South West rural bus services underfunded

Teignmouth Today reports that local campaigners battling to save south Devon’s rural bus services have said the fight goes on

Dawlish and Teignbridge councillor Alison Foden has been fighting to improve rural bus services for several years.

Councillor Foden, who works at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, uses the bus services regularly, but says outside of main cities, the service is not acceptable.

She is appealing for help to ensure the government provides a ‘fair, reliable and efficient’ service for all, asking MPs Anne Marie Morris and Mel Stride to help by urging them to call on Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP, for increased Government funding for Devon.

Cllr Foden said: “The current model of funding from the Government for public bus transport is unfair. Cities in the south-east of England gain millions more in funding for improving their bus services, than counties in the South West do”.

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