Dozens of new electric vehicles and a new bus interchange are to be delivered as part of a major investment into the Liverpool City Region’s transport network. Members of the combined authority signed off on more than £100m being pumped into a massive upgrade of bus services this afternoon. As part of the cash boost, millions are proposed to be used to reintroduce bus lanes across Liverpool for the first time in a decade.
Alongside this, zero-emission buses will be purchased to go alongside 58 electric double-deckers secured in April via the zero-emission bus regional area fund. Funding will also be targeted at some of the region’s busiest bus routes – including the 10A from Liverpool to St Helens, 53 from Liverpool to Crosby and 86 from Liverpool to John Lennon Airport – to improve punctuality, reliability and journey times.