Criticism over lack of dialogue from Department of Infrastructure
Local authorities in the south of the Island would've been willing to make a financial contribution to keep buses going to Cregneash and The Sound.
That's from the clerk of Arbory and Rushen Parish Commissioners which says it's 'deeply disappointed' that the number 28 service has been 'permanently withdrawn'.
The Department of Infrastructure announced last year that the route would no longer be running as it wasn't financially viable.
Phil Gawne says the commissioners have been taken aback by the lack of dialogue from central government:
Manx Radio has contacted the Department of Infrastructure for comment.

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