Communities across the UK will benefit from £840m to upgrade public transport links, the Prime Minister has announced.
The shortlist of 10 city regions marks the next stage of the £1.7b Transforming Cities Fund which, under the government’s modern Industrial Strategy, is supporting cities to make it easier, safer and quicker for people to travel.
Local authorities in Derby & Nottingham, Leicester City, the North East, Norwich, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and West Yorkshire will bid for a share of the funding.
Over the next four years, the new allocation of funding will be used to improve transport links in city regions. This funding could go towards upgrades such as new bus routes between residential areas and major employment hubs.