Keighley bus station WEST Yorkshire is likely to make a bid for the Government to help fund a zero carbon bus fleet for the region. The Government has committed to funding a number of Zero Emission Bus Regional Area s across the country as part of its carbon reduction policy. The strategy would commit to funding 4,000 zero emissions buses nationally and ending the sale of diesel buses in these areas. Four areas of the country are likely to be allocated as ZEBRAs, and the bus fleets in these areas would be shifted to either electric or hydrogen fuel powered. At a meeting of West Yorkshire Combined Authority s Transport Committee on Friday, members will be asked to endorse participation in the scheme - which would require match funding and a commitment from local bus operators.
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Despite the gloom of the lockdown, with the vaccine rollout well under way, there is now a light at the end of the tunnel.
And the City of London Corporation has already set its sights on life after Covid-19 and how to harness the opportunities that will come with the recovery from these tough times.
We know that developer confidence in the future of the Square Mile has remained high, and in planning terms, we ended 2020 on an upward trajectory.
More planning applications were submitted in November than in the same month the previous year, meaning we had surpassed pre-pandemic levels. We also made more decisions during that same timeframe.