Issue - meetings

The Transport Committee considered a report on the Transport for the North consultation on its draft strategic Transport Plan.

Transport for the North (TfN) published a draft Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for the North on 16 January 2018 and a formal public and stakeholder consultation had commenced.

TfN was created as a pan-Northern Partnership Board of civic and business leaders working to develop the case for transformational investment in transport for the North.  In April 2018 TfN will become the first Sub-National Transport body in England tasked with making recommendations on behalf of the North to Highways England, Network Rail, High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and the Department for Transport in respect of requirements for the pan-Northern transport network.

Members discussed and agreed the recommended key themes detailed in the submitted report..  These would form the basis of the Combined Authority’s response to TfN’s Strategic Transport Plan consultation.

Resolved:

(i)            That the Transport for the North consultation on its draft Strategic Transport Plan be noted.

(ii)          That the recommended key themes identified in paragraph 2.15 of the submitted report as forming the basis of the Combined Authority’s response to TfN’s Strategic Transport Plan consultation be agreed.