Maria Caulfield MP for Newhaven highlights bus improvement plans for local residents
Newhaven MP, Maria Caulfield went along to the recent bus consultation event held by East Sussex County Council at the Hillcrest Centre, to discuss plans to improve bus services in Newhaven. Plans include giving bus’s priority at traffic junctions and improving the bus shelters in the town to encourage people to use local buses more frequently.
The aim of the proposed measures are to make bus journeys quicker, more efficient and reliable. The proposals cover Eastbourne, Newhaven and Peacehaven. These planned improvements come on top of the new Flexi bus service recently introduced across East Sussex which is a new, on demand service which for the first time links up rural villages with nearby towns. Maria said, “Getting better bus services is a priority for me and the Government has given the council £43 million to pay for this. The flexi bus service is a real success and if on top of this we can improve the services for towns like Newhaven it will make bus travel more attractive.”