Residents were invited to submit their views to the bus company either in writing or by completing an online consultation form by Sunday 15th December.
In an update posted to their Facebook page on Monday 23rd December 2019, the operator wrote:
“Thank you to everyone who responded to our 326/327 consultation. We are busy going through all of the responses in order to address how we will move forwards.
I would like to reinforce the point that the service is not being cancelled. We do however have a legal obligation to change the timetable when there are long term programmes of roadworks, such as the 42 week SGN works on the A2. These roadworks in addition to the July 2019 full closure have placed an additional financial burden on Chalkwell, which we cannot sustain indefinitely. Therefore, some elements of the service or certain journeys that are lightly used may be suspended or discontinued.
We recognise that many people are dependent on the 326/327 service for a variety of reasons, all of which will be carefully assessed before any decisions are made.
We have again approached SGN for clarification of when the roadworks will resume and asked them to meet the additional costs that we have incurred. It is fair to say that so far SGN have not been very forthcoming.
In the meantime, we will endeavour to keep our customers updated as and when we have any further information.”
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