Bricknell Estate bus tendering exercise

John Fareham and John Abbott are working to ensure that the Council’s tendering exercise for supported bus services turns out satisfactorily for residents of Bricknell Estate. In order to save money on subsidising buses – something on which the Council currently spends £300,000 every year – the corporate centre are re-tendering for the affected services. We have met with the officers to seek assurances that this will not unduly affect the frequency and quality of such routes as the service 9 and we have made additional representations on these matters, working with other opposition members, via the Scrutiny process. The tendering exercise will, as usual, take several months and if any changes are introduced, will happen before the end of October.