(18 Jul 2024, 2:51 am)deanmachine wrote Did any of the other metro mayors have buses as high of a voting point as the NE? If not we might be the ones getting this sooner than others. It'll be interesting to see how it comes together.

It was a big part of Burnham's campaigns in Manchester. 

Although they've already awarded contracts for all three tranches, it gives them another option for when contracts expire.

Of course, its a different story up here, and we could well see it included in the plans being drawn up.