The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is imploring passengers of buses plying Marescaux Road routes to set out for school and work earlier than usual, during the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

Manager of Service Planning and Network Development at the JUTC, Jacqueline Darwood, told JIS News that passengers will need to make allowance for some delay at National Heroes Park, which will serve as a major park and ride/walk hub for cricket fans. The site will also accommodate parking for VIPs, the media, disabled fans and buses transporting groups from the north coast.

"Passengers will need to exercise a lot of patience as the buses will not be running as normal," she said.

Meanwhile, there will be minimal dislocation for passengers along South Camp Road, as buses on routes 66, 81, 86, and 88 have been rerouted, due to traffic restrictions around Sabina Park on match days.

She noted that the JUTC has been working in partnership with the Jamaica Local Organising Committee and the Social Development Commission to sensitise persons in communities surrounding Sabina Park to the bus route changes.