Public transport officers are working in “duplicate jobs” in Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority according to a key campaigner. Strategic transport staff at the council are set to transfer over to the combined authority in a controversial bid to cut costs.
The proposed transfer was previously criticised by Green councillors who said Bristol needed to “transform” the way people travel around the city, in order to tackle climate change. But Labour said the West of England has legal powers over strategic transport.
Now the planned move of staff has been backed by a prominent public transport campaigner. During a cabinet meeting on Monday, May 15, David Redgewell, South West Transport Network, said some services are currently duplicated in both organisations.
