The city of Kamloops is still expected to introduce up to 1,000 subsidized bus passes for some low-income residents on September 3.

However, Social and Community Development Supervisor Natalie Serl says the city isn’t sure just yet how many people have applied for a bus pass.

“We’ve been working internally on the process for when somebody does come in to be able to get the pass made and then figure out the system for folks to be able to pick it up because it is a picture ID. So there is a small window of turnaround time that is needed.”

Serl says the city has also been working with various social agencies in town, who will be referring people for these passes.

“The idea is is that the 30 agencies that folks can come to, they already help promote our Affordable Recreation and Community Health (ARCH) program, which is a subsidy for recreation for low income households,” Serl said.

“And so they would go through that same application process to be able to apply for subsidized transportation.”

If approved, people will be paying $80 a year, a discount of 85 per cent.

Serl says the city has met with the various agencies and says there’s been “nothing but positive support” from community members.