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Somerset is blessed with fantastic countryside, historic sites, towns and beaches and fabulous dog walks. So, with fares still at £2 for any single journey the message is leave the car at home, take the bus and why not take your dog too?
Over the coming weeks the Summer Bus It campaign will highlight great places, days out and activities in our county you can get to by bus.
Last week Buses of Somerset confirmed that it has made improvements to the 54 Yeovil to Taunton bus timetable to include a trial service of 4 return journeys per day Monday to Saturday which call at the Royal Navy base and museum in Yeovilton. The extra services are off-peak and give people the chance to leave their car at home and visit one of the county’s top attractions. The trial service will run until September.
The first phase of the Bus it campaign – supported by the Somerset Bus Partnership, local communities and Buses of Somerset – saw passenger numbers increase across 4 at risk routes, in some cases by up to 50% more each week.
We've begun work on a game-changing green link between Taunton Railway Station and the town’s riverside.
The northern section of the Firepool Boulevard will provide a walking and cycling route from the recently revamped station, past the new Innovation Centre and connect Trenchard Way to Canal Road, with the project aiming to continue the route to Vivary Park.
As well as the space for walkers and cyclists, the route will feature seating, green spaces and rain gardens for people to stop and relax.
The boulevard will be a safe, green throughfare for people travelling from the north of the town towards the centre – including thousands of cricket fans heading for the Somerset County Cricket Ground from the station – transforming residents' and visitors' travel into town and encouraging active and sustainable travel options, with all the health and environmental benefits that come with it.
Credit: Kiely Bros
Our new partner, Kiely Bros, will begin an extensive and innovative road surface treatments programme from July.
This year, Kiely Bros will be introducing a pioneering new piece of machinery to our roads known as the Multipatcher, which can carry out small scale surface dressing works such as potholes, cracks and subsidence, but also quickly and efficiently repair a range of other defects with just a driver and small team managing traffic.
The Multipatcher is crucial to help stop potholes forming. It works by coating an existing road surface with bitumen, covering it with stone chippings and then rolling it.
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