Surprise, surprise - there's no surprise

It comes as no surprise to hear that the Into Town bus service has been a resounding success. We would not have expected any other verdict.
We doubt that so much money has been spent in our part of the world for very many years on something that we have been repeatedly told was subject to evaluation (with the implied suggestion that it might not go ahead.)
Look around the town at all the raised kerbs and try to imagine that anyone would say that the scheme was not absolutely marvellous.
We are sure that the service is attracting more users - although we doubt that many of them are people who previously travelled by car ... and we thought that part of the idea was to reduce traffic flows around the town.
Tonight's meeting of the wooden box is being asked to endorse the draft resolution of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to support the Into Town bus consultation process and endorse the decision to involve both Boston and Lincolnshire County Councils in the exercise to ensure maximum comprehension of the strategy.
Whilst we agree that the town has long needed improvements to its local bus services, we still question the invasion of the town centre shopping experience by intrusive, noisy coaches herding shoppers aside to deliver their cargo of free-travelling pensioners.
Is there no possible compromise that would keep the route away from Strait Bargate?
And where are the vocal activists of the Better Boston Group now that there seems to be no publicity to be gained from opposing the Into Town service?
Surely a little commonsense can prevail and allow the townsfolk to shop in peace and quiet.

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