I COMPLETELY agree with your correspondent George Dewey (Have Your Say, Oct 15) when he says the social cost of withdrawing the winter subsidy for this bus route, 52 Poole-Canford Cliffs, would be higher than the savings.

As ward councillors, Cllr Carpenter and I have had a spate of letters from residents without cars commenting about the isolation they will face if this route is dropped in the winter.

I would like to encourage residents in this position in the Parkstone, Lilliput and Canford Cliffs area, to telephone the Civic Centre switch board 01202 633633 and ask to be put through to the Corporate Research Team, or write to: Corporate Research Team, FREEPOST RTKK - CCEE - CXUA, Borough of Poole, Civic Centre, Poole, BH15 2RU, and ask to be sent a survey form so that their situation and comments can be registered.

CLLR TONY WOODCOCK AND CLLR SALLY CARPENTER, Civic Centre, Poole