Tipperary is set to benefit from major changes to the rural transport programme with the creation of a new Transport Co-Ordination Unit for the county.
The TCU will be an independent company but is likely to be based from a local authority office.
They will be the ‘go to’ point for local communities and passengers to develop transport services right across the county.
Public Transport Minister and local TD, Alan Kelly, is overseeing the changes to the rural transport programme.
The Tipperary TCU will have to work to a rural transport annual plan devised by the new merged Tipperary local authority giving local government and local Councillors a role in rural transport development for the first time.
