeper into Fall River remains a priority but will require continued growth in ridership and stronger involvement from the province. Speaking with The Laker News on Dec. 19 during an interview at Halifax City Hall, Fillmore acknowledged ongoing frustration from Fall River residents and businesses who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[527,9965,2,50,121,9966,9967,8542,48,853],"class_list":["post-61220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-andy-fillmore","tag-capital-region-transportation-plan","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-hrm","tag-joint-regional-transportation-agency","tag-jrta","tag-mayor-andy-fillmore","tag-n-s","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}