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Newcastle and Sunderland City Councils receive £472k funding for greener public transport

Newcastle and Sunderland City Councils received £472k funding from The Clean Vehicle Technology Fund on behalf of the North East Combined Authority.

The Fund is designed to pay for modifications to public service vehicles that will reduce the amount of exhaust fumes emitted into the air by 25%.

The funding will help adapt a fleet of 30 buses belonging to Go North East who are also investing more than £600k of their money into the project.

The buses will operate from Newcastle city centre - to Blyth in the North and Sunderland in the south.

Leader of Newcastle City Council, Cllr Nick Forbes, who has lead responsibility for transport on the North East Combined Authority, welcomed the cleaner and greener buses.

Cllr Forbes said: “This investment means the North East leads the way on introducing greener vehicles onto our local roads.

“The new technology will improve fuel efficiency while reducing exhaust emissions which means less pollution in the atmosphere and cleaner air for everyone.

“This is an imaginative project which will bring real health benefits while supporting skilled jobs in environmental technologies and boosting economic growth.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .