Through partnership working with bus operators and utilising funding from national Government, the County Council is proposing to invest further in a range of infrastructure schemes and projects.
This funding, more than £50 million over a four year period, is allocated by UK Government to deliver the priorities set out in Hampshire’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) and includes a wide range of measures such as bus stop, bus station and bus interchange improvements, real-time information, bus priority schemes, zero emission bus depot charging, community led transport grants, fares initiatives, community transport driver training support, and rural bus shelter funds for town and parish councils.
Councillor Lulu Bowerman, Hampshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and Passenger Transport, said: “These initiatives are already delivering real improvements to our bus network by making services faster, more frequent and more reliable so that more people choose to travel by bus, more often.
“In considering these proposals, my focus will be to ensure that better bus provision doesn’t just make journeys easier; but that it supports our local economy, improves access to jobs and essential services, helps reduce congestion, improves air quality, and gives more people the freedom to live independently.”
The proposals will be considered by the Universal Services Select Committee before going to the Executive Lead Member for Universal Services and Executive Member for Highways and Passenger Transport Decision Day.
The report is available to read here