North Lincolnshire Council says £1m from the axed northern leg of HS2 will be used to improve services.
By Kevin ShoesmithA council says it will use its share of savings from the scrapping of the northern leg of HS2 to reduce bus fares and make services more reliable.The money will help communities such as Ashby, Brigg, Barton and Scunthorpe become "better connected", they said.
Mr Mitchell, the Conservative-controlled authority's cabinet member for connectivity, added the money would "go a long way to securing a brighter future for passengers". "I welcome the government making the long-term decision to reinvest every penny of savings from HS2 into local transport," he added.confirmed plans for a high-speed rail link between Birmingham and Manchester had been cancelledAt the time, he said the project was born of a "false consensus" that linking big cities was "all that matters", and that he would instead invest in transport projects across the North of England.
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