Extra DfT funding for York, Merseyside, Nottingham and the Bath and greater Bristol areas for devolving funding under Better Bus Areas fund.

Following a competitive process, four Better Bus Areas have been announced by DfT – the successful bids coming from Nottingham City Council, Merseytravel, the West of England Partnership, and York City Council, whig together will receive an additional £16.5 million of funding. Earlier this year, Sheffield became the first city to be awarded new ‘Better Bus Area’ funding. This Government said that