LOCAL NEWS All Change: Local Bus Services Amended Local bus operator First Cymru has made a number of changes to its local network - effective from 15 April 2012. Some journeys on Sunday evenings in Swansea – with the exception of those on Service 82A – are being removed from the timetables. Talking about the alterations, Kevin Hart, General Manager for First in South and West Wales, says: "While we always regret the need to withdrawn any journeys, we have had to do this in some places in order to balance the books. Put simply, in some cases the costs of operating some journeys far outweighs the amount we take in fares on the buses themselves. This situation cannot be sustained in the long run so we have reviewed the network and have removed from the timetables those journeys that are no longer commercially viable. We would advise customers to look at the new timetables to see how the changes being made may impact on them.” Your Views: Local Development Plan (LDP) The City and County of Swansea is formulating other planning policy documents alongside the LDP, which will both inform the preparation of this Plan and provide Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) to the adopted Swansea Unitary Development Plan (UDP). A public consultation exercise on the ‘Planning For Community Safety Supplementary Planning Guidance’ draft document will end at 4:30pm on 1st June 2012. Representations can be made via the planning econsultation system at http://swansea.jdi-consult.net/ planningconsultations, sent to ldp@swansea.gov.uk or by post to the following address: Planning Policy Team, City and County of Swansea Council, Room 2.6.2, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN. Learn Emergency Life Support: Call Betty on 01792 232 955 Betty Jenkins is a local HeartStart Coordinator and would like to hear from local groups wishing to undergo emergency life support training. 6
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