INVERKIP AND WEMYSS BAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Minutes of the Business Meeting held on Thursday 11th of August 2011 in the Inverkip Hotel at 7.30pm
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Avril Jones who lives at the cottages at Brueacre, Inverkip, said she lies in bed at night with her fingers crossed hoping not to be visited by a speeding car or motorcycle. She added this year hadnt been too bad but over the past two years there had been twenty-two incidents at her cottage. She also said there were cyclists on the footpath and if you forget to look as you step out, whoosh there goes a cyclist.
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Through buses not stopping on the A78 at Inverkip:
At Junes meeting Avril Jones made an impassioned plea for the reinstatement of buses that would stop at Bankfoot, Bridgend and the Cottages, Inverkip.
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Avril Jones questioned Cllr Wilsons description of the situation as complex. Why she asked. Andy Lynch said the government is trying to get us to go green and use public transport. Avril Jones read from a prepared statement. She has recently had 22 medical appointments and has had to cancel 3 and then wait 7 weeks for another appointment. She only goes out to appointments, nowhere else. She cited the example of an 1130 appointment to get to the hospital she leaves home with a neighbour at 0820 and has to sit about the hospital. She wished to visit the Tall Ships event trains every15 minutes and 20+ buses passed her door. She had no transport and felt totally abandoned. She applied to My Bus but because she isnt over 80, isnt blind and has no war pension she isnt eligible for a My Bus pass. Why cant Hail and Ride be reinstated she asked. She also said she claimed no benefits.
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