Local bus services are likely to face harsh cuts in the new year budget, a councillor has warned.
The council subsidises bus services, mainly in rural areas such as Councillor Stuart Borrowman’s Armadale and Blackridge ward which includes a swathe of hinterland from Westfield to the Bathgate hills.
Independent councillor Borrowman told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The council’s supported network is budgeted at £1.7m in the current year. The bus subsidy allocation is unlikely to survive the council budget in February intact.”
