Residents willing to pay extra

Residents in South Gloucestershire would willingly pay more council tax to save bus services in their area, a public meeting in Yate has heard.

Calls are growing to give Dan Norris, Mayor of the West of England, the power to charge households an extra fee.

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) currently provides money to keep subsidised bus services running.

Mr Norris said the charge would be ‘a more transparent way’ of funding parts of the transport system.