Media Release

PUBLIC transport lobbyists have called for a crucial report into Maroondah's buses to be made public.

Eastern Transport Coalition chairwoman Samantha Dunn said the seven-council lobby group had written to Public Transport Minister Martin Pakula demanding the Maroondah/Knox/Yarra Ranges bus review, which began in October 2008, be released.

``There was a whole heap of community expectation set around this review, and we've heard nothing,'' she said.

``I think the Government has sat on these reports for a long time. As I understand it, they have been completed, they just haven't been released.''

Maroondah Mayor Alex Makin said the council wanted to see the report, which was tasked with identifying route alterations and service improvements, made public.

``We're very keen to not only see this report released, but the recommended improvements implemented,'' Cr Makin said.

Cr Makin said the council and community had entered the consultations in goodwill, and he was concerned that this was being lost with the delays in releasing the report.

Kilsyth state Liberal MP David Hodgett said expectations had built up and then been let down by the review, and he accused the government of delaying its release for political purposes.