Gas may be back on bus timetable

Surging fuel prices have convinced the State Government to reconsider using gas-powered vehicles to expand its ageing fleet of buses. The Transport Minister, John Watkins, said yesterday the next tranche of 505 buses was out to tender and rising fuel prices meant it might be more practical to buy gas vehicles as well as new-generation diesel-powered ones.

Mr Watkins made the remarks after being asked if rising petrol prices had made higher bus fares inevitable. He said the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal would soon call for public submissions on whether private and public bus fares should be raised.

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