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Photograph: Katie Moorman Norman Baker On a public transport Mexican stand-off Here are some questions about buses: 1. Why are buses on the main routes through <strong>Lewes</strong> stopping next to a narrow pavement in East Street rather than in the bus station designed for the purpose? Well, that’s because the present owners of the bus station, who are property developers not transport operators, insist on charging Brighton and Hove buses in excess of £20,000 per annum to use the bus station and the company, perhaps understandably, won’t pay up. 2. Can’t the councils force either the bus station owners to waive the charges, or force the bus company to pay them? No. 3. How come some other bus routes are in fact using the bus station? They are subsidised routes, and the county council is paying the stoppage charge out of council tax funds. 4. Why hasn’t someone provided a bus shelter on the small piece of land next to the bus stop in East Street (actually outside my office)? Because the land in question is privately owned by the people who own the old library building (not me, by the way) and they don’t want a bus shelter on their land. 5. What’s going to happen next? Don’t know. It’s a kind of Mexican stand-off. The owners of the bus station want to redevelop the area for flats and shops and lose the bus facility entirely, but the councils (county and district) are insisting, rightly in my view, that any redevelopment includes a proper bus facility for passengers, if not here then close by, probably behind Waitrose. If no facility is provided, then no planning permission will be given. 6. Isn’t this a right mess? Yes. I spent some time last year trying to sort it out, but without much luck. Now that January’s here, it’s probably time to have another go. Happy New Year! V W W W. V I V A L E W E S . C O M C OC OL uL Mu Mn n 5 5
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