Need-A-Lift Transportation Services Applies for Licence Amendment

Need-A-Lift Transportation Services of Halifax has applied to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board regarding two new service routes.

The first includes a general passenger and express parcel service from Halifax to Sherbrooke -- via the Angus L. MacDonald Bridge, Wyse Road, Alderney Drive, Ochterloney Street, Prince Albert Road and Highway 7 and 107.

The second proposed service -- a specialty charter public passenger service -- will operate from Halifax Regional Municipality and the County of Guysborough. Round trips only will be offered to various destinations within the province. Fees for this charter service start at $90 per hour, increasing to $225 for three hours of service. Full day service, up to 10 hours, is $750.

A public hearing concerning the proposed services, is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The hearing will be held at the Sheet Harbour Lions Club, 183 West Side East River Rd., Sheet Harbour.

Public presentations or cross-examination of witnesses requires advance notice to the Utility and Review Board on or before Friday, Oct. 21.

Comments on the proposed amendments will be accepted by mail to the Utility and Review Board, Box 1692, Unit M, Halifax, N.S., B3J 3S3; by e-mail to [email protected]; by fax to 902-424-3919; or by calling 902-424-4448.