(25 Nov 2014, 12:43 pm)Dan wrote A public consultation is carried out once the company has drafted its ideas for proposed route changes, based on suggestions from customers and their own data showing passenger trends.
Like I said before, the company has designed its business case around its proposals, but these have to be altered in accordance with feedback gathered from the public consultation. If the feedback is negative (ie "No, I don't want this to happen."), then the company will make alternative plans based on their data and the feedback gathered.
Thursday's meeting with senior management, local councillors and Nexus will be when things are confirmed.
Go North East could ignore the results of the public consultation if they wanted to. I don't beleive for one second that they would, but there is no legal requirement for them to adjust their plans.