Norfolk County Council’s proposals to reduce the funding it provides for certain bus and community transport services have been a source of much anxiety for many of those living in my constituency.

 

As I reported a few weeks ago, I wrote to the Managing Director of NCC to highlight this considerable local concern – particularly that regarding the futures of the KonectBus 4 service from Swanton Morley to Norwich (via Dereham, numerous villages and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital) and the bus service taking youngsters along the B1077 between Great Ellingham and Attleborough Academy (see below).

 

Having visited Great Ellingham, this past Friday, to see for myself the distance students would have to walk should the bus service be cut in favour of a new three mile long trod, I am delighted to hear today that NCC have listened to the consultation feedback and opted not to withdraw the bus service.

 

This is a great victory for the local community, and I shall continue my efforts to ensure that the concerns of those elsewhere in the constituency are heard.

 

Rural Connectivity is essential to our way of life in the 21st century, and I shall be highlighting that when I take the journey along the Konectbus 4 route this coming Friday and meet those who depend on this vital link to the hospital, and on into the city.

 

To follow my journey on Friday, please do look out for my posts on Facebook by clicking (here).

 

Letters to NCC