Perth Voice Interactive

THE community bus plan is dead, with Vincent council balking at the cost of servicing the under-served east-west route.

The route had been served by the 401 bus until the WA public transport authority removed it in February due to lack of use. PTA media man David Hynes had told the Voice “we have an obligation to not waste taxpayer dollars on heavily-subsidised services that are grossly underutilised”.

Vincent council commissioned research into a community bus feasibility study, but has now stepped back from the plan conceding it’s too expensive. It had set aside $100,000 but the final cost was looking much higher.