(06 Feb 2022, 3:37 pm)Bazza wrote Is this all not a bit moot now? I read something on FB (so it must be true) that the BSIP is now dead in the water. Total promised government spending has been slashed to an extent that the North Easts plans alone would account for over two thirds of what’s available for the whole country.
Sorry I tried to find the article to provide a link but couldn’t. It was a report in the Northumberland Gazette .
(07 Feb 2022, 7:47 am)Rob44 wrote Yes i saw this too. Mr Gannon said the government was heading in the right direct but wasn't offering anywhere near the support £££££ wise to get these ideas up and running. They were not going to change there plans but like you say they arn't going to get 2/3 of the money for the north east. Probably end up with a really watered down version... cant see nothing improving though... which should be an improvement?!?!
It's supposed to be live from April, but it's dead before it starts, unless the UK Government stick their hand in their pocket and gives the NBS the funding it needs.
Local Transport Authorities right across England have developed Bus Service Improvement Plans to the specification of being ambitious, yet the promised funding for the National Bus Strategy has already been dropped from £3bn to £1.4bn, leaving a funding gap of about £5bn.