Under pressure from public transport campaigners, rolling stones will in future gather moss – but only at designated pick-up points across Tolgate.
The change of heart comes after new figures released by Transport Authority showed the innovative mass transit system had not carried a piece of moss in its first year of operation.
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Following pressure from transport rights campaigners, the Transport Authority admitted its contract with the supplier had “some minor loopholes”. The Authority had initially stumped up over £1million for a five-year contract to ensure that moss was collected.
“Every piece of moss matters,” said a TA spokesman at the time. “We understand that some moss in outlying areas cannot access vital local services and this arrangement will ensure that mosses, lichens and other symbiots, such as fungus, will be able to roll anywhere and play a full part in civic life.”
Operator Rolling Stone Inc had initially objected to TA’s reforms, saying, “Read the small print. This is literally the opposite of what we agreed to do.”