We are not well served with public transport in Thames-Coromandel. This needs to change. As your representative I’ll be pushing hard for our District to receive a much greater share of public transport funding from Regional Council.
I have a track record of achievement on public transport. The very popular Thames public bus service was my brainchild. As a private citizen, I initiated the plan, carried out the detailed research and made a persuasive case. I worked cooperatively with the Thames Community Board, TCDC, Waikato Regional Council, and the New Zealand Transport Authority and made it happen.
The Thames bus service has made a huge difference to the well-being of hundreds of Thames residents – particularly our elderly residents.
We must repeat that success elsewhere. We need similar public transport services within peninsula towns, between our small towns and strong links to nearby cities.
Regional Council spends $31 million – 21% of its budget –- on public transport, but almost all of it is spent in Hamilton. Thames-Coromandel receives a pittance. I will vigorously push to change that because people living in our towns are equally deserving of good public transport services as those living in cities.
Read more about the Thames bus service here –
https://teggtalk.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/thames-public-bus-patronage-continues-to-grow/
https://teggtalk.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/thames-bus-update-some-personal-reflections/
If you want better public transport in Thames Coromandel here’s what to do –
Denis Tegg - teggtalk 
Hello Denis Well said and congratulations for the initiative on the commuter bus. Agreed there needs to be more public transport around the Coromandel towns, including locally between Thames, Kopu, Kirikri and possibly including Turua as it becomes part of the wider Kopu area for future employment. Will you also be interested in the state of the Roads and development of the planned roundabout/ new bridge at Kirikiri, (the present area is now an eyesore to the entry of Thames/ Kopu/ SH26) as Transit NZ are taking much longer to sort out since the planned announced build start of November 2017. As Coromandel is one of the highest grossing tourist areas of NZ this confusing ugly duckling really should be sorted. It has been made worse by the recent (6 weeks ago) crashing of a car severely distorting the bridge railing which is precariously hanging off the bridge. I would be interested to know your level of interest Regards Beverley
On Sat, 24 Aug 2019, 9:42 PM Tegg Talk – Coromandel Comment, wrote:
> TeggTalk posted: “We are not well served with public transport in > Thames-Coromandel. This needs to change. As your representative I’ll be > pushing hard for our District to receive a much greater share of public > transport funding from Regional Council. I have a track reco” >
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