commenter brought up the belleville terminal as a new location
“We want to see [people] dropped off in the downtown core,” said Frank Bourree, board chairman of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and a tourism consultant. “However, they don’t need a big bus depot, really. You could drop off passengers on the sidewalk downtown somewhere.”
Fairmont Empress Hotel owner Nat Bosa hopes to build a high-end residential rental property on his bus-depot property. He is also spending $30 million to upgrade the Empress and its grounds.
Losing the bus depot is not a dramatic blow, since the property could be better used, Bourree said.
But, he said, the drop-off for passengers needs to be located south of Johnson Street and as close to the harbour as possible.
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John Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Transportation Ltd., which leases space at the current depot and operates Grey Line Sightseeing double-decker buses and an airport service, favours a much smaller location downtown.
A downtown storefront for tickets and parcels, a small waiting area and curbside pickup and drop-off area for passengers are all that’s required, Wilson said, adding buses would be there for only five to 15 minutes. “It doesn’t have to be a stand-alone building.”
All three companies that use the depot — Pacific Coach, Greyhound and Wilson’s — realized that the facility was not long for this world, Wilson said.
The property is leased on a monthly basis to Greyhound Canada, which acts as Pacific Coach’s on-site agent.
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Edited by amor de cosmos, 22 November 2014 - 08:37 AM.