Subscribe to trusted local news
If you are accessing this story via Facebook but you are a subscriber then you will be unable to access the story. Facebook wants you to stay and read in the app and your login details are not shared with Facebook. If you experience problems with accessing the news but have subscribed, please contact subscriptions@thestrayferret.co.uk. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
- Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan.
Already a subscriber? Log in here.
19
Aug 2021
£20m bid to replace Harrogate buses with electric fleet
An entire fleet of buses in Harrogate could be replaced with electric models as part of an ambitious £20 million bid.
North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) is working with the Harrogate Bus Company, part of Transdev, on a bid for more than £8 million in government money.
Transdev has also proposed to prop up the bid with £11.5 million of its own funds.
If successful, Harrogate would welcome a total of 39 zero-emission buses over the next three years.
The buses come with next stop announcements, USB power and free wifi.
There would be an even split of single-decker and double-decker electric buses which would come with supporting charging infrastructure.
Now, the Department for Transport (DfT) has asked the council to submit a business case for the project.
Read more:
- Manchester firm set to take on Harrogate Christmas Market
- North Yorkshire to rehome eight Afghan families
The bid must be submitted by the end of January 2022 with a decision from the DfT expected by March 2022.
Cllr Don Mackenzie, the executive member for access at NYCC, said:
Alex Hornby, CEO at Transdev, said:
0