Bristol has secured £34m funding from the Department for Transport to help improve bus connections across the city.
The cash boost will help fund a new rapid bus network, which will tackle traffic congestion and support new homes and jobs.
Transport minister, Baroness Kramer, said: ‘The Bristol Metrobus will provide a step change improvement for public transport serving not just in the city itself but also surrounding communities.
‘Buses will be able to get around quickly, travelling along dedicated busways and priority lanes around Bristol and into the city centre. The new link will stimulate economic development and link communities with jobs.’
The Metrobus will encourage car drivers coming into Bristol to shift onto public transport. Existing bus services in the west of the city will also be able to use the new infrastructure with faster travel times.
The rapid transit scheme will provide a new bus service from the south west of the city to the centre along a new 2.5 mile segregated busway. The £45m scheme is expected to be completed in April 2016.