Decision details

Resolved:

(i)             That the updates provided in the report be noted.

(ii)            That a letter be sent from the Committee (with the abstention of Wakefield Members) to the Government explaining and expressing opposition to the National Infrastructure Commission’s Rail Needs Assessment, including the concerns outlined in paragraph 2.17 of the submitted report and also highlighting the importance of protecting former rail corridors.

(iii)          That the Committee retrospectively endorses the Combined Authority’s input to the Union Connectivity Review call for evidence.

(iv)          That the Committee notes the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s response to the “Transport Select Committee call for evidence into Major transport infrastructure projects”.