These are 13 priorities in West Sussex bus service improvement plan

By Karen Dunn, local democracy reporter
Published 4th Jul 2022, 16:10 BST
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West Sussex County Council has laid out how it will spend a government grant of more than £17m to improve bus services.

The council bid for £90m from the Department for Transport in 2021 as part of its Bus Service Improvement Plan.

It was only granted indicative funding for 2022/23 to 2024/25 of £17.4m and has come up with 13 ‘priorities’ on which to spend the money.

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They were approved by Joy Dennis, cabinet member for highways & transport on Friday (July 1) and will come into force on July 13 if no councillors call-in the decision for further debate.

Bus stop. Pic Steve RobardsBus stop. Pic Steve Robards
Bus stop. Pic Steve Robards

The improvement plan was developed as part of a draft Enhanced Partnership with local bus companies and is linked to the West Sussex Transport Plan and the Climate Change Strategy.

A large chunk of the money – £6.383m – has been lined up for two bus lane schemes in Crawley, where the impact of the pandemic on services was described as being ‘dramatic’.

One is for bus lanes along Station Way and the other is to extend the Manor Royal lanes.

Among the other 11 projects are:

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