THE government's unified bus system study will cost about $600,000, Transport Minister Renward Wells said yesterday.

He said the government expects to reap about $300,000 from the programme while Cabinet has already approved that amount for it.

The study is intended to determine if a unified busing system is feasible and will begin on September 2 with a new route, number 17. Mr Wells has said bus services will be provided by modern, clean buses. Five buses will operate the pilot service based on 60 or 75 minute round-trip time and they will operate every fifteen minutes, he said.

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