The York Council has finally published the presentation which apparently led to Labour Councillors abandoning the traffic restrictions on Lendal Bridge.
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The papers have crept into the daylight following a vigorous campaign by Liberal Democrats and residents for a full scrutiny review of the fiasco.
The presentation is not the final report, which is still scheduled to be considered by the Cabinet on 6th May.
However there are some glaring anomalies in the claims made by officials.
In claiming that hotel and bus use had increased, they have failed to include benchmark comparisons; preferring just to assume that any favourable trend is a result of the Lendal Bridge restrictions.
In truth the economic recovery and good weather have played a part in attracting more visitors to the City over the last few months.
& First buses claimed in September that their new fare pricing and routing policies, would attract more passengers (as appears to be the case although robust bus reliability measures are missing).
Also missing are details of the number of PCNs issued during the period between the end of the trial and the decision to abort the traffic regulation order.