Bruntclife Road Bus Service Campaign

I have called for a meeting with Bus Chiefs to discuss residents’ concerns about bus services serving Bruntcliffe Road. The meeting follows a story in last week’s Morley Observer and Advertiser about the seven year wait residents have endured to improve bus services on the Bruntcliffe Road corridor.

I understand the frustrations of local residents who I have been working with for many years. Over the last few months I have been exploring ways that development money from the new Barratts housing site on Bruntcliffe Road might be used to improve this bus service. Officers from both Leeds City Council and Metro have been looking at the practicability of this approach.

I have met with residents and independent transport consultants over the last year to agree a plan to resolve the lack of bus services.

Presently we have buses covering Bruntcliffe Lane and Scotchman Lane but the bus service along Bruntcliffe Road is inadequate for the needs of the growing community of residents, many of them older or disabled, who live on Bruntcliffe Road. I am hoping this new and imaginative approach might resolve this problem.

Developers of new homes are obliged to provide development funds to improve public transport under legal agreements. Such funds can be used to improve bus stops and bus shelters but can also be used to directly improve bus services.

I have requested a meeting early in September to try and get this problem resolved. The previous bus operator has not delivered the service to an acceptable standard and I hope, with this additional funding, real progress can be made and residents won’t be waiting a further 7 years for the improvements they deserve!