A new Maui Economic Opportunity 14-passenger bus that will be running through the streets of East Maui was blessed Tuesday in Hana with community members, Maui County officials and MEO staff attending.
Funded by the county, P167 replaces an 8-passenger bus placed in service 2010. The bus with a wheelchair lift will be making runs through East Maui and to Central Maui for health appointments, shopping, events and other needs through MEO’s Human Services contract with the county.
Maui Economic Opportunity’s bus P167 was blessed Tuesday in a ceremony in Hana. The new bus, purchased with a Maui County grant, replaces a 14-year-old bus.
County officials speaking at the blessing were County Council Member Shane Sinenci, whose residency district includes East Maui; Kamalu Carroll, Maui County Business Resource Center Office Manager representing Mayor Richard Bissen; and Maui County Department of Transportation Director Marc Takamori.
Also speaking were Cabebe, Kanaka‘ole and MEO Transportation Director Patty Copperfield.
East Maui residents interested in getting rides on MEO buses should contact the MEO Hana office at (808) 248-8282.
MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe, MEO Transportation Director Patty Copperfield and Maui County Department of Transportation Director Marc Takamori.
Council Member Shane Sinenci
Marc Takamori, Director of the Maui County Department of Transportation
The new bus for East Maui, which can carry 14 passengers, also has a wheelchair lift.
Kamalu Carroll, representing Mayor Richard Bissen.
Kahu John Kahalehoe (center with lei) poses for a group photo with county officials including Maui County Transportation Director Marc Takamori (second from left), Council Member Shane Sinenci (fifth from left) and Mayor Richard Bissen’s representative Kamalu Carroll (second from right).
Shown are the MEO Hana drivers (from left) Shanrae Ng and Earle “Tuks” Medeiros, Milton Gerardi Oliveira, and Hana Branch Manager Kane Kanaka‘ole. Missing is driver Lei Park, who was making the Central Maui shopping run
during the bus blessing.
