Local "Better Bus Service" campaigner Ann Wilson has been selected by the Liberal Democrats to fight the 3rd December by-election in Ormesby and Nunthorpe as a successor to Eric Empson who stepped down on Monday this week.
She is well know by local residents for taking the lead for the Lib Dems in getting hundreds of names for their petition calling for a better bus service locally.
Arriva, the main local bus operator, has conceded that their service for Ormesby and Nunthorpe residents' was "not right". But their only response was to re-number the 5 service.
They're dead right Arriva's service isn't right for local people. The bus in the photo was the third bus to go down Ormesby Bank in the space of 2 minutes - and was empty. People usually say that, when you want a bus, two come - Arriva have gone one better!
Ann and local Lib Dem Councillors have been campaigning for a more frequent service that goes where local people want to go - to Morrisons or James Cook Hospital for example - and re-instating the circular service that Arriva scrapped. We have long campaigned for yellow school buses on the US model which would make a massive contribution to cutting local traffic congesion. It's is far worse in school term times than at other times - as everyone can see during this week's half-term holiday.
Ann has promised that, if she is elected on 3rd December, she will keep up the fight for a better bus service for local people.
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