HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that four previously suspended school bus routes in Central Oʻahu and East Hawaiʻi Island will be reinstated starting Monday, Sept. 30, restoring service for more than 70 student bus riders at three schools.
The latest restored routes will be serviced by bus service provider Ground Transport Inc. Parents and guardians of student riders will be notified directly of restored routes and any necessary route modifications.
The following school bus routes will resume service, effective Monday, Sept. 30.
O'AHU
`Aiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area: 2 ruta
- Moanalua Middle – HR18B, HR23B
ISLA NG HAWAI'I
Ka'ū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area: 2 ruta
- Pāhoa Elementary, Pāhoa High & Intermediate – SR09A, SR09B
Following the restoration of the four routes next Monday, a total of 100 routes will have been restored. Efforts to restore the remaining 38 suspended bus routes are ongoing.
Ground Transport is working to restore a route to the Kahakuloa area on North Maui that services Waiheʻe Elementary, ʻĪao Intermediate and Baldwin High.
Ang Ground Transport ay aktibong nagre-recruit ng mga bagong driver, na ginagamit ang emergency na proklamasyon ng gobernador upang i-streamline ang proseso ng pagkuha. Ang proklamasyon ay nagpapahintulot sa mga driver na may commercial driver's license (CDL) at isang "P" endorsement - na nagpapahintulot sa kanila na maghatid ng mga pasahero - na pansamantalang magpatakbo ng mga school bus, bilang kapalit ng "S" endorsement na partikular na kinakailangan para sa mga school bus driver. Sinusuri din ng kumpanya ang pakikipagsosyo sa iba pang mga operator ng tour bus upang higit pang palawakin ang kapasidad.
Higit pang mga update ang ibibigay habang ang mga karagdagang ruta ng bus ay naibalik.
