Plans are in the works for a transit route running from Leamington and into the city of Windsor.
As AM800 News told you last week, Leamington is getting more than $600,000 over five-years for transit and the preliminary plan is to have a transit link between Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and Windsor.
It would run Monday to Friday from Leamington through Kingsville to St. Clair College in Windsor with a stop in Essex.
It would provide three round trips daily in early morning, a mid-day run and early evening.
Mayor Hilda MacDonald says access to transportation significantly impacts the economic development, health and overall quality of life.
She says it should be a boost to the economy.
"Expanding our local service to allow people to go into the city for appointments, for workforce, for school," she says and a lot will depend on demand.
"If we can get enough people in the seats to show that there is a need, there might be an increased interest in it. We have people who are living in the city and there are jobs in the county so hopefully we will see it get to that point in the near future."
There have been talks around creating a regional transit between the city and different municipalities in Essex County and MacDonald believes this could be the first piece of the puzzle.
There is already a transit service between Windsor and LaSalle
MacDonald says the pilot project is for five years and the plan still must be approved by Leamington town council.
She hopes to have the service operating in mid-August.
The money is part of the Ontario Community Transportation Grant Program.