Public Service Announcement
Metro Transit Service Prepared for Holiday Parade of Lights
(Thursday, November 18,
2004) - Metro Transit has plans to provide extra service to accommodate
the large crowds expected for the 2004 Holiday Parade of Lights
this coming Saturday, November 20, 2004
Extra transit supervisory staff and buses will be put on standby
to provide more service for the Holiday Parade of Lights. Passengers
are being advised however, that despite the extra service, there
will be inevitable disruptions to the transit service downtown on
Saturday evening as a result of the necessary detours. There are
only limited route alternatives available to Metro Transit due to
the street layout in the downtown core.
After the Parade begins, between approximately 5:30 PM-7:00 PM,
a number of transit routes will be making detours including the
Route # 1 Spring Garden; Route # 2 Wedgewood; Route # 4 Rosedale;
Route # 6 Quinpool; Route # 7 Robie & # 9 Barrington; Route
# 10 Dalhousie/Westphal; Route # 18 Universities; Route # 61 Auburn/North
Preston / #14 Leiblin Park; and the Route # 80 Sackville.
An additional back-up Alderney ferry will also be in operation from
4 pm - 8 pm (and possibly until later at the discretion of the ferry
service), to accommodate crowds traveling from Dartmouth. The Alderney
Ferry operates every half hour on Saturdays with the first boat
departing Dartmouth at 6:30 am and the last ferry departing Halifax
at 11:45 pm.
After the Parade concludes, Metro Transit will have extra buses
and supervisors on standby to assist with returning the service
back to regular routing, as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
For complete details on the transit detours and extra service people
may contact the HRM Call Centre at 490-4000,or check the transit
homepage at www.halifax.ca/metrotransit.
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For more information please contact:
Lori Patterson
Public Affairs
490-6609
