HCT will give users a say if it is awarded bus service contract

BUS users and stakeholders will have their say in how the island's new service is run if negotiations with Environment are successful, the department's preferred operator has said.

HCT Group's communications director Frank Villeneuve-Smith, pictured, explained on a visit to the island yesterday, for continued talks with the department, just how islanders would be given a voice.

He was, however, unable to reveal any of the contract's finer details: 'All I can say is that negotiations are going well and we hope the deal will be signed within the next two weeks.'

Mr Villeneuve-Smith said HCT Group, which is a social enterprise, had set procedures that it carried out when entering into a new location.