Cuts in GRTC bus routes on table tonight

People will have one more chance tonight to talk about proposed changes in GRTC bus routes.

The informal town meeting will be the third and last community forum conducted by GRTC Transit System on a proposal to eliminate up to nine bus routes in the Richmond area.

The meeting is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Richmond City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 900 E. Broad St.

John M. Lewis, chief executive officer of the transit system, will lead the discussion with an explanation of the comprehensive analysis that GRTC completed this year of its operations. The review, combined with high fuel prices and budget limitations, prompted GRTC to propose the elimination of nine underused routes.

The route are: #11-Laurel/17th Street; #13-Main Street/Church Hill; #16 Westhampton; the Lunchtime Express; #20-North Side; #22-Hermitage; #61-Broad Rock Shuttle; #67-Chippenham Express; #65-Stony Point Fashion Park/VCU/Wal-Mart Express.