'The shuttle bus service to and from the new civic hub to car parking at Cecil Street to operate between 0800 to 18.00 during hours of operation on a regular basis (every 20min) to include transfer of both staff and members of the public.'
Council chiefs may have to de-draft plans for an electric bus service for staff after Stormont demanded the public be allowed to use the service too. The electric shuttle bus plan for Newry based council staff could also be hit with a new price tag thanks to the Stormont department's public demands.
The DfI recommendation reads: "Whilst Dfi Roads has no objection in principle to the revised application, the submitted documents do not provide sufficient detail to demonstrate how the use of public transport will be used to adequately facilitate the transfer of both public and staff from the new civic hub to car parking at Cecil Street , which is being put forward as parking opportunity.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service asked the council if DfI's recommendation would hike its proposed civic centre budget, with UK electric single decker buses costing approximately £400k each and the potential need to now have more than one vehicle.
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