Mayor backs plans for new city bus depot

Plans for a proposed new city bus depot have progressed further after an outline business case - and work to buy the land - were approved.

The new depot, earmarked for Peterborough, would enable better bus services, provide infrastructure for electric buses and support a future franchised bus network.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's Combined Authority's (CPCA) funding committee has recommended providing up to £7.6m of an expected total project cost of £20.6m.

Conservative mayor Paul Bristow said a new bus depot for the city was "much needed", adding: "The current depot is poorly located and holds back regeneration on Lincoln Road and the surrounding area."

The authority's board will consider the recommendation at its meeting on 28 January.

Any agreement to purchase land for the depot would be put before the board for approval in March 2026.

Bristow said: "To make Peterborough a better place to live and work, we need to invest in better transport.

"This depot will be a big contributor and it's important we put ourselves in a position to secure the right site quickly."

The authority has been working in partnership with Peterborough City Council to develop the project, which it said was key to the delivery of transport improvements set out in the Local Growth Plan (LGP), published late last year.

In the plan, Peterborough was identified as one of four areas with "enormous growth potential" but that improvements to local transport were essential.

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