Issue - meetings

Transport for the North

Meeting: 29/06/2017 - West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Item 18)

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(Member lead: Cllr K Wakefield, Author: Liz Hunter)

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Decision:

Resolved:

 

(a)        That progress on WYCA’s road and rail priorities for Transport for the North including the Northern Powerhouse Rail network be noted.

 

(b)        That Transport for the North’s work to consider connectivity improvements across the Central Corridor be endorsed.

 

(c)        That the recommendations from the East-West Trans-Pennine corridor study be provided as an input into Transport for the North’s further work on the Central Corridor.

Minutes:

The Authority considered a report of the Director of Policy, Strategy and Communications which:

 

·         Provided an update on Transport for the North’s development of a Transport Strategy and on road and rail priorities for Transport for the North, including the development of a Northern Powerhouse Rail network.

·         Sought approval for the recommendations from the East-West Trans-Pennine corridor study to be provided as an input into the Transport for the North’s further work on the Central Corridor.

 

Members discussed the importance of ensuring that WYCA’s priorities continued to be reviewed and that they be communicated as widely as possible to the public. It was requested that the report be circulated to each constituent authority for consideration at their Executive Board to ensure there was a unified approach to the priorities.  A report would be brought to the next meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

(a)        That progress on WYCA’s road and rail priorities for Transport for the North

            including the Northern Powerhouse Rail network be noted.

 

(b)        That Transport for the North’s work to consider connectivity improvements

            across the Central Corridor be endorsed.

 

(c)        That the recommendations from the East-West Trans-Pennine corridor

              study be provided as an input into Transport for the North’s further work

              on the Central Corridor.

 

(d)        That the report be circulated to each constituent council for consideration

              at their Executive Board.

 

(e)        That a report be prepared for the next meeting of WYCA to be held on

3 August 2017.