The Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association is very concerned about the situation in Havering-Atte-Bower following the decision by Arriva Buses to scrap the 500 bus from next month.This will now leave the whole village, from the Borough Boundary with Stapleford Abbotts right down to the bottom of Orange Tree Hill without a bus service, effectively cutting the village of from the rest of Romford. We are also concerned that this decision came with no forward warning to both local residents or Councillors and has left little time for anyone to come up with alternative plans.
Since before he was first elected in 2002, Cllr Mann has been campaigning for the 499 bus to be re-routed up to the village, this is something that the previous Mayor of London and Transport for London has constantly refused to consider. However the time has now finally come for TfL and the Mayor to deal with this situation.
To that end, Cllr Andrew Mann has written to the new Mayor of London Boris Johnson and asked him to come to Havering-Atte-Bower to meet with residents and Councillors and our Member of Parliament to see for him-self the current situation.
The Mayors transport strategy for London says, that no resident should be more than 400 metres from a bus service, this was something that was bad enough with just an hourly service and nothing on a Sunday, now the furthest residents will live over 1.5 miles from a bus service.
Apart from local residents who will be cut off, there are thousands of visitors each year to both the St Francis Hospice centre and the Essex Wildlife Trust visitors centre in Bedfords Park, who will now find travelling almost impossible if you do not happen to drive a car.
We are now calling on new Mayor of London Boris Johnson, to support the residents of the village in getting TfL to re-route the 499 bus into the village. Please could we ask you to join our petition by e-mailing, Cllr Andrew Mann your objections to andrew.mann@havering.gov.uk
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