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Feb 2023
North Yorkshire bus funding 'cannot continue in perpetuity', warns senior councillor
A senior county councillor has warned that funding designed to save under-threat bus services in North Yorkshire “cannot continue in perpetuity”.
The Department for Transport recently announced an extension of the £2 cap on bus fares plus £80 million worth of grants to routes at risk of being reduced or scrapped.
The move comes as the 24 services from Pateley Bridge to Harrogate was recently saved until April next year.
Cllr Keane Duncan, executive councillor for transport at North Yorkshire County Council, said that extra government funding was welcome and the council would look to target it at services in need of support.
However, he added that the funding would not continue in perpetuity.
He said:
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Cllr Duncan has previously warned that up to 79 services faced reduced frequency or ceasing altogether when central government funding comes to an end in March.
The comments come as the county council negotiated funding to secure the 24 bus route between Pateley Bridge and Harrogate until April next year.
Transdev, which operates the service, had initially planned to withdraw most services on the route.
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