Friday 20 January 2012

Missing the bus?

I've been waiting in vain for Cornwall Council to post on-line the recommendations which will go to Cabinet on Wednesday about supporting rural bus routes. These documents are supposed to go public at least seven days before the meeting, but it's now 10.20pm on Friday and there's still no sign of them. So I'll have to make do with the press release, which seems to save the interesting bit until the final two paragraphs:
"Our concessionary fare reimbursement of 73.5% of the average adult fare was far higher than most local authorities. We have taken the decision to reduce this figure to 50% - which is still higher than the level recommended by the Department for Transport. The tender process revealed that our 2012/13 budget for the supported bus network of £3.2m would require a significant reduction in the bus network....."
The devil, as usual, will be in the detail.

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