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| Service 1A negotiating one of offending speed humps in Mossgate Park |
Stagecoach buses will be withdrawn from Mossgate Park in Heysham with effect from Sunday 29th May in what is described as a "temporary"measure due to the condition of the road and the speed humps that are apparently damaging the buses.
Introduced in 2018, following a network review to which the Bus Users' Group was invited to contribute, services 1 and 1A were diverted away from their previous terminus at Combermere Road to serve the large residential area lying just to the east of Heysham Road.
It is fair to say that in the early days of the services there was a significant amount of opposition to it from car-owning residents, but this soon abated and it is believed that it is the poor condition of the road and particularly the speed humps that have now caused Stagecoach to withdraw the service.
Crucially, parts of Mossgate Way have not yet been adopted by Lancashire County Council for maintenance purposes and therefore the responsibility for this lies with the developers who built the road. Stagecoach say that they will reintroduce the service once the defective roads have been repaired, but in the meantime services 1 / 1A will run from Kingsway via Moss Gate Lane to Heysham Road and then Heysham Towers.
Meanwhile in Higher Heysham
This is not the only "temporary" diversion in Heysham at present. Services 2X and 5 were diverted away from Heathfoot Avenue and Smithy Lane in February 2021 because Stagecoach said that the roads were "worn out" and casing damage to buses.
Despite protests from the Bus Users' Group, Lancashire County Council declared that it was a "low priority" for repair. However, the work has eventually been done and the latest timetable for service 5, published online and in the Carnforth Area Guide booklet dated "May 2022" shows the service running via Heathfoot Avenue. The 2X timetable however, has not been changed yet and the BUG understands that both services are continuing to run via Heysham Road but with a return to their proper route being promised "soon".
