Herefordshire Council has welcomed additional government funding of £3.257million for bus services
The Department for Transport announced this week (Monday 18 November) that Herefordshire Council is to receive a financial grant of £3,257,185 to support bus services in the county.
Councillor Philip Price, Cabinet member for Transport and Infrastructure said: “Local bus services are vitally important for people in our county who do not have a car, particularly older and young people. We very much welcome this additional funding which will support us to maintain, protect and improve crucial and much valued services across our county, connecting people and communities.”
The revenue element of the grant funding, around £1.8million, will be used to extend the services that are currently supported by grant funding.
The decision about how the remainder is spent will be made by the Herefordshire Enhanced Partnership, which is an official partnership between the council and the bus operators where decisions about the distribution and investment of Government grants to improve bus travel are made.