(01 Oct 2023, 6:08 pm)Storx wrote All council contracts so assume Northumberland CC or whatever the Hexham Parish Council is called. I know there's arguments about covering strike routes but probably not a good idea to leave rural communities completely stranded. It's different to say Ouston where they at least have a shop.
No doubt it'll be partially covered by the penalities which no doubt GNE will be charged for not running them at all.
In which case, every single tax payer in Northumberland needs to know that the already financially challenged council, is paying additional money, to cover these routes.
I sincerely doubt the claw back will cover the additional costs incurred over this period.
These are the very same routes that would be still being run, if it wasn't for the abject failure of the operator, in sitting down or listening, to find out why their proposals aren't acceptable to the vast majority of the driving staff.