AMBITIOUS PLAN TO INTRODUCE ALL-ELECTRIC BUSES ACROSS WHOLE OF BOROUGH

                                        

Cllr Swinburn - reducing pollution

A SHAKE-up of public transport could lead to electricity-fuelled buses being introduced across the whole of North East Lincolnshire.

The council is in the process of  submitting a bid to Whitehall to  become one of the first all-electric bus areas in the UK.

If successful, the funding would enable the replacement of the core diesel-powered bus network currently operated by Stagecoach East Midlands.

Says a spokesman for NELC: "We are striving to create a greener, cleaner borough - hence the bid."

The words are echoed by the cabinet's holder for environment and transport, Cllr Stewart Swinburn, who says: "Our ambition is to become carbon neutral by 2050.

"Road traffic is the main source of air pollution in North East Lincolnshire.

"Moving to an electric bus fleet will address this and substantially reduce the amount of air pollution created on our roads."

“Our expression of interest for funding demonstrates our commitment and ambition to becoming a cleaner and greener area.”

No comment has yet been made by Stagecoach, but, according to NELC, the initiative is supported by the bus company."