Service 9 bus rerouting

John Fareham and John Abbott report that, as a result of East Riding of Yorkshire Council roadworks on Bricknell Avenue, the Stagecoach service 9 bus will be rerouted via Hotham Road North during the period of the roadworks. We have been discussing the matter in some detail with officers of both Hull and East Riding Councils and have made clear to all concerned that we would have preferred the diversion operated while Bricknell Avenue was being resurfaced to have gone via Fairfax Avenue – which was, of course, part of the route of the former Service 13. However Stagecoach chose, for operational reasons to do with service punctuality and the delay they thought would follow from sending the 9 back down Bricknell Avenue, to have the 9 follow the 3 along Hotham Road North. We realise this decision on their part will not be popular, but the diversion is temporary, for stage 1a of the works only, and the 9 will revert to its usual route when that part of the the works is completed.