Blame councillors on bus transport for officials are clueless Dear Editor

Proposals to increase qualification distances for entitlement to free school transport will result in the withdrawal of many of the services our pupils currently enjoy.

I attended one of the public meetings arranged as part of North Lanarkshire’s consultation. I have to say that it was one of the poorest and ill-prepared presentations I have seen.

Many of the valid questions, points and areas of genuine concern raised by those attending the meeting were not properly addressed or even answered at all.

It is clear that these proposals should have never been allowed to go to public consultation – they have no merit and are potentially highly dangerous. Having listened to the many, varied and considered points articulately expressed in opposition to the proposals, it is difficult to comprehend why councillors decided to proceed with the consultation.

The proposals, for both primary and secondary transport, should have been rejected; and by not doing so those councillors who voted to conduct the consultation have failed their constituents.

While the council officers who made the presentation were placed in a position of having to defend this deeply flawed exercise.

It is the councillors who are ultimately responsible and, therefore, they are to blame for the position we are in.

They should be held to account for their actions.

Opposing plans Chapelhall parents are also among those against bus changes