Cllr Tim Bick on King Street

Stagecoach was willing to divert all except its sightseeing bus, but requested the County Council to make it easier and safer for buses turning right onto Jesus Lane by removing some of the parking bays opposite.

Annoyingly the County Council bound this simple and straightforward issue into a big bid to the government for funding to make a range of other, unrelated improvements to bus routes into the city.

But we heard today that the Liberal Democrats in government have approved their application. This leaves the way clear to make the changes we have all been waiting for over the past few years!

We have always believed that King Street was not right to be the major bus channel that it has become. The noise and vibration simply is not acceptable in such a narrow roadway, in close proximity to homes and quite aged buildings.

This is the time for talking to stop and action to begin.

The County Council can no longer claim it doesn’t have the money to get on with this.

County Councillor Sarah Whitebread and City Councillor Tim Bick will be keenly chasing this up. It feels like we are now getting somewhere!