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A December Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) grant is helping the city go green in the transit system.
The grant will partially fund a city pilot project, testing the technical and financial efficiency of electric buses. The city will lease an electric bus and charging system for a one-year trial period.
The city will be on the hook for $169,300 of the pilot project. The FCM Green Municipal Fund will cover $234,300 while the Saskatchewan Research Council funds the remaining $65,000.
The report was heard by the city’s standing policy committee on finance Tuesday afternoon. It was pushed through unanimously to city council on Feb. 24.
In the report, city administration outlined the expected amount of carbon dioxide the single bus would remove: 50.3 tonnes of CO2 produced from a diesel engine.
The city’s goal is to replace ten buses per year from its current fleet with the electric buses. It’s anticipated that 5,130 tonnes of CO2 will be reduced annually once the entire fleet is integrated.
City administration expects the pilot project to begin in either 2021 or 2022 for the one year trial period.
