Former Oakham bus station will become a travel information centre.

Rutland County Council is proposing a former bus station be turned into a travel information centre at a cost of £6.5 million.

Rutland County Council and Melton Borough Council have been awarded £23m of Levelling Up Funding (LUF) for a range of projects that will have long lasting impact for residents and visitors to the area.

One element of Rutland's bid was to deliver key transport improvements. New funding of £6.5m will provide a new mobi-hub and deliver a bus improvement plan – increasing connectivity within Rutland, as well as between the market towns of Oakham, Uppingham, Melton and Stamford.

The transport project will include a £3m investment in a new fleet of buses and other equipment to improve bus services and provides the opportunity to trial electric buses – the procurement of which was approved by Cabinet this week. The precise location of the new mobi-hub has not yet been decided. However, Oaham Bus Station is not one of the sites being considered at this stage.

Following a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour and vandalism earlier this year, Oakham Bus Station has been temporarily closed.

Options for interim short and longer-term use of the bus station building are still under consideration but no decisions have been made.

The plans include toilets and e-bike facilities. Image credit: LDRS.