(21 Sep 2024, 9:31 pm)Adrian wrote Most of those houses were already there, long before the college closed?
Kingston Mews, Bunker Hill, Bradwell Way, etc, were all there when I started. As was Trinity Park at the far end. The newest builds, on the actual former college site, only equates to about 80 additional houses.
I do think it's bizarre that as a collective, those estates only have the 79 as a service. Operators often complain about new estates not being suitable for buses, yet when they have an open goal like a road right through the middle, they fail to react.
I suppose the question is.....will an operator recoup the extra 200k a year needed to stick an extra bus in the cycle to serve that area alone I don't think they would.
I dunno how much the 79 contract costs, but how would people feel if the local authority used the money for the 79 on sticking an extra bus on the 4 instead?