Metro councillors and transit officials were on hand at 8:45 a.m. Monday to watch the installation of an unheated, unlighted and doorless bus shelter at the corner of Dubuc and Des Meurons St.

The aluminum and glass shelters are manufactured by Du Mont Aluminum Company of Hamilton and cost a little more than $1,000. Conventional shelters in Winnipeg cost twice that amount.

A similar shelter was installed at Atlantic Ave. and Arlington St. Friday and another three are on order for testing.

Metro streets and transit committee chairman Bernie Wolfe says he hopes there will be a considerable increase in the number of bgus shelters with the introduction of the cheaper models.

He says Metro now has about 75 shelters to serve almost 2,000 bus stops.

Mr. Wolfe says the new shelters are "highly vandalism resistant" because they are open to view and the lack of heat keeps people from loitering in them.

The units are intended to act primarily as wind-shelters.