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A CHEAP taxi service that enables elderly people to do their shopping and get out of their homes will continue.

Cheshire County Council said last week that it would continue to fund the TaxiRider scheme, which had been paid for by a three-year Government grant until last month.

But it could not say whether the hours of service would be cut or whether prices would change. "We are finalising details at the moment," said a spokesman.

She did not know when the council would reveal more about the future of TaxiRider, which could be renamed.

The current service - run by Knutsford taxi firm Amber Cars - transports people living in villages surrounding the town as far afield as Northwich and Altrincham for up to £2.50. In January the Knutsford Guardian was inundated with calls from concerned TaxiRider users because the council, which is to be scrapped next year, was reviewing the scheme.

Residents at Warford Park, a retirement complex near Mobberley, said the scheme was the only way that many of them could pick up shopping.

Last week Lloyd Evans, who runs Amber Cars, said he did not know exactly what the county council had planned.

"It is carrying on at the moment but they're looking at the details," he said.

Jim Padley, 64, who suffers from epilepsy and uses TaxiRider to travel from the David Lewis Centre, Great Warford, to his workplace Booths, said he was pleased it was continuing.

"It used to be very expensive for me to come to work," he said. "I was paying £4 each way and it was costing me £32 a month."

Mr Padley collects trolleys at Booths and performs shifts from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.

"I am picked up at my door and it brings me here," he said.

"A few of the lads from the David Lewis Centre also use it to go to Handforth Dean."

5:00pm Thursday 8th May 2008

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