Over the next week or so, you will
receive a large envelope containing some survey forms and a FREE reply paid return envelope. The
survey is being undertaken by the four Parish Councils that comprise Tarporley
Ward and its results will inform the Ward about YOUR preferences related
to a Community Bus service.
Paper copies are being distributed
to all of the 2,400+ households in the Ward but we recognise that some
residents may wish to complete this online – so here is a link for the survey,
which is being conducted using ‘Googledocs’
Tarporley Community
Bus Service Survey
Your responses, whether on paper or
online will inform the decisions about bus services right across and round our
Parishes. Initially, we propose a range of services that would,
initially, run between 07:00 and 19:00 Monday to Friday incorporating the best
elements of the existing ‘dial-a-ride’ services and operate as fully timetabled
routes providing connections to, from and with Tarporley, the Arriva 84,
D&G 82 services and Northern Rail at Delamere station. It is also hoped to
include Winsford, Tiverton and other pick up/drop off points.
If you would wish to add anything
in terms of the services, their range or frequency of operation – please do so
by emailing utkintonpc@gmail.com.
Much will depend on your responses
to the survey and the exact routes and timetables will be determined by your
needs.
These routes are likely to be
chargeable services but only to the extent of recovering costs, where possible
we would seek to honour existing concession and bus pass schemes. It should be
noted that services such as these would connect the Parishes to the Tarporley
Hub and vice versa to offer wider connections.
The survey is supported by CWaC Ward
Councillor Eveleigh Moore-Dutton from the ‘Members’ Budget’, and she fully
recognises the need for social inclusion and connectivity to ensure that all
sectors of our population are able to have access to all the services within
and without our Ward.
Please note we are not asking for
any personal information that could identify any respondents. Your
responses will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and fall under the UK
and Parishes GDPR commitments.
It would be appreciated if you could provide some idea of your location, at the very least we would like to have a street and postcode to enable us to position survey respondents in terms of the Ward. PLEASE RESPOND BY MONDAY 30th MARCH 2020