P-04-475 Wanted - Buses for Meirionnydd – Correspondence from the petitioner to the clerking team, 04.06.2013

Dear Sian,

Thank you for your invitation to forward our views to be considered at the next Petitions meeting on Tuesday,

18th June.

(1)      We would urge you to ask the Committee to ensure that our area is given fair consideration in the allocation of the RTSG grant given by the Welsh Assembly for the purpose of improving services.   We note from Edwina Hart's letter that she wishes to facilitate good access to key education, training, employment, health and shopping facilities, which are to a large extent denied in this area.

(2)     We would like the opportunity for a "pilot" run of a modified service for a year.  If such a pilot was initiated Mawddach Bus Users would use the medium of the local press including "Sibrydion", a community magazine (delivered free to every household in eight villages in south Meirionnydd, and on sale in a further nine, and further copies placed in public venues),  to raise awareness of travelling opportunities with the aim of increasing the number of bus users.

Kind regards

Yours sincerely

Barbara Snowball

Mawddach Bus Users