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Colwick park and ride ‘saved’ as cash-strapped council reveals outcome of transport consultation

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The immediate future of the park and ride at Colwick appears to have been secured after Nottingham City Council revealed the outcome of a consultation with the public over proposed sweeping transport budget cuts.

The park and ride sites at Colwick Racecourse and Queen’s Drive were placed under threat after proposals were shared to close them to save council cash.

The council also revealed it was proposing to cut off real-time information at bus stops in a bid to slash the transport budget.

But the consultation revealed that the public felt strongly about keeping both the park and ride sites and bus stop information, and they will now remain in place with ‘alternative funding sources’ being used to keep them operational.

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The Red 44 bus currently serves the Colwick Racecourse park and ride site, which was facing the axe as part of the council’s budget cut proposals

Nottingham City Council now has to make sweeping cuts as it faces a £23m in-year budget gap and a £53m gap in the 12 months beginning April 2024.

A council spokesman said: “Back in December, Nottingham City Council put forward a number of proposed budget cuts, including a variety of potential changes to how public transport.

“Last week, the Council discussed the budget proposals required to close the £50 million funding gap in 2024/2025.

“We asked for your input on some of the transport-specific proposals in the budget, so that we could get more information on how they would impact on residents and use that evidence to try to mitigate some of the proposed cuts.

“Public transport infrastructure, including Park & Ride sites at Queen’s Drive and Colwick and the real time information displays at bus stops, will be retained by using alternative funding sources, subject to review in the wider region and the emerging Combined Authority from 2025/26.”

Nottingham City Council now has to make sweeping cuts as it faces a £23m in-year budget gap and a £53m gap in the 12 months beginning April 2024.

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The council issued a Section 114 notice, effectively declaring bankruptcy, in November, while a series of significant cuts to libraries, care homes and jobs have been proposed next year.

However, even with the latest cuts the budget hole cannot be filled, meaning the council has requested a mechanism known as exceptional financial support (EFS) from the Government for £25m for the current year and £40m for the next.

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