CRESTVIEW — Beginning today, the Okaloosa County Public Transit System, Wave bus Route 5, will offer limited bus service to the CHOICE High School/Technical Center (Vo-Tech), New Okaloosa County Courthouse Annex Extension and Water & Sewer Building on Lewis Turner Boulevard. Route 5 bus stops are as follows:
Route 5 Outbound
Stop 1: Santa Rosa Mall – 7:50 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 3:50 p.m.
Stop 2: Mary Esther/Marilyn – 7:55 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m.
Stop 3: Walmart– 8:05 a.m., 12:07 p.m., 4:07 p.m.
Stop 4: White Wilson– 8:14 a.m., 12:16 p.m., 4:16 p.m.
Stop 5: YMCA – 8:14 a.m., 12:17 p.m., 4:17 p.m.
Stop 6: CHOICE High School– 8:18 a.m., 12:25 p.m., 4:25 p.m.
Route 5 Inbound
Stop 6 (continued): CHOICE– 8:18, 12:26 p.m., 4:26 p.m.
Stop 7: Okaloosa Courthouse Annex Extension– 8:20 a.m., 12:28 p.m., 4:28 p.m.
Stop 8: Water & Sewer Building – 8:23 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
Stop 9: YMCA – 8:25 a.m., 12:31 p.m., 4:31 p.m.
Stop 10: FWBMC – 8:25 a.m., 12:32 p.m., 4:32 p.m.
Stop 11: Walmart – 8:33 a.m., 12:38 p.m., 4:38 p.m.
Stop 12: Sun Plaza – 8:38 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m.
Stop 13: Santa Rosa Mall – 8:43 a.m., 12:55 p.m., 4:55 p.m.
To ride the Wave, look at your destination and decide which bus will get you there the quickest from the schedule. Go to the nearest bus stop.
Okaloosa County Transit offers deviated fixed route bus service and limited Para Transit service countywide. The buses have wheelchair and bicycle storage.
Okaloosa County commissioners recently voted to keep all transit routes through the 2013 fiscal year; however, future bus routes will be determined annually. For further information, call 689-7809 in Crestview or 833-9168 in Fort Walton Beach.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Wave bus service to new courthouse extension begins today