Dover Quality Bus Partnership is welcoming news that, as part of the partnership, Dover District Council has now funded 23 new bus shelters across the area over the last two years.

Nineteen new shelters have already been installed over the 2010/11 and 11/12 financial years – with four more to be put in..

The final four shelters, which are to be erected by the end of January 2012, will be sited on Pencester Road, Dover with three on  New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne.

It's part of an ongoing programme to improve community facilities across the area that has also seen new buses provided by Stagecoach and raised kerbs by KCC.

Representatives from Dover District Council, Kent County Council and Stagecoach signed the Quality Bus Partnership agreement in April 2009.

Cllr Nigel Collor, DDC Cabinet Member for Access and Property Management, said: “The Quality Bus Partnership is a great example of successful partnership working, and we are very pleased to have worked together to improve community facilities, and to have provided these 23 new shelters. We continue to work with all our partners to develop services and support sustainable transport for the future of the district.”

Jeremy Cooper, Commercial Director for Stagecoach said: “We commend Dover District Council for recognising that waiting facilities are an essential part of the travel experience that make bus journeys even more pleasant for bus users, and rightly complement the significant investment we continue to make in quality buses and improved frequencies."

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