More than £1.3m of funding for improved bus services around Salisbury has been secured thanks to a joint bid to the government from Wiltshire Council and Wilts & Dorset Bus Company.

Wilts & Dorset will be putting in nearly £1m following the successful £394,000 bid to the government’s Better Bus Area fund which will help improve and extend the bus services in the city.

Although the details of the schemes have not been finalised, it is hoped they will include:

•The extension of the Wilton park & ride service to allow access to the Churchfields industrial estate
•Improved access to up-to-date bus timetable and Real Time Information
•Highways improvements a five key locations in the city identified through the Salisbury Bus Quality Partnership to help alleviate delays
•Improved waiting facilities in Salisbury city centre including the introduction of a waiting room at the bus station
•A “Bike to Bus” scheme including secure cycle facilities at key bus stops
•LED lights to replace all fluorescent lighting tubes on all buses operating in Salisbury which would reduce the carbon footprint

I will be aiming to get West Harnham included (at long last) for Real Time displays at our Bus stops in West Harnham.