Emergency route summary – Kaimai

Emergency route summary – Kaimai

This page provides a summary of emergency route designs. This information is for the use of our bus operator and school staff – it is not for public distribution at this time.

R10 – R11 – R12 – R13 – R14
SH29, McLaren Falls, Omanawa, Ruahihi, Poripori, Belk Roads.

R10 Upper Kaimai
R11 McLaren Falls

AM – R10 starts at normal time and then collects R11 students living on McLaren Falls Road. Arrives at transfer point 20mins later than normal.

PM – Follows R10 route plan, with a branch added along McLaren Falls Road. Upper Kaimai students arrive home 25mins late.

R11 Omanawa Road
R13 Belk Road

AM – R14 starts 20mind earlier than normal and then completes R12.  Arrives at transfer point 15mins later than normal.

PM – Follows R14 route plan first, then to Tauranga Crossing to meet other buses. R11 collects from St Marys and Tauranga Boys’.

R12 Ruahihi
R14 Tauriko School

AM – R13 starts 20mins earlier than normal and then completes R11 along Omanawa Road. Arrives at transfer point 20mins later than normal.

PM – Follows R13 route plan and then R11, arriving as late as 5pm.

Broad strategy

One driver down
– Activate R10-11 and R11-13 emergency route plans

Two drivers down
– Activate R10-11 and R11-13 emergency route plans
– Activate R12-14 emergency route plan

Three drivers down
– Shift a driver from another area, or
– Cancel R12 and R14, shifting students to other routes if possible

route change process

The process for making emergency changes to routes is as follows:

  1. Uzabus identifies a driver shortage and decides which emergency route plan will be activated.
  2. Uzabus contacts Greig to advise the activation, Greig updates this page 
  3. Greig sends an email to the Operations group announcing the change. 
  4. Greig sends a text message to affected principals.
  5. School personnel communicate with their community as previously decided.
  6. The change remains in effect until further notice – no further communications will occur until the normal route/s are reactivated.

CHange record

The table below contains a running record of changes to these routes, to assist school staff in identifying changes.

Date
Route/s
Comment
13 Mar
R6 and R7
Emergency route published