Bus services in Nottinghamshire to benefit from…

Bus services in Nottinghamshire to benefit from millions of pounds of government cash

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will receive millions of pounds from the government under the latest round of the Bus Service Improvement Plan scheme. Nottingham will be handed £11.4 million while Nottinghamshire £18.7 million after the Government announced which areas of England will receive funding to boost bus services.

In March 2020, the Government published the National Bus Strategy, Bus Back Better. They asked each council with Local Transport Authority Powers to publish a Bus Service Improvement plan by 31 October 2021 and implement an Enhanced Partnership Plan by 1 April 2022. Nottinghamshire’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) covers the whole of Nottinghamshire county, apart from the existing Robin Hood Ticketing Area (Greater Nottingham Robin Hood Area).

The BSIP aims to promote buses in Nottinghamshire to be a mode of choice for many travel needs, having a positive impact on people’s lives and the places they live. It also want to build a sustainable, efficient, and growing bus network that meets peoples travel needs and expectations.

Here is a list of the 31 successful applicants and how much they have been awarded under the latest round of the Bus Service Improvement Plan scheme:

Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire: £34.2 million

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: £8.9 million

Brighton and Hove: £27.9 million

Central Bedfordshire: £3.7 million

City of York: £17.4 million

Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly): £13.3 million

Derby City: £7 million

Derbyshire: £47 million

Devon: £14.1 million

East Sussex: £41.4 million

Greater Manchester: £94.8 million