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The Community Newspaper for the Towns and Villages of East Cleveland, Redcar & North York Moors, telling the real news and views of the people of our region Coastal View & Moor News Issue 137 March 2023
New bus service for East Cleveland villages The new service will follow the following routes: Bus 1 Loftus, Rosedale Crescent Liverton Mines, Liverton Terrace Liverton, Village Hall Moorsholm, High Street Stanghow, Community Centre Lingdale, High Street Skelton, Longacre Close Skelton,ASDA
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esidents of East Cleveland villages which do not currently have access to a bus service will get a new service, thanks to lobbying by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. The new services will open up public transport to areas which were previously cut off and give access to key destinations, including Skelton Retail Park, the train service at Saltburn and East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital. The Council successfully lobbied the Tees Valley Combined Authority to fund the new services, which will start in late March. The three Brotton Borough Councillors have campaigned for the bus services to be introduced for many years, but this had so far been unsuccessful mainly due to changes in
legislation by the Government in 2016 when the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) was formed and became the Transport Authority for the Tees Valley. When Cllr Cliff Foggo took on the post of Cabinet member for Highways and Transport at RCBC, securing the service was one of his main priorities and he started negotiations with TVCA. Any new service must be approved by TVCA and any subsidised service cannot operate on an existing route served by a bus operator. After lengthy negotiations, with many amendments to route and timetable, the new services and timetable have now been approved. The service, which will run from early morning to late evening, is for a one-year trial to test if it is a viable proposition and will be judged on its usage by the public.
East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital Skelton, Hamsterley Way Saltburn Square Skelton, Hamsterley Way Skelton,ASDA East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital Carlin How Skinningrove Loftus, Rosedale Crescent
Bus 2 Loftus, Rosedale Crescent Skinningrove Carlin How East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital Skelton, ASDA Skelton, Hamsterley Way Saltburn Square East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital Skelton,ASDA Skelton, Longacre Close Lingdale, High Street Stanghow, Community Centre Moorsholm, High Street Liverton, Village Hall Liverton Mines, Liverton Terrace Loftus, Rosedale Crescent
Timetables will be published and distributed throughout East Cleveland before the service starts.