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Road Networks Update

Meeting: 08/09/2017 - Transport Committee (Item 23)

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To consider the attached report.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report providing an update on the West Yorkshire Key Route Network (KRN) and also on the work being done by Transport for the North (TfN) to create a Major Road Network (MRN) for the North and endorse further work on WYCA’s priorities for investment.

 

The collaborative management of a West Yorkshire KRN is a policy of the West Yorkshire Transport Strategy, as approved by the committee and subsequently by WYCA at its meeting of 3 August.  A Memorandum of Understanding outlining the basis for this work was attached to the submitted report for consideration.

 

TfN is also developing a proposal to create a Major Road Network (MRN) for the North, to provide a focus for investment decisions for improvements to roads (separate from the Strategic Road Network, managed by Highways England) that are the most economically important to securing the North’s productivity and growth.

 

Members were updated and agreed to discuss these issues in more detail, alongside Portfolio Holders, at a workshop scheduled for 5 December 2017.

 

Resolved:

 

(i)                 That the Memorandum of Understanding for the collaborative management of a Key Route Network for West Yorkshire be agreed.

 

(ii)               That the work by Transport for the North to create a Major Road Network for the North be noted and that WYCA undertakes further work to identify and prioritise priorities.

 

(iii)             That a workshop session on Key Route Network implementation and Major Road Network proposals is held with Transport Committee and Portfolio Holders to provide updates on activity and input to actions and priorities.