A BC Transit study to investigate any potential for bus service to Forest Grove stalled before it gained any momentum.
Cariboo Regional District (CRD) directors had requested the study last year, and it was on the Level One Corporate Priorities list reviewed at the Jan. 23 board meeting.
CRD Area H Director Margo Wagner says the result of the study was not encouraging.
"[BC Transit] didn't even go as far as giving us a number. They said it would be way too cost prohibitive and also they did not feel there was the population requirement."
As far as she is concerned, it is now "a dead deal," Wagner adds .
"It's pointless to continue pursuing this if it's going to be so expensive to the taxpayers to have this system."
The result of another BC Transit study requested at the same time on the potential for bus service from 100 Mile House to Lone Butte has yet to be reviewed by the CRD board.
While there has been no indication from the CRD on what that study might indicate, Wagner says the reply about Forest Grove noted it is further from 100 Mile House than Lone Butte is – by seven kilometres.