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Sub-regional working in transport
Charlotte Dixon
Regional and Local Transport Strategy and Funding
DfT
Charlotte Dixon
Regional and Local Transport Strategy and Funding
DfT
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• The need for joint planning and delivery in transport
• Progress to date: examples of local authority success
• The draft Local Transport Bill
• How does this “fit” with MAAs?
• The need for joint planning and delivery in transport
• Progress to date: examples of local authority success
• The draft Local Transport Bill
• How does this “fit” with MAAs?
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The need for joint planning and delivery in transport: Existing arrangements
• Most transport powers in England outside London are held by:
• County or Unitary Councils outside the six former met counties
• Passenger Transport Authorities and Metropolitan District Councils in the metropolitan areas
• Powers and duties are widely drawn, in recognition that different areas have different priorities
• But transport needs often don’t fit with local authority boundaries
• Most transport powers in England outside London are held by:
• County or Unitary Councils outside the six former met counties
• Passenger Transport Authorities and Metropolitan District Councils in the metropolitan areas
• Powers and duties are widely drawn, in recognition that different areas have different priorities
• But transport needs often don’t fit with local authority boundaries
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Progress to date: The Local Transport Plan
• Local Transport Authorities have duty to include their policies in a Local Transport Plan
• In the former metropolitan areas the duty is a joint duty on the PTA and the MDCs
• Elsewhere, local authorities can use general local government powers to prepare joint plans if they wish
• All authorities produced their second 5-year LTPs to start in April 2006.
• Local Transport Authorities have duty to include their policies in a Local Transport Plan
• In the former metropolitan areas the duty is a joint duty on the PTA and the MDCs
• Elsewhere, local authorities can use general local government powers to prepare joint plans if they wish
• All authorities produced their second 5-year LTPs to start in April 2006.
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Joint LTP Planning
Joint LTPs were prepared by:
• PTA and MDCs: Tyne & Wear, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands
• Four unitary authorities: Greater Bristol
• Urban unitary plus part of a county: Greater Nottingham, Derby Joint, North Staffordshire, Luton & Dunstable, Central Leicestershire
• Two unitaries plus part of a county: South East Dorset
Joint LTPs were prepared by:
• PTA and MDCs: Tyne & Wear, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands
• Four unitary authorities: Greater Bristol
• Urban unitary plus part of a county: Greater Nottingham, Derby Joint, North Staffordshire, Luton & Dunstable, Central Leicestershire
• Two unitaries plus part of a county: South East Dorset
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Greater Nottingham Plan Area
• 1x unitary authority (City of Nottingham)
• Plus part of Nottinghamshire County Council:
• 3 x districts (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe)
• 1 x part of a district (Hucknall electoral wards of Ashfield district)
• 1x unitary authority (City of Nottingham)
• Plus part of Nottinghamshire County Council:
• 3 x districts (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe)
• 1 x part of a district (Hucknall electoral wards of Ashfield district)
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Perceived benefits of joint working
• Economies of scale
• Access to shared resources
• More efficient use of resources
• Transport planning & delivery matched to functional areas
• Economies of scale
• Access to shared resources
• More efficient use of resources
• Transport planning & delivery matched to functional areas
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Funding arrangements
• Most transport funding is through RSG and two large capital blocks for Integrated Transport and Highway Maintenance
• Blocks are distributed to authorities by needs-based formula
• Where authorities prepare joint plans, DfT takes advice from the authorities on how funding should be distributed between them
• Most transport funding is through RSG and two large capital blocks for Integrated Transport and Highway Maintenance
• Blocks are distributed to authorities by needs-based formula
• Where authorities prepare joint plans, DfT takes advice from the authorities on how funding should be distributed between them
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Other Joint Planning
The Tees Valley example: Middlesbrough, Darlington, Redcar & Cleveland, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
The Solent example: Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
• 20 year sub-regional strategies
• Individual LTPs: 5 year plans for transport
• Solent Transport Partnership – highways, bus, trains, HA
The Tees Valley example: Middlesbrough, Darlington, Redcar & Cleveland, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
The Solent example: Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
• 20 year sub-regional strategies
• Individual LTPs: 5 year plans for transport
• Solent Transport Partnership – highways, bus, trains, HA
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Draft Local Transport Bill
• Enables reviews of transport governance in metropolitan areas and elsewhere
• Enables establishment of joint authorities outside existing PTA areas
• Can also cover membership, powers, boundaries etc
• Proposes that in metropolitan areas PTA should lead on joint Plan
• Enables reviews of transport governance in metropolitan areas and elsewhere
• Enables establishment of joint authorities outside existing PTA areas
• Can also cover membership, powers, boundaries etc
• Proposes that in metropolitan areas PTA should lead on joint Plan
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How does this fit with MAAs?
• We already have joint planning, reporting, targets, funding and delivery in many areas
• Some important metrics, eg congestion, bus patronage, only sensible at sub-regional level
• Currently transport targets are not agreed with government.
• But LAAs will include the possibility of “designated” transport targets
• Should be straightforward to allow this also for joint Plans, with the contribution to the designated target included as one of the 35 targets for each of the relevant authorities
• DfT welcomes the possibility of transport being embedded in wider sub-regional agreements
• We already have joint planning, reporting, targets, funding and delivery in many areas
• Some important metrics, eg congestion, bus patronage, only sensible at sub-regional level
• Currently transport targets are not agreed with government.
• But LAAs will include the possibility of “designated” transport targets
• Should be straightforward to allow this also for joint Plans, with the contribution to the designated target included as one of the 35 targets for each of the relevant authorities
• DfT welcomes the possibility of transport being embedded in wider sub-regional agreements