That the Bus Service Improvement Plan be submitted to the Department of Transport and published on the Council’s website.

To comply with the Cabinet’s delegated decision to submit and publish the Bus Service Improvement Plan by 31 October 2021.

There were no alternatives options considered.

This decision will be implemented immediately.

The Cabinet on the 19 October 2021 considered a report on the Bus Service Improvement Plan which sets out a vision and priorities for the future of bus services in Torbay and will be a high-level bidding document used to secure capital and revenue grant funding from the Department for Transport.

The Cabinet resolved the following:

‘That the Cabinet:

1.         Note the National Bus Strategy’s overarching goal to grow bus patronage: both to build it back after the pandemic and then to increase it and raise buses' mode share and to approve the priorities and principles set out in this report and appendices for inclusion within the Bus Service Improvement Plan and continue to support the work towards an Enhanced Bus Partnership by 31^st March 2022; and

2.         Delegates the publication and submission of the final plan by 31^st October 2021 to the Assistant Director – Planning, Housing and Climate Emergency in consultation with Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Environment and Culture.’

In accordance with 2. above, the final Bus Service Improvement Plan has been submitted to the Department for Transport and published on the Council’s website.

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