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City of Nelson takes over Kootenay Lake West transit service

New contract includes 13 routes formerly contracted to NextGen Ltd.
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The City of Nelson has taken over the contract to run 13 regional routes in the West Kootenay in addition to its current routes within the city. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

The City of Nelson has been contracted by BC Transit to run a variety of rural transit routes in the West Kootenay.

The city will take over from NextGen Transit, whose contract with BC Transit ends on March 31.

Nelson will continue running its usual routes within the city and will take over these routes from NextGen: 10 North Shore, 14 Blewett, 15 Perrier, 20 Slocan Valley, 51 Nakusp-Hot Springs, 52 Nakusp-Playmor, 53 Nakusp-Edgewood, 57 Kaslo Local, 58 Kaslo Argenta, 72 Salmo-Nelson via Ymir, 74 Nakusp-Nelson, 76 Kaslo-Nelson, and 99 Kootenay Connector.

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Bill Metcalfe

About the Author: Bill Metcalfe

I have lived in Nelson since 1994 and worked as a reporter at the Nelson Star since 2015.
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