More Clean Air Zone delays as 1,000 buses made green at cost of £15m might not comply

The government is now reviewing whether retrofitting buses at a cost of up to £16,000 each has worked, causing further delays in the region’s Clean Air Zone saga.

As of March, 1,153 of the 2,063 buses in Greater Manchester were retrofitted to meet emissions standards, costing £15m. But in April, the government paused funding for the clean-up scheme, revealing that some retrofitted buses were not cutting nitrogen dioxide…