North East wins £163m to upgrade bus routes and cut fares – but offer falls well short of £804m bid - Chronicle Live


4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Daniel Holland

Leaders will now have to decide which projects are to be axed from their ambitious vision to radically improve bus services across the region

The North East has been awarded more than £160m to improve bus journeys and slash fare prices but it is just a fifth of what local leaders had wanted. It was revealed by the Department for Transport… [+5667 chars]

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