Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report.

The Committee was provided with an update on Transport for the North’s development of a Transport Strategy and on the progression of WYCA’s road and rail priorities for Transport for the North, including the development of a Northern Powerhouse Rail network.

Members noted the recommendations from the East-West Trans-Pennine corridor study, which had been approved by WYCA at its 29 June 2017 meeting, and were being provided as an input into Transport for North’s further work on the Central Corridor.

Resolved:

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

(ii)        That it be noted that the recommendations from the East-West Trans-Pennine corridor study are to be provided as an input into TfN’s further work on the Central Corridor.