We provide a report by Kylie Stevens from the St Marys-Mt Druitt Star regarding Meeting the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure on 28th January 2010. We provide there website if you would like to place comments to them on this article:
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'Still fighting to get buses back'
BY KYLIE STEVENS
02 Feb, 2010 10:18 AM
DISADVANTAGED bus commuters may find out within a fortnight whether the scrapped 755 service will be back on board.
Transport Minister David Campbell vowed to investigate after he met with the Save Our Bus Services lobby group last Thursday.
Group spokeswoman Debbie Robertson described the meeting as productive and said Mr Campbell was sympathetic to their concerns.
He promised a Ministry of Transport representative would tour areas inconvenienced under drastic changes made to bus routes in October.
The group's main concern is the reinstatement of the popular 755 Busways service between Mount Druitt and Blacktown which serviced Whalan, Emerton, Shalvey and Lethbridge Park.
A service is also needed back in Gasmata Crescent, Whalan, where some elderly commuters have to walk a kilometre to the nearest bus stop.
``If they added two minutes for the 780 service to do a loop around Gasmata Crescent, it's a problem solved,'' Mrs Robertson said.
The group's next plan is to confront Westbus and Busways about why major changes were made to bus routes and timetables.
``We've been inundated with calls from workers who now have to get cabs to the train station because there are no buses before 6am,'' Mrs Robertson said.
``You can easily get a bus to Mount Druitt from Windsor and Penrith but what about the suburbs in between?''
Another public meeting will be held in Dawson Mall, Mount Druitt, on Saturday at 10.30am.
The group has a transport blog, updated daily: sobsmtdruittasa.blogspot.com.
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