Island Transit might put the breaks on one South Whidbey route and expand service on Saturdays.

IT is holding community meetings to talk about the proposed changes. The next one is 6-7 p.m., Thursday, April 11 at the Freeland Library. Another is 5:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17 at the Oak Harbor Library.

Executive Director Todd Morrow said officials proposed cancelling Route 56, which runs between Greenbank and Freeland. It has simply not been productive, he explained.

“There are a couple people who would be affected,” he said, “which happens with any service change.”

The agency is proposing a number of changes to Saturday service. One idea is to expand Saturday hours for Route 1, from Oak Harbor to the Clinton ferry. It would start at 7:15 a.m., which is 45 minutes earlier than now, and run until 7 p.m., an hour later than it currently runs.

“We heard from customers that they want it to go early in the morning and late at night,” Morrow said.

Transit officials proposed to add a dedicated route between Langley, Bayview and the ferry on Saturdays so that Route 1 passengers won’t have to sit through the detour off the highway; it would run every 90 minutes. It will be a significant time savings for people who don’t need to go to Langley, Morrow said.

Another proposal is to add one more trip on the 411 between Oak Harbor and March Point on Saturdays as well as additional trips to Route 22, which travels across Oak Harbor.

Even with the savings from cancelling Route 56, the changes would cost the agency an extra $240,000 a year, Morrow said.

The IT board is slated to consider the changes at its May 28 meeting.