BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Due to excessive traffic along Highway 90 and Pass Road during Cruisin’ the Coast from October 4-11, major delays are expected on some of the Coast Transit Authority (CTA) routes.
As a result, the following routes and schedules have been altered to provide continued services during the weeklong event:
- Express Route
- Friday and Saturday, October 9-10
- On these event days, to help with rider connections during excessive traffic on Highway 90, a temporary Express Route will operate between the Gulfport and Biloxi Transit Centers for passengers with a nonstop route via the interstate.
- The Beachcomber route on these days will end at 1 p.m. at the Biloxi and Gulfport Transit Centers, and the Express Route will begin with an express bus at 1 p.m. With no stops in between, the departures at each transit center will be as follows:
- 1 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:45 p.m.
- Cruisin’ the Coast Schedule
- Sunday, October 4
- Route 34-Pass Road and Route 37-Gulfport will have an Alternate Transfer Point at 22nd Avenue and 22nd Street in Gulfport due to “View the Cruise,” which takes place all day.
- Wednesday, October 7
- Beachcomber will have no service to Treasure Bay’s bus stop in the parking lot.
- The Biloxi Block Party is set to take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. CTA is monitoring any possible road detours and will post this information on the CTA Facebook page.
- Thursday, October 8
- Beachcomber will have no service to Treasure Bay’s bus top in the parking lot.
- D’Iberville-Route 4 will have no service along Auto Mall Parkway.
- Ocean Springs-Route 7 will have no service on Washington Avenue and Government Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
- Friday, October 9
- Beachcomber will have no service to Treasure Bay’s bus stop in the parking lot. The Beachcomber Route will end at 1 p.m. at the Biloxi Transit Center and the Gulfport Transit Center. An Express Route will pick up to connect passengers to the two transit centers with a non-stop route via the interstate.
- D’Iberville-Route 4 will have no service along Auto Mall Parkway.
- Ocean Springs-Route 7 will have no service on Washington Avenue and Government Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
- Route 34-Pass Road will have no service on Eisenhower Drive or C.T. Switzer Avenue to Edgewater Mall after 12:35 p.m. Route 34-Pass Road will end service at around 6:49 p.m.
- Saturday, October 10
- Beachcomber will have no service to Treasure Bay’s bus stop in the parking lot. The Beachcomber Route will end at 1 p.m. at the Biloxi Transit Center and the Gulfport Transit Center. An Express Route will pick up to connect passengers to the two transit centers with a non-stop route via the interstate.
- D’Iberville-Route 4 will have no service along Auto Mall Parkway.
- Ocean Springs-Route 7 will have no service on Washington Avenue and Government Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
- Route 34-Pass Road will have no service on Eisenhower Drive or C.T. Switzer Avenue to Edgewater Mall after 12:35 p.m. Route 34-Pass Road will end service at around 6:49 p.m.
Maps of route detours can be found at www.coasttransit.com/news-alerts.
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