The new transit routes will go into effect on Monday June 15, 2015 and must divert around the construction detours on 8th Street East and 3rd Avenue East until the fall.

The new East Bayshore, Core and Crosstown routes will detour around the construction on the 8th Street East hill until that project is completed in the fall. The East Bayshore route will also detour around the construction on 3rd Avenue East until that project is complete in the fall.

As the East Bayshore route is subject to two detours it will take longer than 30 minutes to complete the round trip to the Transit Terminal at 1020 3rd Avenue East. The Brooke, Crosstown and Core routes will continue to provide half-hour service while we anticipate that the East Bayshore route will be closer to 45 minutes for a round trip. In order to avoid delaying the entire transit system the East Bayshore route will not be synchronized with the remaining routes until the construction projects are complete.

Unfortunately the agreement with SmartCentres to establish two bus stops on their property has been delayed and for the time being the City Transit buses will only be stopping at the bus shelter on 18th Avenue East on the west side of the Home Depot and Walmart plaza.

A map of the new routes, including the 8th Street East and 3rd Avenue East construction detours is available on the City website.