Browsing the archives for the Wherstead Road Residents’ Association tag

First Group Presentation – let’s talk about Route 66

Sorry for the short notice.  I got this through from Ipswich Buses:
Alan Pilbeam, MD of First is doing a presentation to the Ipswich Transport Society tonight at Bridge Ward Social Club in Austin St, at 1930. Public can attend for an entrance fee of £2.50
 
I will be there (although I’m coming from London so this [...]

Nick Herbert visits Bridge

Never heard of Nick Herbert?*
Well if the Tories do win the General Election you will hear about him a lot more.  He’s the shadow environment spokesman for the Conservatives, so it’s a good chance he’ll become a minister if the Tories get in.
When I heard that he was coming down to help Ben Gummer I [...]

Wherstead Road needs a decent crossing

I was at the Wherstead Road Residents Association reporting the committee on what I’ve been doing on the buses and the noise yesterday and having almost got run over crossing the road it seems clear that the road needs a crossing.
This is something that the committee are clear on, in fact the Association has been [...]

Wherstead Road needs a more regular bus service

Since the Route 66 bus service has been discontinued Wherstead Road has had to make do with village services going into Ipswich town center.  This has caused a number of problems:

Infrequent services – one an hour if you’re lucky
Unreliable services not keeping with timetables
Few seats by the time the busses get to Wherstead Road
More cars [...]