(16 Feb 2025, 2:51 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Can now confirm it is at the request of the councillors for Port Clarence - requesting a bus from there into Billingham. The private aspect is that Stagecoach can only currently provide an additional vehicle on those days of the week fitting round existing contracts.
So in that case it’s better to put it out for tender and doing it properly then. If Stagecoach can not commit to it for at least 6 days as a proper service then really it should go to an operator who can do it even if it was Stockton Council doing it themselves.
(16 Feb 2025, 2:51 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Can now confirm it is at the request of the councillors for Port Clarence - requesting a bus from there into Billingham. The private aspect is that Stagecoach can only currently provide an additional vehicle on those days of the week fitting round existing contracts.
So in that case it’s better to put it out for tender and doing it properly then. If Stagecoach can not commit to it for at least 6 days as a proper service then really it should go to an operator who can do it even if it was Stockton Council doing it themselves.