(20 Dec 2022, 10:20 am)Andreos1 wrote It's bonkers that so much public money is thrown at this infrastructure, with seemingly no recourse for an operator shrugging their shoulders after however long and upping sticks when the money dries up or doesn't flow as well as they anticipated.

Time and time again we see it happen.

That's not how planning works. Operators give feedback to planners and take it away.

This whole thing about operators putting local authorities over a barrel is complete nonsense. There is nobody on the planet that would suggest GNE would diitch the 27 if the Sunderland Road bus gate never existed. The 57 still serves Wardley.

Maybe we need better local authority planners which are not enthralled to certain lobby groups or not willing to de-risk spending