Blackpool Council has appointed Euroshel to replace and repair damaged bus shelters.

The council recently secured an initial £175,000 of funding from the Local Transport Plan (LTP).

Over the past few months, 14 new shelters have been installed across the bus network with a further eight to be completed over the coming weeks.

That programme is being complemented by the upgrading of advertising opportunities in the bus shelter stock which has enabled the purchase of a further 20 new shelters, which should all be installed by Easter.

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Some of the new shelters will include digital advertising screens that will be used to generate additional income to maintain and replace shelters.

As part of the rolling improvement programme, it is anticipated that further allocations of £195k per annum will be secured over the next three years, creating the potential to replace around 15 shelters each year.

Cllr Neal Brookes, Cabinet Member for Enforcement, Public Safety, Highways and Transport, said: "We are committed to improving our network of bus shelters across the borough. A significant number of those that had fallen into disrepair have already been replaced and by accessing bus infrastructure funding allocations, there is the potential to invest almost £1m over a five-year rolling programme. There is a very significant investment being made in converting Blackpool’s bus fleet to electric vehicles and it is important that the standard of our network of shelters complements that investment."