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Construction will begin next year on the second phase of Winnipeg’s bus rapid transit corridor and every level of government is involved.

Ottawa will contribute up to $137.3 million while the province and City of Winnipeg will pony up $225 million each to extend Winnipeg’s bus rapid transit system by 7.6 km, add 10 transit stations, two park-and-ride facilities, a pair of transitway bridges, an overpass, an underpass and a tunnel.

Mayor Brian Bowman praised the federal government for listening to the funding calls from municipal governments and delivering.

"This is a great day for Winnipeg. This is what happens when all three levels of government work together," he said.

Bowman was joined at a noon hour press conference at the downtown bus depot by Shelley Glover, federal minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, and Kevin Chief, provincial minister of jobs and the economy.

geoff.kirbyson@freepress.mb.ca