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.