(12 Oct 2022, 10:40 am)ALavery wrote What’s this obsession with doxford park? It has plenty services running at peak times and if you miss those there’s an every 15 minute service to the town, houghton or Washington which you can then change buses there.
If I was living in say Penshaw and worked at Doxford Park, public transport isn't a viable or attractive alternative to walking, cycling or the car.
Chuck in places that are a similar distance, such as Grindon, Pennywell, Seaham, Fencehouses and residents are all in a similar position.
You're talking 2 or 3 buses in the wrong direction, the inevitable wait and a walk for the majority of them to get to work. The same home.
This is a key employment site. Not some backwater, 1980s industrial estate.
The fact they've had to invest more time and money in widening approaches to the site, again reinforces the need to improve public transport.