The exchange is being built as part of UVic¹s continuing commitment to increasing alternative transportation usage, says Dick Chappell (Facilities Management). It will feature a two-directional bus terminal of nine bays, as opposed to the four bays on a one-way loop in the old terminal. The new exchange will also include illuminated bus shelters. Mike Davis of B.C. Transit says that two new routes will serve UVic beginning in the fall and the frequency of buses on existing routes will be increased.
The old bus shelters will be converted to covered bicycle parking. The asphalt will be used to add handicapped parking as well as drop-off areas for the SUB and the George and Ida Halpern Centre for Graduate Students. Trees that were removed to make room for the new exchange will be replaced with more native species after construction.