Local residents living in Horfield and Manor Farm have launched a petition to be submitted to the Director of First Bus, asking for an extension to the new 77 bus route which would serve their area even better.
Whilst welcoming the introduction of new routes, they feel that the new 77 route has room for improvement to connect them to Henleaze, Gloucester Road, and beyond.
Anna George, who started the petition, said, “The route of the new 77 is very clearly V-shaped. It fails to serve Horfield residents, as it barely comes into the area, and does not offer the service that residents in the Manor Farm and Wellington Hill West areas in particular would value.”
She added, “There is no easy link for us to many shopping facilities by bus as it stands – it just duplicates on the right-hand side of the V the 75 and 76 routes which also serve that stretch and beyond northwards.”
Locals suggest that a closing of the loop and taking the route along Wellington Hill West, which runs along the edge of Manor Farm, would result in a very useful and well-used service. Were the missing link to be added to the 77, they would have a “terrific bus service” that could take the local community to Henleaze’s shopping street one way and the whole of the Gloucester Road shops and other services the other way. The loop could be closed by either taking it through the hospital (through the Hospital Transport Hub) or along Wellington Hill West.
The petition can be signed at: https://tinyurl.com/44jzu3ab