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Fares up but W Yorks will still be• in red
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WEST YORKSHIRE PTE still expects to have a E6.175m deficit this year, despite a 24 per cent fares increase which was granted 3n Monday by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners.
There were over 50 objectors to the increase application Py Metro-National, the joint :ompany which co-ordinates the stage services of the PTE and National Bus subsidiaries. These included Dr Shirley Summerskill MP, four district councils, three parish councils, Four trades unions, and nine political party branches.
Traffic Commissioners' chairman Maj-Gen John Carpenter said he found it questionable and distasteful to nave to preside over a "Roman ioliday" in which MetroNational was "thrown to the lions" over matters which were others' concern.
The Commissioners could not make judgments over the amount of revenue support which is allocated to the PTE. Objectors should refer such complaints to their MP or county councillor.
West Yorkshire County Council provided £12.19m revenue support. The 24 per cent increase might have severe social implications, but it compares favourably with increases in other parts of Britain.
In the course of the hearing, which extended over three days, PTE financial director Dennis Williams said that administrative and management costs have risen sharply through the need to provide its own services.
When municipal transport departments provided their own bus services, management services were provided by such departments as trea surers', town clerks', architects', and engineering.
The PTE's fares rose last in July. Calculations then were based on a seven per cent inflation rate which has since risen to 17 per cent.