Ongoing saga of the 440 bus route
I made an FOI request to see the council's response to the consultation. On receipt last week I wrote to Julian BellDear Councillor Bell During August 2017, Creffield Resident’s Association (CARA), Central Acton Neighbourhood Forum (CANF) and numerous residents replied to the consultation opposing the change to the 440 bus service. As it appears none of our concerns had been considered. We fully understand this was a TFL consultation, but again we have been let down by LBE’s officers and elected members not listening to their constituents. We, CARA, CANF, Ealing Matters and West Acton Resident’s Association (WAR), who were not even made aware of the consultation, now feel it essential we meet with the officer who responded to this consultation, his/her superior and a representative from TFL who had the responsibility for making the decision to reroute the 440 to find out why our concerns were not taken into account. I asked for an FOI to see Ealing Council’s response to the consultation:Proposed Elizabeth Line Bus Network Changes Consultation LBE Officer Holding Response LB Ealing generally support most of the proposed changes. We particularly welcome the improvements for north-south orbital links in the Acton……. And that was it! I was amazed at the paucity of transport officer’s response, this was their only mention of Acton, their lack of understanding of the travel requirements of people relying on these services and absolutely no mention of the problems which will be caused by the removal of the 440 and the introduction of route 218 which will not replace the 440 service. Perhaps you could explain why we the local neighbourhood associations were not contacted by the Transport Officer? It is understandable that a transport officer will not have the know all bus routes in the borough in detail, the local neighbourhood groups do understand the issues. None of the points listed below were taken into account in the officer’s response. I had also emailed my ward councillor Yvonne Johnson asking for the relevant Ealing Transport officer’s details, so we could write expressing our concerns. She assured me these concerns had been passed on, none of these concerns were included in LBE’s response.So fellow bus users where do we go from here?
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