(28 Jun 2023, 12:14 pm)RobinHood wrote £389,500 per year. That is the cost to the public purse that Stagecoach have been awarded to operate Services 1/2.
Add to that, the cost of Tees Flex also running in the area, probably brings the East Cleveland share of TVCA support to over £1million per year.
Absolutely unbelievable (and frankly shameful volume of public spending being used for a bus service to link Liverton, Loftus Estates and Moorsholm basically).
Frankly not surprised with Arriva actions either learning this. Imagine if that funding was used to enhance the existing services already in situ!
Imagine if they scrapped that service and used that money to continue funding these: https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/news/counci...our-talks/ instead.
Means it would only cost the tax payer which they like to highlight £40k instead and further highlights how much it is a real waste of money. Heck they could've said we want you to do this with the 3/X3/X3A to cover the thing, rather than duplicating it...
Oh and aren't GoNorthEast nice accepting the concessionary offer with all those hundreds, I mean loads, I mean 1 service that serves the area.