{"id":73259,"date":"2016-08-16T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=21d2b9f5502e02f42e5f8f6f487758f4"},"modified":"2016-08-16T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:30:22","slug":"news-story-new-bus-station-and-car-park-in-29-million-lincoln-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=73259","title":{"rendered":"News story: New bus station and car park in \u00a329 million Lincoln investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A new bus station and 1,000 space car park will be built in Lincoln helping to deliver jobs, growth and opportunity, after the government committed to fund the project.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a329 million scheme will help improve city centre journeys for people living, working or visiting the town and deliver a boost to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering transport upgrades that help people get around and get on is a key part of the government\u2019s plan for transport. The scheme is expected to create up to 200 jobs in the city, and deliver an economic boost worth \u00a39 million a year.<\/p>\n<p>The major investment is being made after the Transport Secretary approved plans for a new eastern bypass earlier this year. The council is now working to secure funding and make the plans a reality.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be improvements to Lincoln Central railway station and a pedestrianised plaza connecting the bus and rail stations.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Andrew Jones said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A new bus station, car park and upgraded railway station will be a huge benefit to people who live and work in Lincoln, and those who visit the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Better transport facilities don\u2019t just help people get around, they help them get on \u2013 connecting them to jobs, opportunities and helping deliver economic growth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artist impression of the new Lincoln transport hub.\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/55371\/artist-impression-lincoln-transport-hub.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The current bus station is not good enough for 21st century Lincoln \u2013 and the lack of a major city centre car park is holding back local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Department for Transport (<abbr title=\"Department for Transport\">DfT<\/abbr>) is providing \u00a311 million towards the project, with the City of Lincoln Council providing \u00a316 million and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership contributing \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a311 million is being delivered under the Local Growth Fund &#8211; a \u00a312 billion fund to support a variety of projects including transport schemes, new housing and improving education.<\/p>\n<p>The council is expected to start building work within weeks.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the upgrade, the new bus station will provide live travel information for both bus and rail passengers, while the 1,000 space multi-storey will have up to 32 electric vehicle charging points to power the next generation of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be cycle lanes and traffic calming measures installed.<\/p>\n<p>The new eastern bypass will link the A158 Wragby Road with the A15 Sleaford Road.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1018\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Roads media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3108\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government transport funding in Lincoln will create up to 200 jobs and deliver an economic boost worth \u00a39 million a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}