Proposed New Tendered Bus Service 113
Decision Maker: Leader of the County Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Purpose:
This report recommends Lancashire County
Council provides a tendered replacement to the withdrawal of local
bus Service 113.
This will maintain a number of public transport links between
Preston and Wigan across a wide area of South Lancashire, through
South Ribble, Chorley and West Lancashire.
Decision:
The Leader of the County Council and the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:
(i) Approved the proposed replacement tendered bus service as set out at Appendix 'A'.
(ii) Authorised officers to draw up the detailed service schedules and complete the necessary contract procurement process to allow the replacement tendered service to commence from 7 January 2019.
(iii) Authorised officers to undertake a sustainability review of the existing tendered bus service network to identify prospective revisions that would be affordable within the available budget.
Divisions Affected: Chorley Rural West; Leyland Central; Leyland South; Lostock Hall & Bamber Bridge; Moss Side & Farington; Preston City; Skelmersdale East; South Ribble East;
Contact: Ashley Weir Email: Ashley.Weir@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 534564.
Date of decision: 11/12/2018
Accompanying Documents:
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