Changes to hospital area bus stops due to construction

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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 3:32pm

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital Transit bus service in the hospital area will be intermittently disrupted due to continuing construction during the Hospital Drive Reconstruction Project.

The bus stop at SEARCH’s Ethel Lund Medical Center has been temporarily closed, and the bus stop at Bartlett Regional Hospital will be intermittently moved to the parking lot across from the Juneau Medical Center.

The bus stop at the bottom of Hospital Drive will be temporarily moved farther up the hill next to the SEARCH Juneau Campus and across from the AEYC office building.

Signs will be posted at the bus stop alerting passengers when the stop has been moved or closed.

For more information, call Capital Transit at 789-6901.    

 

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