Chichester bus station: ‘We should be making public transport more attractive’ – reader’s letter

Each time I read something about Chichester District Council’s plans for demolishing our bus station and setting up facilities elsewhere, I become more and more certain that those making the decisions never use the local buses, and are totally removed from reality.

The latest statements on the council’s website, in the FAQs about the bus station, tell us that ‘one of the main aims of this regeneration project is to enhance the use and accessibility of public transport’.

To achieve this the council proposes moving the bus stops, which it concedes will still be needed for ‘bus drop-off and collections’, away from the bus station.

Has it not occurred to them that the bus station was placed next to the railway station for a reason?