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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Hop on the bus

It's really a shuttle and it's free!

MILFORD - Milford Progress and the office of the mayor and Milford Transit are pleased to announce the FREE W.A.V.E., or Weekend Area Valet Express. The WAVE Shuttle runs Fridays and Saturdays from July 4 through August 30. Friday hours are 5 p.m, to midnight; Saturdays, from noon to midnight. Riders should call 223-0842 for pickup at the following stops to drop off at the following destinations: Restaurants: Bin 100 Restaurant, Cracker Barrel, Daniel Street, Jeffrey’s A Restaurant by Claudio, Johnny Ray’s Restaurant, The Lazy Lobster Restaurant, Rainbow Gardens, Scribner’s Restaurant, Southport Brewing Company (SBC), Stonebridge Restaurant. Hotels include: Fairfield Inn by Marriott, Hampton Inn, Howard Johnsons Hotel, Hyatt Place, Residence Inn by Marriott, and SpringHill Suites by Marriott. Shopping: Downtown Shopping District Shuttle Stop at Stonebridge Restaurant, Walnut Beach Shuttle Stop at The Lazy Lobster Restaurant and Westfield Connecticut Post. Boat Facilities: Milford Boat Works and Milford Lisman Landing.
Additional stops include: parking lot behind Parsons Government Center, Jepson Drive-Senior Center, Jagoe Court-Community Room, 100 Viscount Drive-Foyer, DeMaio Drive-Main Entrance, Foran Towers-Entrance B. There is no charge for the service.
The program is sponsored by: Milford Progress, Office of the Mayor, Milford Transit, the Milford Chamber of Commerce, Inc. and The Greater New Haven Convention & Visitors Bureau, Downtown Milford Business Association and Walnut Beach Association. This service free of charge to promote economic development and tourism in the City of Milford. Milford Chamber of Commerce President, Kathleen Alagno noted,

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think this is a great idea, but why not just run it until 2 and cut down on the drunk driving?? I would absolutely take this to and from a night out (it stops right by my house), but unfortunately no one's going to leave early just to catch a safe ride. I understand that it's not really the point of the whole initiative, but it would only be an additional 36 hours of useage. Even splitting some of the difference and pushing the start time back to 5:30 would help.

maybe next time?

July 3, 2008 at 10:28 AM 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How much is this costing the taxpayers of Milford? How much are the merchants chipping in?

Seems like it is a winner for merchants and a waste of tax dollars for the Milford Resident!

July 9, 2008 at 8:42 AM 

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