Saturday bus service will be restored and many other local route changes will be made when the Butler Transit Authority opens its new bus terminal Oct. 1.

Authority officials outline the changes Thursday during a public hearing.

The authority is relocating the terminal from Cunningham Street to 128 W. New Castle St.

Moving the terminal to the other side of Main Street requires the route changes, said John Paul, authority executive director.

Some stops that were made soon after buses left the old terminal will be made toward the end of the routes because of the location of the new terminal, and the new routes are more efficient, Paul said.

“We're pretty much going everywhere we went. We moved some stops to other routes. We improved time efficiency with rerouting and rescheduling,” Paul said.

Time adjustments have been made to all the routes. The authority has posted the proposed bus schedule on its website at http://www.butlertransitauthority.com/.

The authority board must approve the schedule before it becomes official, Paul said. The authority meets Sept. 11. The new schedule will be made official at least a week before the new terminal opens, he said.

Read Sunday's Butler Eagle to see what routes will be changing.