08:24 Wednesday 12th September 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: As we’ve heard from lots and lots of people this morning, public transport in the Fens is a bit of a disaster really. What can we do? Fenland the worst place in the country. .. Earlier we spoke to Joe Williams, Policy Adviser from Sustrans. He explained how this league table was calculated. (TAPE)
JOE WILLIAMS: It’s looking at where there are increasing levels of poverty, where people are a long way from bus or train stations, and a long way from amenities. Plotting those things together, we see a quite stark picture emerging across the country, and I think some of the areas in your patch are particularly badly affected. (LIVE)
PAUL STAINTON: Well Councillor Kit Owen from Fenland District Council has been in talks with Network Rail recently, to improve rail services. Morning Kit.
KIT OWEN: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: Is it going to happen?
KIT OWEN: Oh we hope so, in due course. We have a plan. We have a strategy. We haven’t got any money.
PAUL STAINTON: What’s the point then?
KIT OWEN: Network Rail … Continue reading “Stopping At Manea”