A local Consultation is being conducted to get your feedback into the Bus Services in the area. It is being
conducted in two initial stages.
STAGE 1 – Initial feedback from the communities NOV / DEC 2022
STAGE 2 – Proposals, Ideas, Initiatives JAN 2023
You are most welcome to input to them, please email details to the address at the bottom of this article. If
you want more details of the inputs to date, please provide your email address.
The main points from the Consultation will be submitted to Derbyshire County Council for their
considerations as part of their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIP). The dates, above, are important as
the BSIP Management Team have advised they need to complete their plans asap before April 2023.
Their BSIP is being developed to reverse the decline in Bus Passenger usage, so can you focus any feedback
across the three areas below, that you believe may help achieve this objective:
• Proposals
• Ideas
• Initiatives
COVID-19 and now the ‘Cost of Living’ crisis has threatened some previously commercially viable bus
services. The Council’s BSIP should explore which parts could become commercially viable again with the
right investment. Which parts will not return to viability, but are socially or economically necessary and
how these could best be supported. A significant proportion of our local bus services are currently not
viable for the Bus Operators and are financially subsidised by the Council. These services are put out to
Tender by the Council to Bus Operator company's so any changes to current bus routes will probably not be
made before April 2023.
A short-term financial Bus Recovery Grant for post Pandemic support, has been given to the Council for the
period October to December 2022 and a further amount is being considered from January to March 2023.
The Department for Transport have advised that the main agreed funding to support the BSIP for the first
few years of the Council’s plan, is to be allocated shortly, this is understood to be used from April 2023.
Keith Girling
kgirling@btconnect.com