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Have Your Say.....
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008
..and so the Govt have decided to rubber stamp the CPO and
allow the development to go ahead - well that is if Shirley
Advance are going to go ahead - which seems doubtful in the
near future according to Mr Birch (Shirley Advance). So all
the residents and shops that will be dessimated will have to
wait - like the sword of Damacles - and when shops close, who
will come on a short lease? - and those that do will have
paper signs and the Shirley High st will become a real mess
and shops remain empty with all the problems that are
associated - and the council and Mr Parkgate will have ruined
our town. Just give up and give the shopkeepers some of the
money that will be spent on Parkgate to develop a real town
centre
Dave
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008
Centro, Solihull Council & Grosvenor Coaches address Cheswick
Green bus concerns
Local concerns have been raised about the proposed loss of
the number 4 bus service. Transport authority Centro has been
working with Solihull MBC and bus company Grosvenor Coaches
to look at providing a replacement "S4" service to link the
village to Shirley and Solihull, including Baxters Green,
Light Hall School, Widney Manor Station and Solihull Sixth
Form College. The three organisations have now finalised a
timetable that provides a solution.
The changes to services in Cheswick Green are part of a wider
review of the Solihull bus network.
A number of consultation meetings have been held on the draft
proposals to ensure any concerns are addressed by further
refining the plans ready for the launch of the new network on
25 January 2009. All residents will be given details of the
finalised timetable for the revised service S4 and other
changes through their letterbox in early January 2009.
The link will provide a 30 minute number S4 service between
the Baldwin - Shirley - Woodlands Estate - Cheswick Green and
Solihull from 7am - 6pm, with an hourly evening service being
provided by Centro by service S8 between Solihull - Widney
lane - Woodlands Estate and Cheswick Green.
Chris Perry, Head of Operational Services at Centro said: "We
have listened very carefully to the concerns of passengers in
Cheswick Green and Baxters Green which have been raised during
consultation and would like to reassure passengers that we
have worked with our partners to address these.
Mr Grosvenor of Grosvenor Coaches added: "As a local company,
we are pleased to be working with both Centro and Solihull
Council to develop a service to meet the needs of local
residents.
Timetables for the new service will be made available from
early January 2009 and will also be available from
www.NetworkWestMidlands.com/Solihull
For your information Brian, similar information will appear on
buses.
Many thanks
Pete Bond
Bus & Highways Development Manager
Posted Monday, December 8, 2008
Having been a user of the Number 4 bus and complained
repeatedly about the poor performance it definitely needs an
improved service. The problem is that it has a very long route
to complete having to go to Cheswick Green before going a
backwards route into Birmingham. It needs dedicated routes
between Solihull and Monkspath; Solihull and Cheswick Green
and then the service will improve. Users that want to go into
Birmingham are better served by catching the train from
Solihull.
Having been into WM office it seems that the Number 5 is going
to be re-introduced (this used to serve Monkspath as a 15min
service 20 years ago); this bus will run every 20 minutes so
Monkspath users should be OK. It looks like Cheswick Green
will also get a dedicated service Number S4. I wait to see the
timetables that will be available in the New Year and then I
will comment further.
S. Gill
Posted Monday, December 1, 2008
I dont think it should stop because i have children who need
that bus to monskpath and then solihull and it is going to be
difficult to get to solihull from the end of the month
(January.) I think it should keep running from new year and
just see how it goes.
Mitchell Fletcher
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008
I bought my house because it was near the No.4 Bus route and
schools. It is used by my children/teenagers on a regular
daily basis. I know it is used by many other
children/teenagers and also adults and old age pensioners to
get to Shirley/Solihull and City Centre. This is crazy surely
we should be extending it to dickens heath instead of cutting
it back...!! Why not just but single decker buses on instead.
It just seems like they want to exclude Hathaway Road and
Cheswick Green for ease and haven't though this through at
all. Lets get this sorted!!!
Gail Bedford
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008
After the Stratford Road in Sparkhill, most people along the
existing 4 route do not have a direct link to Solihull, so the
first reaction, is what are you complaining about?
Most people along the existing route, either have to endure a
long journey going round the wrekin or disembark
at Shirley to take the number six.
At first glance, the proposals appear to alleviate these
problems, but the 6A, if it still goes via Monkspath, will
alleviate very little and will force now two lots of users to
take separate buses.
Seems quite silly to me.
Simon Dean
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