Bus petition issues will be ‘carefully considered’

A petition was presented to the OIC yesterday, regarding its plans to scrap the West Mainland Flexible Bus Service, better known as Octobus.

Councillors at today’s meeting of the full council, which was in private, were advised that the petition had been presented to the authority’s  chief executive Alistair Buchan.

Today’s meeting followed last Thursday’s meeting of the policy and resources committee, also in private, to consider tenders for the public and school bus contracts that will run for the next five years.

Following receipt of the petition, OIC procedure requires that the chief executive meets the convener, vice-convener – and the chairman and vice-chairman of the development and infrastructure committee – to discuss the appropriate course of action. This, says the OIC, will be arranged as soon as possible.

Mr Buchan said: “The issues raised in the petition will be carefully considered and we will report back to elected members in due course.”