Issue - meetings

That the Executive:

1)    gave approval for officers to go out to tender for local bus services, serving Wokingham Town and the surrounding villages, to the villages which lie to the South of the M4, for additional evening and Sunday journeys to Arborfield and for services to the Woodley and Earley areas.

2)    gave approval to delegate the award of the wining tender to the Director of Place and Growth assuming the winning tender meets the allocated budget and service specification.

The Executive noted that existing bus contracts had come to their natural end. The contracts had to be retendered if local bus services, which were not commercially sustainable, were to continue to be provided, financially supported by the Council.

It was confirmed that route 129 would be included in this retendering work.

It was noted that an Equality Impact assessment would be included in a future report.

The Executive noted that one million bus journeys took place each year, this presented a significant number of residents using the bus services, this was an significant service that should be retained.

RESOLVED that the Executive:

1)    gave approval for officers to go out to tender for local bus services, serving Wokingham Town and the surrounding villages, to the villages which lie to the South of the M4, for additional evening and Sunday journeys to Arborfield and for services to the Woodley and Earley areas.

2)    gave approval to delegate the award of the wining tender to the Director of Place and Growth assuming the winning tender meets the allocated budget and service specification.