The Island’s buses continue to struggle with an infestation of cockroaches, according to members of the public who contacted The Royal Gazette.

According to a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Transportation, buses are cleaned each day and “in-house pest control is carried out regularly”.

“The DPT is in the process of enlisting a professional to treat the buses on a more aggressive schedule,” she added.

The issue was raised last month in the House of Assembly by Progressive Labour Party MP Lawrence Scott, the Shadow Minister of Transport.

Most recently, this newspaper heard from concerned bus rider Jahma Gibbons that he regularly saw the insects emerging inside buses, particularly at night.

“It’s unhygienic and it’s harmful to our image when you have tourists seeing roaches on the bus,” Mr Gibbons said.

He said he had raised his concerns with the bus driver, who said that drivers were also fed up with the cockroaches.

Yesterday, Mr Scott said it was “totally unacceptable” for residents and tourists to be subjected to a “roach coach”.

“It was in the interest of working with the minister I shared the multiple videos I had received from constituents and the motoring public alike,” he said.

“I anticipated that Minster Crockwell would put an end to this infestation. The revelation weeks later of the continuance of this infestation is disturbing on so many levels.”

He said constituents had sent him three different cellphone videos showing the insects on buses, which were a health and safety issue as well as a problem for the Bermuda Tourism Authority.

“I feel Minister Crockwell has seemingly misunderstood the BTA and their promotion of a more authentic Bermudian experience by creating opportunities for visitors to have more, and closer, interactions with locals,” Mr Scott said.

“I’m pretty sure the local inhabitants the BTA had in mind only have two legs, not six.”