Norfolk Boost To Bus Services

Thirty-one areas in England including Norfolk have been chosen to receive government funding to boost bus services. However, other counties such as Suffolk and Essex will miss out on the £1.08bn pot of money allocated by the government.

The transport department said it gave money to areas which had the "ambition to repeat the success achieved in London - which drove up bus usage". The Campaign for Better Transport said the money awarded fell "woefully short" of what local authorities needed.

Norfolk has been awarded £47 million in funding but no details have yet been released by the County Council on how it will be spent. Although the County's Norfolk Bus Improvement Plan published in October last year should give some indication.

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