(10 Oct 2013, 5:57 pm)mattdw92 wrote They haven't bid for any yet new ones yet. The grants have been received, but probably is SC. SC then have to bid for the money to be used in such way. If not decided already who gets the money, bidding for the money would happen. But as the press says, all we know is the area. Due to the current bus climate in the NE, answers on a postcard...!
Forgive me - I have very little knowledge when it comes to government funding and the like, and have never really understood the Green Bus Fund other than to the point operators receive grants to purchase eco-friendly buses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...-table.pdf
Does the above table (see last page) not suggest that Stagecoach in Sunderland have received a grant of £719,060 to purchase '40 single decker biomethane gas' vehicles?
From that, I wouldn't have thought there were any ifs about whether they're for Stagecoach or not, unless I haven't grasped what you're getting at. :p