The continuing saga of Labour's games on Merseytravel took
another turn at last night's meeting of Sefton Council.
Lib Dem councillors proposed a motion to try to get to the
bottom of why Labour-controlled Merseytravel had suddenly abandoned plans for
Merseyrail to take control over its own track. The plans had all-party support
and £1.5 million had already been spent. But at a meeting on 27th June Labour suddenly pulled the plug without notice and without giving any
explanation. We have been trying to get to the bottom of this ever since.
Lib Dem Leader on Sefton, Cllr Tony Robertson, takes up the
story. He writes:
"Last night at Sefton's Full Council meeting we may
have started to unravel what on earth went on within Merseyside’s Integrated
Transport Authority when it dropped, out of the blue I would add, any
involvement in bringing Merseyrail’s infrastructure under its own control.
"So what did I learn from putting the motion, which
unsurprisingly Labour voted down. Well I learned that The Labour Chairman of
Merseytravel is at odd with his Director General over the matter as Cllr. Dowd
(senior) told us all that he disagreed with Mersytravel’s officers over the
project. Bear in mind that Cllr. Dowd has previously supported it!"
The full story is on Cllr Tony Robertson's excellent blog.
