Village Voice June/July 2014 | Page 15

● Reducing the amount of printed publicity with a greater use of electronic information. JACKIE’S COUNTY COLUMN Catch it if you can! The new 240 bus service started on 22nd April. Incorporating the old AB1 shopper service and 240 routes, the timetable is now re-designed to suit you better, going into the surrounding villages and through the houses in Alresford. Please support it if you can. (Timetable shown on page 24 in this magazine). The 67 to Petersfield is being put out to tender again from May following Velvet’s decision to stop their service, but the CANGO service is one of the subsidised services, and like many others, under threat again (though not immediately). County Bus Review Although many services are commercially run, a proportion of the Bus services are subsidised by the County Council. Because of the cuts, they are considering the impact on these mainly rural and community services which cost money. To hear user views, there is a Review of Local Bus and Commun