Labour quashes fares rise
17th August 1973, Page 28
17th August 1973
Page 28
Page 28, 17th August 1973
— Labour quashes fares rise
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• The controlling Labour group on Hartlepool Council has quashed a recommendation from the transport committee that all bus fares over 2p should be increased by a penny.
Members were told at a special council meeting that the undertaking would face a deficit next year of £203,000. And the council has decided to subsidize — placing the burden of half the cost of the deficit on the ratepayers' shoulders.
This will mean an extra lp on the rate in a full year with the balance obtained from a modified scale of fare increases.