Seniors moving into the 48-unit Canada Winter Games athletes' village building would like bus service to their front door.

At Tuesday evening's council meeting, Coun. Dave Stockdale said he has been approached by city seniors who said they'd like to see some of their tax dollars go toward improving transit services to the Yukon College area.

'They were shocked the bus would not be coming to that particular centre,' he said. 'They said they felt the bus should come to the front of the seniors' centre.'

According to the city's transit schedule, bus service to the college runs from 6:58 a.m. to 6:38 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

On Friday evenings, service is extended until 9:30 p.m.

Saturday service, according to the transit department, begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5:45 p.m.

There is no Sunday nor holiday service.

Clive Sparks, the city's acting director of operations, told council the city's transit department has been reviewing its express Canada Winter Games service and will report back to council soon.

The express service during the Games included loop-type service to the city's major neighbourhoods, including Yukon College, and used the multiplex as a hub.

The athletes' village was built as a residence for the Games and had a final price tag of $34.4 million.

The village project is separated into two buildings: one with 24 units going to Yukon College, which cost about $14 million to build, and the other with 48 units, which cost just over $20 million, going to the Yukon Housing Corp.

In March the housing corporation declared its village building would be used exclusively for seniors, who are expected to start moving in in June.

Housing corporation spokesman Doug Caldwell said Thursday there have been no formal discussions with the city to date on improving busing to and from the athletes' village.

Caldwell said there have been discussions of forming a residents' association once people have moved into the building to discuss the needs of the seniors who will live there.

'It's something that is not immediately critical as a lot of people who are going to live there initially are self-propelled, meaning they have their own transportation.'

City transit manager Dave Muir could not be reached for comment.