Mayor Andy Burnham has called for bus subsidies to continue
Greater Manchester will get an extra £16m for buses from the government next year. The city-region received £94.8m to spend over three years from the same pot of funding, but the cash which has helped subsidise bus fares is still set to run out in 2025, as it stands.
As part of the Network North announcement, it was confirmed that Greater Manchester would get £2.4bn in the second round of funding from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement. This is £928m more than expected for the four years from 2027/28. Speaking ahead of the first franchised buses being rolled out in Bolton and Wigan, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham urged the government to continue subsidising the bus network beyond 2025 when the current funding runs out. The government has said that £1bn of the money saved from cancelling Phase 2 of HS2 will be invested in buses across the country over the next five years.
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