§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when he will announce the results of the 2001 Rural Bus Challenge Competition. [31138]
§ Ms KeebleI am pleased to announce today approval of the 58 projects listed which were submitted as bids by local authorities in this competition. This follows careful consideration of the 107 bids totalling more than three times the funding available submitted by authorities. Funding for the successful bids will total £20.5 million.
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2001 Rural Bus Challenge Competition—awards Authority/bid reference/name Funding awarded Kent Rural demand responsive transport in Shepway 168,000 Lancashire Bowland Transit 634,375 Lincolnshire InterConnect—Responding to Rural Demands 771,500 Milton Keynes Demand Responsive and Evening Service 199,603 Norfolk Transport, Health and Well Being—Making the Links 471,000 North Yorkshire Friarage Hospital, Northallerton—Bus Turning Area and Waiting Facility 114,700 Kirky overflow and Sicklinghall Area Minibus, Dunkeswick Lane End Interchange 276,000 Ingleton and Settle Area Taxibus and Stationlink 170,000 North Selby Taxibus 246,000 Four in One 372,173 Northamptonshire Kettering Area Transport Demonstration Project 423,380 "The Villager" Corby Rural Bus Scheme 111,860 East Northamptonshire Connecting People Project 247,277 Wellibus Villager—Enhanced Service 143,200 Northumberland Hadrian's Wall Bus 128,845 Peterborough Demand Responsive Bus Service 266,350 Somerset Community Transport in Mendip 'Special Rural Component' 89,000 South Somerset Links, Langport and Chard 197,000 The Rural Surrounds of Wiveliscombe 100,000 South Gloucestershire Continuation of Existing Vale-Link Dial-a-Ride Services 578,827 South Yorkshire Stocksbridge and Penistone Rural Link 1,013,689 Staffordshire Stone-Uttoxeter Rural Shopperbus 222,000 Suffolk 3 into 1 Will Go 490,676 Shotley Peninsula 256,497 Surrey Waverley Transport Solutions 150,000 Telford and Wrekin Cross Boundary—Rural to Town Link 742,895 Warwickshire Southam Flexibus 433,195 West Berkshire Widespread Introduction of Call-A-Bus 493,950 West Sussex DoRiS Plus 442,000 West Yorkshire Otley Area Transport Scheme 802,800 Wiltshire Expansion of Demand Responsive Bus Network 854,000
2001 Rural Bus Challenge Competition—awards Authority/bid reference/name Funding awarded Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Bus 435,000 Wokingham Twyford Community Bus 470,000 Worcestershire EasyLINK flexi 340,000 Total awards 20,454,843