Decision details

RESOLVED:             That the Executive Member for City Strategy agrees:

i)To request Officers to seek an emergency short term tender to provide a replacement bus service to Fulford Broadway and Naburn.

ii)            That a new, Sundays only, bus route linking Naburn Village with York City Centre via Fulford Broadway being incorporated in the package of routes about to be offered for tender, for inception from 28 August 2011.

iii)          To a review of funding to support the Sunday evening service on route 10 to offset the additional costs to the Council in obtaining a replacement for routes 42 and 415, but requests officers to ensure that the service is sustained at least until the August tendering process has been completed.

iv)To request officers, during the review period for the number 10 evening bus service, to work with the operators, Parish Councils and local Ward members to try and increase the use of the number 10 service with the aim of it being registered as a commercial service.

v)            Whilst the loss of the early morning and evening weekday journeys to Fulford Broadway and Naburn are regrettable, the low level of usage demonstrated makes it uneconomic for the Council to seek replacement facilities.

REASON:                  The Council has obtained from Arriva detailed loadings and revenue figures in respect of the affected journeys and undertaken its own surveys since being informed of the changes. The data suggests that whilst the usage does not justify the provision of individual bus services to each area, a single route serving both would meet the Council’s criteria for revenue support.