Bus Consultation

 There's an article in the Brecon and Radnor Express of the 8th January about a consultation on bus timetables that Powys County Council are holding.  

The survey, which includes other bus related matters, can be found at 

www.haveyoursaypowys.wales/

If anyone wants to take part in the consultation, it runs until Thursday February 13th.  Be aware that you first have to register to "join the community", which involves thinking of a password and answering a few general questions.  Then you can click through to the consultation you're interested in.

There are currently four consultations on the go, including one about the County Council's Sustainable Resource Strategy that I will probably go back and have a look at later.

As far as Hay is concerned, the new proposed timetable shifts the time of the bus to Hereford to be earlier by about 10 minutes, and will change the number of the bus to the X44.

The last bus from Hay to Brecon will be at 19.52

The last bus from Brecon to Hay will be 17.07

The last bus from Hay to Hereford will be 17.47

and the last bus from Hereford to Hay will be 18.53

They are also proposing a new service, the B49, which will be a pre-booked service from surrounding villages into Brecon on Tuesdays and Fridays, and from surrounding villages to Hay on Thursdays.  I didn't see details of how to book this service in the consultation itself, but it seems worth checking up on.  There will be one journey each way on each day.

Also, if anyone wants to put their views about the state of the bus stops in Hay, and the timetables (or lack of them) at the bus stops, there is a place to do that in the consultation. I've been talking to Francoise Verger-Moulinier and Pierre Moulinier, who live close to the bus stops.  They have been trying to get local councillors interested in improving the state of the bus stops and the provision of up to date timetables that are not shredded by the weather, with little success so far.