Decision details
Bus Service Improvement Plan
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The purpose of the paper is to seek approval,
from the Council Cabinet, of the Bus Service Improvement Plan
(BSIP) for the Isle of Wight.
The BSIP has been produced in response to the national bus strategy
“Bus Back Better” issued by the Government in March
2021. The focus of the National Strategy is on local bus services
being improved in order to grow the number of passengers and to
help the sector to recover from the impact of reduced travel during
the pandemic.
The strategy promises future increases in funding for bus measures,
subject to the outcome of the next Government Comprehensive
Spending Review. This funding is conditional on Local Transport
Authorities (LTAs) preparing a Bus Service Improvement Plan by the
end of October 2021 (as proposed within the paper) and an Enhanced
Partnership by March 2022, that demonstrate a clear level of
ambition and steps that they propose to take to improve local bus
services within their area that will generate passenger
growth.
Decision:
Option 2: That Cabinet approves the Isle of Wight Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) as detailed within the report in line with ‘Bus Back Better’, the national bus strategy, in preparation of an Enhanced Partnership with local bus operators.
Option 3: That authority is granted to the Director of Neighbourhoods to make the necessary arrangements to formally submit the BSIP to the Government by the end of October 2021, so that it can be used to inform future funding allocations, and to undertake an annual review and minor updating of the BSIP every 12 months.
Report author: Stewart Chandler
Publication date: 27/10/2021
Date of decision: 25/10/2021
Decided at meeting: 25/10/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 04/11/2021
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