Keeping our roads safe this long weekend
Posted Oct 7, 2011 04:58:00 PM.
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This is a busy long weekend for police.
Officers will be out and about running ride programs as the fest halls get underway tonight.
Olaf Heinzel with Waterloo Regional Police tells 570 News
they want people to make travel plans before they head out to celebrate – take the bus or cab, get a designated driver or stay over.
Heinzel says there are numerous consequences that come with impaired driving, from a collision to injuries to losing your license.
Grand River Transit is offering up free rides home from the festhall on the opening and closing weekends of Oktoberfest.
**GRT will provide extended service on Route 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22 (Fridays only), 24, 25, 35 and 52 .
These free rides start at 11:00 p.m. and go to end of service from participating festhalls, known as festhallens, to destinations throughout Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.
http://www.grt.ca/en/riderprograms/oktoberfest.asp
