Bath and North East Somerset are voting on a new elected Mayor on the 10th March ahead of the Buses Bill that is going through Parliament in the next couple of weeks.
http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/8203-Bath-North-East-Somerset-Mayor-Referendum/story-28875102-detail/story.html#aI3CsTvz3G9wwofG.01
This could give Bath and North East Somerset County council new powers to franchise and possibly improve public transport.
Somerset and Devon are also looking at the possibility of electing a Mayor to govern across both Counties. http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/devon_and_somerset_mayor_could_be_part_of_devolution_package_1_4333406?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons
Were will that leave more rural areas such as Frome and their surrounding villages in the scheme of things. We are already hearing that Cornwall and Plymouth are already making great strides to improve public transport in their areas but at what kind of cost to the rural bus user. We need you to contact our Mp to insure that when the Buses Bill goes through parliament and councils devolve, that rural bus users are not forgotten about or overlooked in the bigger scheme of transport improvements to larger areas.
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