Cheaper bus fares this summer

Bus fares are set to get cheaper in East Sussex this summer due to extra funding from an underspend.

Claire Dowling, East Sussex County Council’s lead member for transport and environment, approved plans to redirect an unused £515,000 from the authority’s mobility hubs programme to cut fares.

The subsidised fares form part of the council’s wider goal of improving bus services in the area.

The authority’s Bus Improvement Plan aims to increase passenger numbers back to pre-pandemic levels.