A trio of new proposals to extend Winnipeg Transit service would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each.

New staff recommendations call on city council to approve more staff and money to extend service from Linden Woods to the Oak Park and Shaftesbury high schools, while adding service to Highland Pointe, off McPhillips Street, and Festival Drive in Headingley.

Coun. Janice Lukes, chairwoman of public works, expects the changes will be referred to the city’s next budget process, though she’s not sure how they’ll fare against other priorities.

“I am very… confident that we will be extending bus hours later. So, I am not sure how these transit routes are going to get prioritized because… in the budget process, we’ll have to figure out what we fund and what we don’t,” said Lukes.

“We’

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