 Today we are celebrating a groundbreaking which is launching phase two to include four new transit stations and two new exchanges. Once it's completed by next summer residents will enjoy 30 kilometers of service between West Kelowna and UBCO. I'm so excited to be here today at an announcement that's all about the expansion of the Rapid Bus project here linking the communities of West Kelowna, West Bank and Kelowna. You know this project built upon previous investments that the government has announced that at the end of the day is going to result in a 30 kilometer Rapid Bus service again linking West Kelowna right through out to UBC Okanagan. These projects are expensive there's no doubt about it it requires a sizable capital investment this one over 40 million dollars and without the support of federal, provincial and local governments it just can't happen there's not one level of government that can fund these projects and it's absolutely vital that we get the buy-in and support and the leadership from the three levels of government to do these types of project. $24 million from the province we've worked hard to make sure that this happens federal governments helped as well but you know this these things you don't do it without partnerships and you know as Mayor Doug Finlayer said today this could be the beginning or the next step in a much larger transit plan for the central Okanagan but this is an absolutely key piece of that puzzle I'm glad we're getting it done