New Orland Park budget includes Dial-a-Ride service during weekdays in 2010

Village of Orland Park Dial-A-Ride Service Included in 2010 Budget

Service to Include Two Week Day Buses

    ORLAND PARK, IL – The Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees has authorized Village Manager Paul Grimes to include funding in the village’s FY2010 Budget for the community’s PACE Dial-A-Ride Bus Program. Two buses will operate on week days beginning with the New Year, with the one way fare being $5.00 per rider.

      “I’m glad that we were able to find a way to maintain our restructured Dial-A-Ride Service for the village,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin.  

“The public provided helpful insight into how important the village’s bus service is to them and the new fare and service structure is a result of the community’s input,” McLaughlin added. 

“The board and I were especially concerned with the number of individuals with disabilities and seniors who rely on the village’s buses

and have no other means of transportation,” McLaughlin said, adding, “That’s why we started the service in the first place. “For door-to-door transportation, $5.00 each way is a very reasonable fare,” the mayor said.

                  The projected subsidy for the modified level of service is projected to cost approximately $80,000 for the fiscal year. The village will pay for this service by making offsetting cost reductions in other areas of the operating budget.

                  The Orland Park Board of Trustees is expected to adopt the FY2010 budget at its meeting on December 7, 2009. Changes to the bus service and fares will begin January 1, 2010.

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