(02 Jan 2025, 11:31 am)PH - BQA wrote What can’t be true, that they aren’t allowed to run services on the west side of the bridge? As a result of the roads on that side not yet being adopted by NCC, I believe it is correct - and it’s certainly what the councillor (iirc) has said in response to some of the pensioners asking why GNE can’t run their service too. As the services need to be subsidised at this stage, the consortium can choose who can run on their roads.
From the information that I’ve seen posted on the local groups, the Q3 was nearly commercially viable pre-pandemic. I’m assuming due to a combination of the pandemic, and GNEs mismanagement of the service, that was no longer the case by 2024. When announcing the X47/49 changes, it was stated that the consortium believed that they were the changes most likely to become commercially viable as the S106 money used to fund the services is due to run out relatively soon.
Aye but surely if GNE wanted to run the Q3 in the area commercially they'd let them do so without the S106 money anyway? In an ideal the Q3 and X47 would've been the best scenario if it was actually possible.
I can't see any logical reason on why the Great Park would say no to GNE running a service, even if they had to pay a dodgy £1 subsidy to get around any rules...? It just doesn't make sense, unless there's some idiots running the show there.