Changes on bus routes 'to improve user experience'
GoogleA "major initiative" to improve bus user experience across Herefordshire at a cost of £780,000 has been set out by the local authority.
Herefordshire Council said it planned to improve facilities for those waiting for a bus and "encourage higher patronage".
In a tender for the works, it described the plan for the replacement, maintenance and refurbishment of the public transport infrastructure, "predominantly bus shelters".
Costs are valued at £650,000, or £780,000 including VAT, and it is expected the work will take a year, starting late January.
There is also a possible extension of a further year, "subject to grant funding awards, budget approvals, governance and the contractor's satisfactory performance", the tender said.
Funds will come from the £1.1m bus service improvement plan which the government awarded to Herefordshire in the summer.
Further initiatives include providing "real-time information" on screens at stops, route planning and management software, as well as carrying out a study of how traffic lights could be adapted to give priority to buses.
This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations.
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