New Clean Bus Fund announced with £5m funding
Wed 05 June 2013
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The UK Government has announced £5m of funding aimed at encouraging local authorities to reduce local pollutants from buses. The new Clean Bus Technology Fund will support upgrades to pollutant-reducing engine or retrofit technologies.
The transport minister Norman Baker said: “This £5 million scheme will help clean up emissions from older buses in some of our most polluted urban areas. It will lead to real improvements in air quality on some of our more polluted streets, as well as helping stimulate jobs and growth in the bus and retrofit industries."
The DfT guidance indicates authorities wishing to bid for funds will need to work with bus operators in deciding on routes, vehicles and appropriate technologies, and bus operators may be expected to contribute to individual projects. The deadline for bid submissions is 19 July.
According to Bus and Coach magazine the new fund does not include London where the DfT is already providing £5 million, which is being match-funded by the Mayor, to upgrade 900 older buses by March 2014 with exhaust after-treatment technology.
The new funding follows the £12m that was announced in May to back the introduction of more than 200 new 'green' buses which had a primary focus on cutting tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions.
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