A bit of an issue.
12 double-decker buses costing €600,000 each were bought to serve the Navan area according to The Sunday Business Post (€), but whoever planned the purchase had obviously never been to Navan as it seems the buses do not fit on the town’s narrow streets.
In a test run with the new buses, it was reported that the coaches were unable to manoeuvre the bends and corners as well as clipping kerbs, getting stuck and swinging across pavements.
The buses were bought as part of a €25 million investment funded by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in an attempt to boost the eastern services of Bus Eireann.
A local Councillor, Wayne Ford, told the paper the previous buses were having trouble on the narrow streets of Navan, “never mind these new, longer buses”.
“There’s not a chance these longer buses will be able to access a bus hub in Kennedy Road,” he said.
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