The local transit society had a gathering to celebrate 5 years in Merritt. The society operates two buses. The buses serve Merritt and Lower Nicola . An official said they started with a rider ship of 1500 a month and now have 4600. Steve Harwood an official from Victoria introduced Alastair Murdock a councilor and a chartered accountant.Alastair did a lot of the work getting transit to Merritt.È We started with volunteers for the first 6 months. He may have refered to transit that was run by Community futures before they secured BC transit. BC transit is a unionised province wide system
A rider can have a trip around Merritt and out to Lower Nicola for $1.50.
Cake and coffee were served to about 30 people.
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