Gordon Birtwistle & Burnley Liberal Democrats

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Burnley and Padiham MP Gordon Birtwistle has been working with Lancashire County Council and Transdev to provide a better bus service to the people of Rosegrove and Gannow who live near the 4 and 5 bus routes. At the moment buses don’t run the full route on evenings or Sundays, unfairly disadvantaging those people who rely on the buses for their transport.
 
Gordon has asked that Lancashire County Council and Transdev look into the feasibility of providing a more accessible bus service to Rosegrove and Gannow, which they will be doing over the coming weeks.
 
Commenting, Gordon said:
 
“It is ridiculous that in the twenty first century, residents of a town such as Burnley should be restrained by a bus timetable that does not extend into the evening or Sundays. Over a Bank Holiday the people of Rosegrove and Gannow can be left from Friday evening until Tuesday morning without any means of getting into the town centre, which is unacceptable.”
 
“It is the most vulnerable of society who rely on the buses, and it is neither fair nor right that these people should be constrained by lack of a service which many people in towns and cities across the country take for granted. I hope to see an improved bus service for the people of Rosegrove and Gannow as soon as possible.”

Last year we had a Labour run County Council and they didn’t grit the roads properly and refused to refill some grit bins.
Now we have a Conservative Council, and again there was chaos as some roads weren’t gritted properly and they refused to refill grit bins.
“We could have avoided this” said Cllr Charlie Briggs, the leader of the Lib Dems on the County Council.  “Last year Lib Dem County Councillors proposed a £690,000 boost for winter gritting but Labour and Conservative Councillors teamed up to vote that plan down.”
“Conservative Councillors gambled that we wouldn’t have a severe winter.  They lost and we are all paying the price.”