The Barbados Transport Board will put the brakes on its services at the end of the week.
Chief Executive Officer Fabian Wharton made the announcement on Voice of Barbados’ Down to Brasstacks this morning.
“Within the next couple days or so you will start to see announcements coming from the Transport Board as it relates to scaling back of services and the eventual termination of services.
“I would say before the week is completed, close to Thursday and Friday. We are tentatively looking at 5 p.m. on Thursday because the Post Office had issued a statement as it relates to pensioners and getting their pension cheques cashed.”
Wharton, however, revealed that special arrangements were being made to ensure transportation is in place for essential workers.
“We had to ensure that we put transportation in place for all of our essential service [workers], the District Hospital, the Geriatric Hospital, the Psychiatric Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital etc before we began to consider closing the bus service, but we are in a position where we are almost through that process with the Ministry of Health,” he said.
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This tells me we going further than the 15th April. Watch for it.
It’s about time… every bus that pass my home is empty or has 1 person… waste of resources…
Cant be!
Don’t think the sevice should end. What the board should consider doing is space out the hours. Lets say a 8 o’clock bus going to St. Albans. Send it for 10 o’clock. That means the the passengers for th 8 and 9 o’clock bus will wait for the 10 o’clock. The bus will not be empty.
Because of the old people…
I agree with u Russell Margaret every 4hrs wld have been better than none at all etc 6 10 2 and so on
Good
Y’all realize that you can talk to the cow comes home them mind made up
The right thing to do. Why do the bajan ppl not get how viscous this virus actually is??????
Wait if everybody home who them was pickup
What about individuals who need transport for cancer/dialysis and other medical treatments? As well as those who need medication and those who care for the elderly?
Tell some ppl stay home the ppl cause this I went work today and the busy stand full mostly old people some talk ing bout them can’t stay home then next thing more people fall I’ll