Leicestershire consults on bus network cuts

Leicestershire County Council is to consult on reductions to the tendered bus network to deliver £750,000 of savings.

Councillors this week approved the scrapping of a 2002 policy that 95% of the county’s residents should be within an 800-metre walk of an hourly or better bus service during the Monday to Saturday daytime.

A scrutiny panel of councillors told the cabinet that the policy could not be justified in the current economic climate and the council’s tight budgetary...

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