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Aug 2021
City council continues to press for better Ripon bus service
City councillors will renew efforts this autumn to secure a bus service designed for Ripon's residential roads and streets.
The city is well-served by Transdev's 36 service, which provides regular buses to and from Leeds, via Harrogate and last month an uber-style service linking Ripon, Bedale and Masham, was launched as a pilot.
However, in-city bus services in Ripon have been patchy for many years.
Council leader Andrew Williams, told the Stray Ferret:
Cllr Williams pointed out:
Harron Homes, which is building 145 dwellings at the Bishops Glade development in the Doublegates area of Ripon, is making payments totalling £500,000 over three years, towards the cost of providing a regular Monday to Saturday bus service between the development and the city centre.
At Rotary Way, where the St Michael's Retail Park is home to a Marks & Spencer Food store, developer Commercial Projects Ltd, is required to make a Section 106 payment of £475,000 towards the cost of a local bus service.
This is designed to provide a public transport means for customers to visit the edge-of-city scheme, where Lidl also has plans to open a supermarket.
Elected members have been seeking improved public transport provision for some time and Cllr Peter Horton, who chairs the city council transport group, said earlier this year:
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Discussions with NYCC have been delayed by the covid lockdowns, but the city council will seek meetings at county hall in the autumn, in the hope that the tendering process for a new, comprehensive inner Ripon service, can be held at the earliest opportunity.
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