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CONNECTING LEICESTER PHASED PROGRAMME: ELECTRIC BUS INVESTMENT AND GRANT

20/12/2021 - CONNECTING LEICESTER PHASED PROGRAMME: ELECTRIC BUS INVESTMENT AND GRANT

Approve £20.3m to be added to the Capital Programme to provide grants to Firstbus and Arriva for new electric buses and to purchase six new electric buses for the Council.

 

This addition will be funded by £19.0m of Department for Transport grant and prudential borrowing of £1.3m to match fund the Council’s new buses.