The buses need repair and only one of them can be driven.
Once a symbol of the growing city, the aging diesel buses painted red and green were used as free or by-donation transportation around downtown Langford and were essential to filling B.C. Transit gaps between the core and shopping malls and recreation facilities.
At a committee of the whole meeting in February during the budget process, council voted to sell the three trolleys and on Saturday issued a request for proposals to find buyers. “But at the end of the day, they were old, they needed maintenance and it wasn’t cost effective — and we got much better transit service.”The motion to sell the trolleys and explore options for the use of the land where the buses are stored on Happy Valley Road was supported in a 4-to-3 vote.
For the five years ending in 2023, the city has averaged $6,000 in annual maintenance costs and $5,000 in annual insurance costs for the three trolleys.
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