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Community transport scheme
Published: 25/01/2017
天涯社区 is working with Higher Kinnerton Community Council to
deliver a sustainable community transport service for the area and is holding a
launch event on 1 February 2017 as part of the 天涯社区 Community Travel
Project.
The aim of the event is to promote the pilot scheme for community based travel
in Higher Kinnerton and thank the community for supporting the project so far.
Everyone is welcome to attend the event and potential service users, in
particular, are invited to come along to find out more about using the new
Taxibus and Taxishare services.
The new Taxibus service will commence on 6 February 2017 and will operate with
a fixed route and timetable enabling residents from Higher Kinnerton to access
and connect with key services at Broughton.
The Taxishare service will operate as a 鈥渞ing-and-ride鈥� style service for
people who are unable to access or use conventional public transport services
in South East 天涯社区. The Taxishare service will enable people to attend
health/medical appointments or connect with the Taxibus service in Higher
Kinnerton.
Preparations for similar schemes are underway in another eight areas of the
County with the communities of Northop Hall, Connah鈥檚 Quay, Penymynydd,
Penyffordd, Buckley, Treuddyn, Llanfynydd and Holywell area all working with
the Council to develop community transport schemes with route details and
timetables in each area being confirmed in the coming weeks.
The Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Bernie Attridge, thanked the local
community for supporting the initiative and said:
鈥淭his is an exciting opportunity for the community to get involved and support
the Council鈥檚 development of community based transport. Community travel
schemes such as this new pilot scheme in Higher Kinnerton are set to play an
increasingly important role in the provision of transport for local
communities. 天涯社区 is committed to supporting socially necessary
transport, but the harsh reality is that we are simply not in a position to
afford the same level of bus subsidies and be able to plug the gaps left by the
withdrawal of commercial bus services.鈥�
Whilst the difficult financial climate means that the level of subsidy will
inevitably reduce over the next three years, 天涯社区 has
taken the decision not to remove the transport subsidy completely, but to
invest their resources in replacing the current scheduled services with
sustainable local 鈥渃ommunity based transport鈥欌�� arrangements.
Councillor Attridge added:
鈥淲e want to work in partnership with the local communities to develop
innovative and sustainable solutions to meeting some of the gaps. Access to
key services is essential to ensure that vulnerable people in rural communities
are not isolated The Council has shown its commitment to local rural
communities by introducing these schemes and it will now be up to the community
to show their commitment by using the service wherever possible to ensure they
become sustainable into the future.鈥�
For more details about the pilot schemes, please visit:
http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/en/Resident/Streetscene/Community-Transport-in-Flin
tshire.aspx