NOVA SCOTIA UTILITY AND REVIEW BOARD IN THE MATTER OF THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT. - and NOTICE OF AMENDMENT APPLICATION

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1 FORM 17A M07180 NOVA SCOTIA UTILITY AND REVIEW BOARD IN THE MATTER OF THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT - and IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION of STRAIT AREA TRANSIT CO-OPERATIVE LTD. to amend Motor Carrier License No. P02839 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT APPLICATION TAKE NOTICE THAT Strait Area Transit Co-operative Ltd. of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, made an Application which was received by the Clerk of the Board on November 20, 2015, and finalized on November 27, 2015, requesting to amend its Motor Carrier License No. P02839 ( License ) by altering the following: 1. Changes to service between Port Hawkesbury and Inverness as set out in detail in the attached Appendix A, : (a) Current schedule from Port Hawkesbury-Inverness-Port Hawkesbury will operate during high season; (b) Schedule will operate in the reverse direction, Inverness-Port Hawkesbury-lnverness, during the low season in accordance with the proposed low season timetable; (c) The afternoon service in the low season will commence from the Inverness Hospital three hours earlier so that its departure from Port Hawkesbury to Inverness does not change; (d) The pick-up in Port Hood will be from the Co-Op and not the Courthouse. 2. The Board has previously approved the Dial-a-Ride service area from Baddeck to Whycocomagh. The following licensed changes clarify the authority:

2 (a) Schedule D(1) Coverage Area shall read: Inverness and Victoria Counties south of Margaree Forks and all of Richmond County. (b) F(1) Schedule Service Remove the words, counties of Richmond, Inverness, and Guysborough, and replace with, Inverness and Victoria Counties, south of Margaree Forks, Guysborough County, and all of Richmond County. 3. Clarification of bus pass in D(3) Rate Schedule shall read: $100 per calendar month. 4. Flag Stops: buses are permitted to stop enroute when flagged down provided the bus has a safe location to pull off the road and embark passengers. PUBLICATION DATE: Wednesday, December 2, 2015, issue of the Royal Gazette. A copy of the Application may be seen at the Offices of the Board, 1601 Lower Water Street, Suite 300, Halifax, Nova Scotia, or on the Board s website at by clicking on Matters & Evidence, and inserting in Search Term Case Number M Anyone wishing to object to this Application must file it in writing, with the Board no later than Wednesday the 9th day of December, Objections shall include a summary of each reason for opposing the Application. Objections may be filed by regular mail to the above address; by fax to ; or by to board@novascotia.ca. If no objections are received, the Board may grant the Application without a public hearing.

3 If any objections are received, the public hearing will be held on Monday, December 14th, 2015, commencing at 1:00 p.m., at the Inverness Fire Hall, Central Avenue, Inverness, Nova Scotia. DATED at Halifax, Nova Scotia this 1st day of December Clerk of the Board

4 C(1) TIMETABLES APPENDIX A Strait Area Transit Co-operative Ltd. Delete the existing Port Hawkesbury-Inverness-Port Hawkesbury Timetables portion of Schedule C(1) and replace with the following (all other timetables remain unchanged): MORNING HIGH SEASON Port Hawkesburv-Inverness-Port Hawkesbury LOW SEASON Inverness-Port Hawkesbury- Inverness Tim Horton's (PHK) 5:25:00 AM Rorison s 6:40:00 AM Troy Trailer Park 5:35:00 AM Joe s Lane 6:45:00 AM Wayne s (Judique) 5:52:00 AM Inverness Hospital 6:49:00 AM Port Hood Co-Op 6:07:00 AM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 7:05:00 AM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 6:21:00 AM Port Hood Co-Op 7:16:00 AM Rorison s 6:40:00 AM Wayne s (Judique) 7:30:00 AM Joe s Lane 6:45:00 AM Troy Trailer Park 7:50:00 AM Inverness Hospital 6:49:00 AM NSCC Strait Campus 8:00:00 AM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 7:05:00 AM Tim Horton s (PHK) 8:25:00 AM Port Hood Co-Op 7:19:00 AM Troy Trailer Park 8:35:00 AM Wayne s (Judique) 7:33:00 AM Wayne s (Judique) 8:52:00 AM Troy Trailer Park 7:50:00 AM Port Hood Co-Op 9:04:00 AM NSCC Strait Campus 8:02:00 AM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 9:30:00 AM Terminus 9:51:00 AM AFTEE1NOON HIGH SEASON Port Hawkesbury-Inverness-Port Hawkesbury LOW SEASON Inverness-Port Hawkesburv-Inverness NSCC Strait Campus 3:45:00 PM Inverness Hospital 2:06:00 PM Troy Trailer Park 3:59:00 PM Joe s Lane 2:10:00 PM Wayne s (Judique) 4:16:00 PM Rorison s 2:15:00 PM Port Hood Co-Op 4:30:00 PM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 2:35:00 PM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 4 :46:00 PM Port Hood Co-Op 2:51:00 PM Inverness Hospital 5:06:00 PM Wayne s (Judique) 3:05:00 PM Joe s Lane 5:10:00 PM Troy Canteen 3:22:00 PM Rorison s 5:15:00 PM NSCC Port Hawkesbury 3:45:00 PM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 5:35:00 PM Troy Trailer Park 3:59:00 PM Port Hood Co-Op 5:51:00 PM Wayne s (Judique) 4:16:00 PM Wayne s (Judique) 6:05:00 PM Port Hood Co-Op 4:27:00 PM Troy Trailer Park 6 :22:00 PM Mabou (Fresh Mart) 4:43:00 PM Terminus Port Hawkesbury 6:32:00 PM Terminus Inverness 5:03:00 PM

5 Term and Condition The High Season coincides with the operations of the Cabot Links/Cliffs Golf Courses and does not have fixed dates. It will start and end upon Strait Area Transit Cooperative Ltd. providing two weeks notice to its customers by posting the Notice on its website, Facebook, at each stop along the affected route, and by having it available to passengers on the buses. Generally, High Season currently operates between the third week in April until the third week in October.