Future of 30 Leeds bus services hangs in balance
The long-term futures of nearly 30 bus services across West Yorkshire will likely hinge on the outcome of this week’s Budget, councillors have been told.
If no funding emerges in this week’s budget, a further 28 or so routes are set to be either pulled or altered in some form by the company. Those services were due to have been cut next month when emergency funding from the Department of Transport was due to expire, but a last-minute extension has given them a reprieve until the end of June.Speaking at a WYCA transport committee, transport director Dave Pearson said: “Bus services are still operating under emergency funding arrangements.
Meanwhile, a group of Labour councillors and election candidates in west Leeds have written to First to complain over the loss of services in the Bramley, Stanningley, Farsley and Rodley areas. Councillors Kevin Ritchie, Caroline Gruen, Peter Carlill and election candidate Tom Hinchcliffe called on the operator to reinstate the number 9, which is one of the routes set to be withdrawn next month.
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