Chatham Area Transit shall be providing shuttle companies on St. Patrick’s Parade day this 12 months, and its typical fixed-route transit shall be fare-free on each March 15 and 16.
The solely change to CAT’s typical fixed-route service is the downtown DOT line won’t run on parade day. Shuttles will run from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on one-hour intervals, relying on visitors.
CAT’s parade-day shuttle companies shall be $5, and cost is cashless. Shuttles in Savannah will choose up on the Walmart at Island Towne Center on Whitemarsh Island; the Oglethorpe Mall parking deck on, between the Belk and JCPenney malls; and the Westside Shopping Center, 411 US-80, Garden City.
There will even be shuttle service from Port Wentworth, which can choose up on the new metropolis corridor, 7224 GA-21, and the Publix at The Market at Rice Hope, 7936 GA-21.
While fixed-route and paratransit companies, other than the DOT, will function on their regular schedules, there could also be some changes because of parade visitors, stated Mary Moskowitz, CAT’s chief of planning.
Moskowitz stated CAT may have supervisors stationed on the visitors management middle. They will have the ability to present stay updates as street closures happen all through the day, Moskowitz stated.
Evan Lasseter is town and county authorities reporter for the Savannah Morning News. You can attain him at [email protected].
