Decision details

With the approval of the Chairman of the Growth, Environment and Resources Scrutiny Committee Urgency, Special Urgency and waiver of call-in procedures have been invoked to suspend the requirement to advertise the decision for the full 28 days, publish the decision for 5 days prior to publication, and to suspend the 3 day call-in period.

These urgency procedures were invoked due to the requirement to amend the timetables for the 61 and 62 bus service operated by Stagecoach as close as possible to the 1st of April 2019. In order to achieve this it is necessary to register the revised timetable with the Traffic Commissioner, providing 42 days notice, and to give the public reasonable notice of the forthcoming changes. Failure to do this will result in financial pressure on the Council.

The Cabinet Member:

1.    Approved changes in timetables to the 60s bus services, as set out in the report, which, along with budget efficiency measures and negotiated cost reductions, will present the Council an annual saving of £150,000.

2.    Approved the development of a publicity campaign with local bus operators to run during 2019/20 to encourage the public to use local bus services.

3.    Supported the continuation of the Cross Party Bus Consultation Group in order to review the remaining services supported by the Council to ensure best value is obtained for both the Council and the travelling public.

The recommendations contained within this report are a direct outcome of the work undertaken by the Cross Party Bus Working Group. This group have reviewed data detailing the number of passengers affected by the proposed changes alongside over contextual information and have determined that this is the most appropriate way to achieve the required reduction whilst protecting the most vulnerable user groups.

Consider alternative subsidised services: the routes considered in this report are those in which the Council invested additional funds in 2015 on a trial basis. As such, and due to the low number of passengers travelling, it was appropriate to consider these routes first whilst seeking to protect the most vulnerable user groups.

None.

The current timetables for these routes can be viewed here:

60 Peterborough – Hampton – Orton: https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East/PETERBOROUGH/PE%20-%20SERVICE%2063%20-%20APR%202018.pdf

    
61 Peterborough – Fengate – Newark Sainsbury’s: https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East/PETERBOROUGH/PE%20-%20SERVICE%2061%20-%20APR%202018.pdf  

62 Peterborough – Werrington – Glinton – Maxey: https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East/PETERBOROUGH/PE%20-%20SERVICE%2062%20-%20APR%202018.pdf  

63 Peterborough – Newark Sainsbury’s – Keys Park: https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East/PETERBOROUGH/PE%20-%20SERVICE%2063%20-%20APR%202018.pdf