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CAPE SCHOOL BUS PROVIDER OPENS TERMINAL HERE
Laidlaw Education Services, who will be
Cape Girardeau School District’s newest bus provider, has
located their Cape terminal facility at 3365 E. Outer Road,
near I-55 and Nash Road.
Tom Kelsey, commercial broker with Lorimont Place,
Ltd. who handled the multi-year lease transaction said the
5,600 square foot facility would house all of Laidlaw’s
local operations here including regional offices complete
with a repair and maintenance shop.
Kelsey said the location owned by Moriah Investments,
Inc. would also provide a secure fenced yard area to park 25
to 30 of the companies’ buses.
Laidlaw, based out of Naperville, Illinois provides over
1,000 school districts nationwide with transportation services
and employees over 45,000 employees.
Laidlaw, secured a three-year contract with a two-year
renewal option with the school district and successfully outbid
the previous bus provider, First Student for bus services back
in May. They are the
largest private contractor of student transportation services in
North America and transport more than 2 million students to and
from school every day.
It was uncertain how many new jobs the transportation company
would provide locally.
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