Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment.

Decision of the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment

(a)  To agree the scope of the outline Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) be agreed and the commitment of resources within existing budgets to take forward work to publish a first version of the BSIP by the end of October 2021, be supported.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the relevant portfolio holder, in consultation with the Executive Director for Place to approve the final version of the BSIP before it is published.

Decision - Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) - Dorset Council

Reason for the decision: Seeking support to publish a first Dorset Council Bus Service Improvement Plan in response to Government’s new National Bus Strategy (NBS) - Bus Back Better. The BSIP sets out a vision and priorities for the future of bus services in Dorset and will be a high-level bidding document used to secure capital and revenue grant funding from the DfT.

Cabinet considered a report from the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment in respect of the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).

The report sought support to publish a first Dorset Council Bus Service Improvement Plan in response to Government’s new National Bus Strategy (NBS) - Bus Back Better. The BSIP set out a vision and priorities for the future of bus services in Dorset and would be a high-level bidding document used to secure capital and revenue grant funding from the Department of Transport.

There were no questions from non-executive members and Cabinet members were “minded to” support the recommendation put by the Portfolio Holder. 

Decision of the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment

(a)  To agree the scope of the outline Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) be agreed and the commitment of resources within existing budgets to take forward work to publish a first version of the BSIP by the end of October 2021, be supported.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the relevant portfolio holder, in consultation with the Executive Director for Place to approve the final version of the BSIP before it is published.

Decision - Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) - Dorset Council

Reason for the decision: Seeking support to publish a first Dorset Council Bus Service Improvement Plan in response to Government’s new National Bus Strategy (NBS) - Bus Back Better. The BSIP sets out a vision and priorities for the future of bus services in Dorset and will be a high-level bidding document used to secure capital and revenue grant funding from the DfT.