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TODAY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CUT THE RIBBON ON BRINGING THE KENNER LOOP BACK TO OUR JEFFERSON TRANSIT SYSTEM.
IT WAS PART OF THE RTA SYSTEM SINCE THE 1980S, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK INTO OUR SYSTEM, WHICH REALLY MAKES SENSE THAT THE KENNER LOOP WOULD BE PART OF ALL OF THE OTHER BUS SERVICES THAT WE DO IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WHEN I TOOK OFFICE IT, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT, I TOOK A RIDE ON THE KENNA LOOP AND LEARNED THAT IF YOU GET ON THE KENNA LOOP ANYWHERE, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU ALMOST TWO HOURS TO MAKE THE WHOLE LOOP.
SO CAN YOU IMAGINE IF SOMEONE RELIES ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GO TO WORK, DOCTOR'S OFFICE, OR A GROCERY? IT'S VERY INCONVENIENT.
THIS IS EXTREMELY EXCITING FOR ME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY SAY, WELCOME TO JEFFERSON TRANSIT KENNER LOOP.
WE ARE NOW E 2 0 1 SIGNAGES UP.
WE HAVE THE FLEET, WE'VE GOT THE MANPOWER.
UH, WE WILL HAVE OPERATORS OUT HERE STARTING SUNDAY MORNING 'CAUSE WE PULL OUT SUNDAY MORNING IS OUR FIRST DAY ON THE COUNTER LOOF.
SO WE'RE PILOTING A BASE FARE OF A DOLLAR 25 THAT STARTS ON MONDAY INSTEAD OF A DOLLAR 50.
AND THE 31 DAY PASS IS GONNA BE $45 INSTEAD OF 60.
SO PEOPLE REALLY ARE GONNA JUST SEE IMPROVEMENT.
WHEN YOU WALKED AROUND KEN AND YOU TRIED TO RIDE THE BUS, YOU COULDN'T FIND A BUS STOP.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW AN EMPTY POLE WAS A BUS STOP, YOU COULDN'T FIND ONE.
UH, AND IT WAS NOT JUST ONE OR TWO, IT WAS EVERY, EVERY STOP.
AND THE ONES THAT RIDE IT, THEY KNOW WE HAVE SIGNS NOW.
SO BEFORE THERE WERE NO SIGNS AT ANY OF THE CORNERS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE REALLY KNEW HOW TO WAIT FOR A BUS THERE.
THIS IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL HAVE RELIABLE SERVICE NOW.
UM, WE BELONG IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE PROBABLY ALWAYS HAVE, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE BACK.
THE KENNER LOOP GOES FROM RIVERTOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE LAKE WITH THE NEW TREASURE CHEST CASINO AND TO ALL OF THE MAJOR STOPS THAT PEOPLE WANNA GO TO.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR A LONG TIME THAT THE STOP BE RIGHT HERE AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE.
AND AS WE TAKE ON THIS NEW LOOP, UH, WE'RE ADDING THIS STOP TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE FOR THE RIDE ON A KENNER LOOP.
IT'S NOTHING BUT IMPROVEMENT WHEN THEY RIDE THIS BUS.
IT'S A NEW BUS AT THE SAME FAIR WITH A NEW STOP AND THE NEW SIGNAGE AS WELL.
THIS IS A, A WELCOME, UH, CHANGE HERE IN THE CITY OF CANON.