“That’s not what we’d have liked to have seen... This is not a rowing back of our ambitions to go all-electric by the end of the decade'
A major update on Greater Manchester’s new clean air plan has been issued — with more diesel buses coming in ‘to clean the air’.
The decision to abandon the CAZ in early 2022, months before its implementation followed a fierce backlash against Mayor Andy Burnham. Eighteen months later, he unveiled a new plan to clean air by upgrading buses and taxis, the worst-polluting vehicles.But a new report has revealed projects to convert bus depots in Stockport and Cheetham Hill to make them electric-bus-friendly have been delayed, which means TfGM needs to invest in more ‘clean diesel buses’.
“Issues at Stockport and Queens Road present a practical change to . This is not a rowing back of our ambitions to go all-electric by the end of the decade. In any case still contribute to cleaning the air.” Despite the setbacks, TfGM has still come to the same conclusion that the investment-led plan is ‘the only option’ that hits emissions targets ‘in the shortest possible time and by 2026 at the latest’.
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