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Schools – Mainz – Land finances additional school buses until Easter – Education

November 23, 2020, 1:29 pm

Schools – Mainz:Land finances additional school buses until Easter

A sign on a school bus stop. Photo: Stefan Sauer / dpa / archive image (Photo: dpa)

Directly from the dpa news channel

Mainz (dpa / lrs) – The school bus program in the corona pandemic will be extended again – until the Easter holidays. The Rhineland-Palatinate state government supports the districts and independent cities in using more buses because of the risk of infection and takes on 90 percent of these costs. “We take the protection of the health of our students seriously. For us, this includes safe transport to and from schools,” said a joint message from Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) and Education Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) on Monday Mainz. “The expansion of the program beyond the cold season until Easter gives the municipalities planning security.” Around 180 buses are currently being funded, up to 250 are possible, according to the ministry.

The districts and cities responsible for school traffic can use the buses of the bus exchange, which the Association of Mobility and Logistics Rhineland-Palatinate (Molo) has set up at the request of the state, to relieve individual lines. However, all public transport authorities could also expand trips with their contractual partners or local bus companies.

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