{"id":6314,"date":"2026-08-02T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:17:34","slug":"c7-bus-route-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=6314","title":{"rendered":"C7 Bus Route Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6314\" class=\"elementor elementor-6314\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2e73a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a2e73a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d3e44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d3e44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"917\">Sir John continues to press First Bus over its decision to alter the route and frequency of the C7 bus service, following concerns raised by people local to Great Baddow and parents across the Maldon constituency.<\/p><p data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1310\">After first contacting the company when the changes were announced, Sir John has continued to pursue the matter as concerns have grown ahead of the new school term. The proposed changes affect residents travelling to essential services in Great Baddow, including GP and dental appointments, and have raised particular concerns for pupils attending Great Baddow High School and Sandon School.<\/p><p data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1656\">Sir John has highlighted the impact on local families and the growing concern that children may not have viable transport options when schools return in September. He has urged First Bus to reconsider the changes and he has confirmed that he will continue engaging with the relevant parties and provide updates to constituents as these discussions progress.<\/p><p data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1656\">Sir John will continue to provide updates as this matter progresses. To stay up to date with his work on this issue, along with the latest news and constituency updates from across Maldon, follow his Facebook page below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1055adb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1055adb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cff739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-facebook-page\" data-id=\"8cff739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"facebook-page.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-facebook-widget fb-page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnwhittingdale4maldon\/?locale=en_GB\" data-tabs=\"timeline\" data-height=\"293px\" data-width=\"500px\" data-small-header=\"true\" data-hide-cover=\"false\" data-show-facepile=\"true\" data-hide-cta=\"false\" style=\"min-height: 1px;height:293px\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir John raises constituents\u2019 concerns over First Bus\u2019s C7 service changes, pressing the company to reconsider and continuing to pursue improved transport access for schools and essential local services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[79,83,108,109,110],"class_list":["post-6314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-sirjohnwhittingdale-2","tag-johnwhittingdalemp","tag-c7busservice","tag-greatbaddow","tag-localtransport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6314"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6326,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions\/6326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}