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02/06/2014
£5m Announced To Cut Vehicle Pollution
Towns and cities across England can bid for funding to make improvements to local bus fleets and other vehicles which would slash pollution, Transport Minister Baroness Kramer announced today.
Local authorities and other public bodies will be able to apply for a share of £5 million from the Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.
Baroness Kramer said: "This is our latest step in a major programme of measures to make our air cleaner. We are raising the bar and making sure that the ongoing trend of improving air quality continues. This £5 million will mean less harmful exhaust fumes from buses, and other vehicles, in some of our most polluted urban areas. This funding will also secure jobs and growth in the industries delivering the technology."
Last year's Clean Bus Technology Fund helped modify over 500 buses. This year's scheme allows local authorities to apply for funding to improve other vehicles in their fleets, providing they are used predominantly on local roads with poor air quality.
The funding, up to a maximum of £500,000 for any one authority, will allow authorities to fit pollution-busting technology treating exhaust fumes or converting vehicles to run on cleaner fuels.
The scheme builds on the £7.3 million awarded last year across 26 local authorities through the Clean Bus Technology Fund.
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Local authorities and other public bodies will be able to apply for a share of £5 million from the Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.
Baroness Kramer said: "This is our latest step in a major programme of measures to make our air cleaner. We are raising the bar and making sure that the ongoing trend of improving air quality continues. This £5 million will mean less harmful exhaust fumes from buses, and other vehicles, in some of our most polluted urban areas. This funding will also secure jobs and growth in the industries delivering the technology."
Last year's Clean Bus Technology Fund helped modify over 500 buses. This year's scheme allows local authorities to apply for funding to improve other vehicles in their fleets, providing they are used predominantly on local roads with poor air quality.
The funding, up to a maximum of £500,000 for any one authority, will allow authorities to fit pollution-busting technology treating exhaust fumes or converting vehicles to run on cleaner fuels.
The scheme builds on the £7.3 million awarded last year across 26 local authorities through the Clean Bus Technology Fund.
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