Overview
- The Greater Manchester Combined Authority said Thursday that Eamonn Boylan had died at 66.
- He led the combined authority from 2017 to 2024 and, starting in 2019 at Transport for Greater Manchester, brought buses back into public control for the first time in four decades.
- He helped secure a trailblazer devolution deal that gave local leaders more say over transport, skills and housing.
- He steered the region through the Manchester Arena aftermath, the Covid pandemic response, and a change of police leadership after major failings came to light in 2020.
- Tributes from Mayor Andy Burnham and colleagues praised a “public servant’s public servant,” and a book of condolence opened at Manchester Central Library.