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Clean Bus Technology Fund - 2019 - Dan - 23 Mar 2019
Government funds bus industry to improve air quality
Local authorities to be awarded £25m to further bus retrofitting plans.
In our area, funding as below:
Newcastle - £379,600 - 23 buses
Gateshead - £230,750 - 13 buses
South Tyneside - £133,952 - 8 buses
See more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-funds-bus-industry-to-improve-air-quality
RE: Clean Bus Technology Fund - 2019 - Michael - 23 Mar 2019
(23 Mar 2019, 12:05 pm)Dan wrote Government funds bus industry to improve air quality
Local authorities to be awarded £25m to further bus retrofitting plans.
In our area, funding as below:
Newcastle - £379,600 - 23 buses
Gateshead - £230,750 - 13 buses
South Tyneside - £133,952 - 8 buses
See more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-funds-bus-industry-to-improve-air-quality
Completely changed my reply:
How long do councils have to have to keep the buses in service after they receive the modification's?
Wonder if the Citaro's at Riverside will receive them?... 36 Citaro's at Riverside for Gateshead and Newcastle
Not sure on the South Tyne ones though...
RE: Clean Bus Technology Fund - 2019 - Andreos1 - 23 Mar 2019
Talking about all these handouts...
This appeared in PT earlier this week.
http://www.passengertransport.co.uk/2019/03/no-more-tinkering-we-need-ambition/
RE: Clean Bus Technology Fund - 2019 - Andreos1 - 10 Apr 2019
https://www.bususers.org/news-events/news/clean-air-for-newcastle-gateshead-and-north-tyneside/
Survey closes within a couple of weeks.