joseph
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Post by joseph on Feb 26, 2021 7:29:07 GMT 1
I'm not sure many of the newer fleet can be (the 67 reg onwards) as they were part funded by LCC wern't they? From what I saw, grants were only available for non scheduled buses & coaches of upto £16,000. Never seen anything to say they've supported First, I assume it was First saw the need to upgrade or pay £50 per day per vehicle. You're right, the buses are funded by First, but it appears to be part of an agreement with Leeds City Council as they have funded various infrastructure improvements, so because of this I'd say the buses can't be transferred.
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Post by dwarfer1979 on Feb 26, 2021 9:07:36 GMT 1
From what I saw, grants were only available for non scheduled buses & coaches of upto £16,000. Never seen anything to say they've supported First, I assume it was First saw the need to upgrade or pay £50 per day per vehicle. You're right, the buses are funded by First, but it appears to be part of an agreement with Leeds City Council as they have funded various infrastructure improvements, so because of this I'd say the buses can't be transferred. It would also be counter-productive to the business to move the new buses out, as Leeds only cancelled the CAZ as businesses had been able to make sufficient changes before it came in to show it wasn't needed to get to the point on emissions the City Council wanted, not having the CAZ in effect gives First a bit of flexibility in allocations for Leeds. Taking some out because they are no longer going to be fined so you can move them to somewhere that will would just prove that CAZs are required and remove that flexibility whilst also making it more likely CAZs will pop up elsewhere as First have shown they are necessary - at the moment First can point to Leeds and show legal interventions aren't needed if a partnership agreement can be made.
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