The WRTA will conduct Public Hearings regarding proposed service changes to the WRTA fixed-route service that would go into effect  April 2013. Hearings will be held at the following times and locations:

• Tuesday, March 5, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm at Worcester City Hall, Levi Lincoln Room, 3^rd Floor, City Hall, Worcester, MA
• Due to the impending snow, the public hearing scheduled for March 7, 2013 has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 11, 2013 from 3:30 to 5:00pm at the Worcester Public Library, Main Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square, Worcester, MA.

PROPOSED CHANGES

All Routes will start from the Central Hub, 60 Foster Street, Worcester, MA

On Weekdays Route 19 will no longer service the Worcester Airport or Leicester Wal-Mart.  Trips will end at Goddard Memorial Drive and Coppage Drive.

Route 33 will add trips to replace service to the Leicester Wal-Mart  no longer serviced by Route 19.

Route 19 and Route 27 will now be interlined.

Route 23 and Route 26 will no longer be interlined with another route.

Written responses to the proposed changes must be submitted by March 21, 2013 to:

Stephen O’Neil, Administrator, WRTA, 287 Grove Street, Worcester, 01605, by email to kshea@therta.com or fax to 508-752-1676.