Issue - meetings
Petition from residents of Holgate calling on First York to amend the route of the number 5 bus service.
Meeting: 05/01/2010 - Decision Session - Executive Member for City Strategy (Item 66)
66 Petition from Holgate residents calling on First York to amend the Nos. 5 Bus Route 
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This report considers a petition presented to the Council earlier in the year asking them to make representations to First York to alter the route taken by the number 5 service to travel via Stonebow and not St Leonard’s Place.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Executive Member for City Strategy agrees to:
i) note the content of the petition.
ii) take no further action on the routing of this bus service.
REASON: A number of bus services connect with route 5 from Acomb at both the railway station and on Blossom Street offering a good level of interchange. Officers will continue to work with bus operators to develop the level of service to this part of York.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report, which considered a petition presented to the Council earlier in the year, which called on the Council to make representations to alter the route taken by the number 5 bus service through central York and onto Monks Cross (rather than Strensall). The petition had requested that the service travelled via Stonebow and not St Leonard’s Place and reverted to the route used by the former number 16 which incorporated the Holly Bank Loop.
The Executive Member reported receipt of an additional representation from a local resident in support of the alteration of the route, details of which had been set out in the republished Annex. He stated that the Council had worked hard to ensure that a bus service link was sustained to the Holly Bank area and now that the service had settled down he felt that any change could result in further inconvenience to a significant number of users.
RESOLVED: That the Executive Member for City Strategy agrees to:
i) Note the content of the petition.
ii) Take no further action on the routing of this bus service. 1.
REASON: A number of bus services connect with route 5 from Acomb at both the railway station and on Blossom Street offering a good level of interchange. Officers will continue to work with bus operators to develop the level of service to this part of York.