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Park & Ride shuttle service temporarily suspended

The government-funded Park & Ride initiative has been temporarily suspended.

Premier and Minister of Finance Andrew Fahie said the free shuttle service will resume as soon as taxis and buses are approved to operate again.

“It has nothing to do with funding,” he said in response to questions by BVI News during a press conference on Tuesday.

“It has to do with the measures being put in place, so buses and taxis are not part of the operating fleet of businesses that have been approved by Cabinet and National Security Council to operate during this curfew period. As soon as this period is over, they will continue,” Fahie further said.

Pedestrian-friendly town

Meanwhile, Minister of Transportation, Kye Rymer previously said the Park & Ride shuttle service is a part of government’s efforts to create a pedestrian-friendly Road Town.

Residents were able to travel to 41 locations/designated stops in and around Road Town free of charge from Monday to Friday from 6 am to 6 pm at 15-minute intervals.

He said the initiative is being offered as a COVID-19 economic stimulus package to taxi operators who will be driving the respective shuttle buses.

The value of the taxi stimulus is one million dollars.

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  1. 1st district says:

    Increment money done so are VOTES!

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  2. GTFOH says:

    Nobody in their right mind should expect it to continue when over 3 quarters of the population isn’t allowed to work. It wasn’t exactly a huge success when everybody was in Town.

  3. LOL says:

    Taxi men control this government. This is project is just a way to give taxi men money and keep them in Fahie pocket. Who knows BVI politics, knows what I am saying is truth. Nobody parked and rode. . . LOL, how stupid do they think we are??

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