by Dan Giroux, WLUC
WETMORE -- They’re certainly not back to normal yet, but ALTRAN is operating once again.
ALTRAN is temporarily operating out of the LMAS building in Wetmore. Currently they are handling about four buses out of a normal ten. The buses were operating for critical patients needing transportation to medical appointments in Marquette as well as for school children in the area on Friday. According to Operations Manager Kathy Kolbus, ALTRAN would not be running without the help of the fire department.
"It's amazing the amount of information that we have that they saved for us. Without them, we would not be up and running today and we definitely would not be up and running within a week’s time without all that information they saved for us," said Kolbus.
Buses have been loaned to ALTRAN from across Upper Michigan and even Northern Lower Michigan. With the help from other transit operations, ALTRAN is hoping to be close to 100 percent next week.
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