{"id":30463,"date":"2023-10-12T23:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=30463"},"modified":"2023-10-12T17:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T22:02:58","slug":"vaz-300-buses-to-be-rolled-out-for-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/vaz-300-buses-to-be-rolled-out-for-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaz: 300 buses to be rolled out for back-to-school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">INGSTON, Jamaica \u2013 On Wednesday, Daryl Vaz, the Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications, and Transport, announced that a fleet of 300 buses will be introduced at the beginning of the new academic year. This initiative aims to alleviate passenger frustration and reduce waiting times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cI thought it prudent to give a brief update, especially in relation to the transport arrangements for back-to-school, because obviously, that would be a critical part of a successful return to school for September morning,\u201d Vaz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cSo, as of right now, based on emergency procurement of spare parts, we have been able to rehabilitate and restore 125 buses, which gives us 265 buses without the 50 new buses. With the 50 new buses, we will have 315 buses on the road for back to school,\u201d Vaz added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Vaz was addressing a Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Earlier this year, during his contribution to the 2023\/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, then Minister of Transport and Mining Audley Shaw disclosed that 45 diesel and five electric buses would be added to the JUTC fleet by the end of May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Shaw had also stated that 20 compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled units would also be added to the fleet under a joint arrangement with private-sector partners by September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">On August 25, 50 buses were unloaded at the Kingston Wharves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">READ:\u00a0<a id=\"link-bc6d118fe1a026028c7eb110aa4de317\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/latest-news\/50-jutc-buses-arrive-at-kingston-wharves-ahead-of-new-school-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50 JUTC buses arrive at Kingston Wharves ahead of new school year<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cYou will recall that we had the 50 buses arrive in Jamaica last week Friday, and I\u2019m pleased to say that we were able to clear them on the weekend, and we are now in the process this morning of licensing them for them to be able to go out for the weekend to various depots to be available for Monday morning,\u201d Vaz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/latest-news\/vaz-300-buses-to-be-rolled-out-for-back-to-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: pexels-suzy-hazelwood<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica INGSTON, Jamaica \u2013 On Wednesday, Daryl Vaz, the Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications, and Transport, announced that a fleet of 300 buses will be introduced at the beginning of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":30464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[124,169,71,170],"class_list":["post-30463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-jamaica","tag-logistics","tag-procurement","tag-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-suzy-hazelwood-1260437-scaled-e1697148009560.jpg?fit=1025%2C614&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-7Vl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29969,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/belize-city-council-to-launch-e-transit-pilot-project-with-electric-buses\/","url_meta":{"origin":30463,"position":0},"title":"Belize City Council to Launch E-Transit Pilot Project with Electric Buses","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"September 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Belize The Belize City Council is in the process of procuring two electric buses as it prepares to launch its E-Transit Pilot Project in December. 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