As part of an annual effort to refurbish and replace GOVA Transit shelters, the city is slated to replace or refurbish 12 bus shelters this year.
The effort will find crews remove shelters between April and October, and replace them with new or refurbished structures.
Affected structures include:
- Marcus Drive (stop 8005) – new shelter, concrete pad
- Marcus Drive (stop 8080) – new shelter, concrete pad
- Garson hub (stop 7460) – new shelter, concrete pad
- Regent Street (stop 5720) – new shelter
- Peppertree Village (stop 7300) – new shelter
- Kathleen Street (stop 1570) – shelter replacement, concrete pad
- Humber Court (stop 1540) – shelter replacement, concrete pad
- Copper Cliff (stop 2230) – shelter replacement
- Shappert Avenue (stop 4280) – shelter replacement
- Moonlight Avenue (stop 4635) – shelter replacement
- St. Michel Street (stop 3315) – shelter replacement
- Regent Street (stop 5700) – solar advertisement shelter replacement
Refurbished shelters are sandblasted and painted, with new glass and dome roof panels, and improved lighting and benches installed alongside a new concrete pad, if necessary.
Refurbished and replaced shelters will have a similar look, according to a media release issued by the city, and it takes approximately two to six weeks to upgrade or replace a shelter, depending on the type of work that needs to be done.
The average cost of a new or refurbished shelter is approximately $8,300, while the replacement cost of a concrete pad is $8,900.
Bus stop locations will not change when shelters are temporarily removed.
Meanwhile, the city clarified that GOVA regularly maintains shelters and are all being cleaned beginning now, through the summer.
The city has upgraded 55 shelters since 2021.
