Strange numbers
Did you know that Cambridgeshire County Council spends more on advertising than it does on buses? Over the past ten years the budget for advertising has increased from £768,000 to £2,402,000, while subsidies for rural bus services are being constantly reduced - the same is true for budgets for repairing and maintaining roads and pavements.
Traffic and road problems are one of the biggest concerns voiced by residents on the doorstep. Giving people the opportunity to get out of their cars and onto busses is something that would make a difference, and something our local Lib Dem district councillors are continually working to support. But we need wholehearted County Council commitment if we’re going to see a real difference.
“It’s a matter of priorities,” Fiona notes. “We pay Council Tax so we can have good services, not good press officers to tell us services are good when they so obviously are not.”
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