Government invests £143m in new fleet of zero-emission buses

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Department for Transport

Twenty-five councils across England to receive ZEBRA funding to support roll out of almost 1,000 zero emission buses

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has today announced 955 new zero emission buses will hit the road across England, thanks to £143m in fresh funding awards from the second round of the Zero Emission Bus...

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