Decision details
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To agree to take forward the proposed Bus
Service Improvement Plan for central government, and pursue
Enhanced Partnerships with Bus Operators, in relation to the
National Bus Strategy.
Decision:
Cabinet received a report on the ‘Bus Back Better’ National Bus Strategy that required Local Authorities to enter into Enhanced Partnerships with bus operators.
RESOLVED –
(1) That it be agreed, in principle, to commit to Enhanced Partnerships with local bus operators, as required by the ‘Bus Back Better’ National Bus Strategy by 30 June 2021.
(2) That the development of a Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) by 31 October 2021 be agreed, to secure long term funding for vital bus services.
(3) That an Enhanced Partnership with bus operators be entered into no later than 31 March 2022.
Details of any conflict of interest declared: Councillors P Irwin and A Macpherson declared personal interests respectively as the Chairman of the Bernwode Community Bus Scheme and as a Trustee of the Bernwode Community Bus Scheme.
Contact: Sara Turnbull, Service Director Adult Social Care (Operations) Email: sara.turnbull@buckinghamshire.gov.uk, Suzanne Winkels, Head of Transport Strategy Email: Suzanne.Winkels@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
Report author: Rupert Zierler
Publication date: 29/06/2021
Date of decision: 29/06/2021
Decided at meeting: 29/06/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 07/07/2021
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