Local bus services receive £10.6m funding boost
BBCNorthamptonshire is set to receive a total of £10.6m in government funding to improve its bus services.
The funding is part of a wider initiative focused on ensuring better services across England, with £88m committed to supporting transport in the East Midlands.
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh confirmed that North Northamptonshire Council was due to receive £5.2m. West Northamptonshire Council will get £5.4m.
Rosie Wrighting, the MP for Kettering, said the funding was welcome after "a decade of neglect" in local services.
"I am delighted that the Transport Secretary has confirmed £5.2m of new bus funding across North Northamptonshire," she said.
"People in the Kettering constituency are tired of unreliable, infrequent bus services holding them back from opportunities after a decade of neglect of our local bus services."
Ms Haigh said: "For far too long, the East Midlands has been suffering from unreliable services with buses hugely delayed, or not even turning up at all."
“Historically underserved” areas were particularly prioritised, she added.
A total of £995m has been allocated to local transport authorities across England, in an attempt to end the "postcode lottery" of bus services.
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