Guernsey bus fares to increase
At a meeting of the Environment Department Board held on Tuesday 27th July 2010, agreement was given for scheduled bus journeys in Guernsey to be restructured as follows:
1. The flat “cash” fare to be increased from £0.60 to £1.00 per journey;
2. The opportunity to top-up Ormer Cards (discounted multi-journey cards) with ten or thirty journeys to be discontinued;
3. Ormer Card holders to be able to top-up cards with twenty journeys at a cost of £15.00 (75 pence per journey) or with fifty journeys at a cost of £25.00 (50 pence per journey).
It was further decided that these alterations will take effect from Sunday 1st August 2010.
In arriving at these decisions, the Members of the Board took account of the wide range of feedback that has been received following publication of the Gazette notice on the matter. In addition Board members met with States members at a meeting held yesterday evening (Monday 26th July). At that meeting States members received presentations on the value for money justification behind the fares rise and were afforded an opportunity to express their views.