Agenda and minutes

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Question from: County Councillor Matthew Dorrance Subject: Public Transport

 

Question From:

County Councillor Matthew Dorrance

Subject:

Public Transport

Question To:

County Councillor Aled Davies  

Portfolio Holder for Finance Countryside and Transport

 

Question:

How is the Council going to improve our public transport network and make it greener?

 

Minutes:

Response by the Portfolio Holder:

 

The Council supports the local bus services across Powys with £1.9M funding net of grants and income received.  This level of net expenditure makes us one of, if not the largest supporter of public transport provision in Wales. Any further bus network development will dependant on Welsh Government funding.

 

In the summer of 2018, the Council retendered all our local bus service contracts, and the Council specified that buses should be a maximum of 7 years old making them Euro VI compliant.  With grant funding from the Welsh Government, the Council was able to purchase 20 brand new vehicles to be deployed on PCC contracted local bus services which has further assisted us achieve a very low carbon public transport service.