Buses operating in Wiltshire will have cleaner exhaust fumes thanks to pollution-busting funding from the Department for Transport.
Wiltshire County Council is set to receive £361,000 to upgrade 19 existing buses with technology that will cut toxic pollutants.
Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said, “This funding will help clean up exhaust fumes from older buses in a cost effective way, with all the health benefits that brings.
“As well as improving local air quality, this funding will help the industry delivering these technologies to grow. I hope that other parts of the country will adopt similar measures in the near future. This funding will benefit the environment as well as helping create and sustain jobs in British companies, allowing them to develop and market new clean technologies here and abroad.”
The Clean Bus Technology Fund was launched last year. Today’s funding brings the total number of older buses benefiting from new technology to more than 500.
