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GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) — The shut tle bus dispute between Gloucester Coun ty supervisors and the Virginia In dependence Bicentennial Commission has been resolved, a county official says. And that apparently means an ex pected 500,000 visitors will get where they want to go during the Yorktown Bicentennial celebration, which begins Oct. 16. The commission finally agreed Mon day to the supervisors’ demands for $5,000 in state funds to finance the free shuttle bus system between Yorktown and Gloucester Point. County Administrator John J. Jackson said the threat of stopping a 74-bus fleet at Gloucester Point made the commis sion eager to work out a solution to some of the transportation problems that have pape the victory celebration prepara tions. “I’m sure that our threat made them sit up and take notice,’ Jackson said, referring to the board’s ultimatum last week. The commission agreed to pay $5,000 to Newton's Bus Co. in Gloucester to pro vide shuttle buses each day of the four day event, Jackson said. The supervisors, who accused the state of treating Gloucester like ‘‘a step-child” during the Bicentennial preparations, said they were ready to halt all of their buses at the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge if the commission refused to subsidize the shuttle system. Newton's Bus Co. will take visitors to celebration sites in Gloucester Point and Yorktown,
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Daily News-Record
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Oct 07, 1981
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