Nottingham City Council's leader has promised that the city's public transport system will not be "diluted" by a £1.14 billion deal with the Government. An agreement was signed in August to create a new East Midlands combined authority which will cover people in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
It will have an elected Mayor and more money will flow into both counties as a result. Powers will also be handed down to the new authority and Nottingham City Council's leader, Councillor David Mellen, says that this will include many decisions on local transport being made by it.
But at a meeting of the council's overview and scrutiny committee on Wednesday (October 12), Councillor Mellen said that he would make sure Nottingham's public transport system is protected when working with the new authority. He said: "What we don't want to do in the slightest is to dilute our very good public transport system in Nottingham.
