Decision details
Return to towns and City – free bus travel scheme extension
Decision Maker: Director of Resources and Assurance
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The free bus scheme has been a huge success
and a recommendation has now been put forward to initiate the
option to extend the scheme as per the original proposal. However,
in order to extend the scheme for this period the costs will be
higher than originally forecast.
Total spend to date for the scheme, plus forecast spend to 31st
March is £453k, to extend the scheme until 31st August 2022,
the projected costs are £475k, bringing the total projected
spend to £928k, meaning an additional £128k is required
to fund the scheme.
This decision is to allocate £128k Free Bus Travel scheme
from underspent schemes in the Covid Recovery Plan and extend the
scheme until 31st August 2022.
This will extend a successful scheme within the Covid Recovery plan
and ensure that underspend identified within other schemes can be
fully maximised.
Contact: Helun Sandifort, Project Manager Email: Helun.Sandifort@herefordshire.gov.uk.
Publication date: 23/03/2022
Date of decision: 23/03/2022
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