Guided Busway Nearing Completion

BAM Nuttall (the contractors working on the project) have told the County Council they expect to complete all the work needed on the northern section of the guided busway by the end of October 2009 at which point they will hand the busway over to the County Council who will then complete additional works (related mainly to the cycle path). The current plan then opens the Busway to the public approximately a month later.

For King's Hedges residents the nearest guided bus stop will be at the Regional Collage (pictured - Aug 2009) and running alongside it will be the new cycle way.

Hopefully now that the main construction work (at least on the northern section) has completed and buses will soon start running we should begin to reap the benefits; both for people living outside the City who need a quick and convenient way to commute in and for people living within the city who will hopefully benefit from their being less traffic and therefore less pollution.

As with so many of these grand projects time will tell.