Sub-National Engagement Teams

1. Sub-National Engagement Teams Joint Transport Planning Society and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport 4th May 2011 Margaret Jackson Head of Northern Engagement Team

2. Introduction • Sub-National landscape is changing. • Government Offices ceased to exist on 31st March 2011. • A number of Departments, including DfT, have decided to have some form of continued sub-national presence. • DfT is committed to continue engagement outside London. To continue our work with Local Authorities and sub-national strategic interests.

3. What is now in place • There are now 3 DfT Sub-National Transport Engagement Teams: • Northern (5 Staff based in Leeds,covering Y&H, North East and North West) • Midlands and South West (4 Staff based in Birmingham, covering West & East Midlands, South West) • South East and East (3 Staff based in London & covering South East and East)

4. What we are not • We are not the Government Offices. • Abolition of the GO Network was part of Government’s Localism agenda. • A drive to devolve more power to communities, recognising that those at a local level are best placed to understand their own needs and how to address them. • Also part of rebalancing the public finances.

5. What we are and what we can do • We are a DfT central team, part of John Dowie’s Local Directorate. • Engagement will change and the relationship will be necessarily light-touch. • We are your first point of contact with the Department. • We are a critical friend who can: • translate and explain Government policy; • navigate you through the structures and processes within DfT (including its funding mechanisms); • help facilitate solutions.

6. What we are and what we can do • For the Sub-National teams to work, we need to have close relationships with Local Transport Authorities, agencies, business organisations and the emerging LEPs. • Need to understand the issues at local level to help develop National Policy and unblock blockages. • DfT wants to ensure ongoing sub-national engagement and that engagement will be via the engagement teams.

7. What will be our focus (1)? • Transport White Paper “Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon” places localism at the heart of the transport agenda in order to create local growth and cut carbon emissions; • Local Sustainable Transport Fund • £560m over 4 years • Mixture of revenue and capital • To support initiatives which address growth and carbon at a local level, influence choice and promote sustainable travel • Targeted modest investments

8. What will be our focus (2) ? • Regional Growth Fund: £1.4 billion over 3 years to support job growth – transport key to this; • Local Enterprise Partnerships, covering functional economic areas. Key role in taking a view on strategic transport priorities to support economic growth and further devolution of transport decisions to local areas. • Local Maintenance and Integrated Transport Funding • Understanding delivery and informing policy

9. Local Major Schemes in Yorkshire and the Humber Under Construction • A65 Kirkstall Road Quality Bus Corridor. DfT providing £19.8m on total scheme costs of £21.2m. Due to complete June 2012. • A1 upgrade – Dishforth to Leeming. Completion expected by 2012, £318m for the 13 mile section. Supported Pool • Leeds Station Southern Access (Metro) Pedestrian access from rear of Leeds station to Holbeck regeneration areal. • A57 M1 to Todwick crossroads (Rotherham) Dualling 1.2 miles of single carriageway on A57 between M1 J31 and Todwick crossroad, where traffic lights replaced by a roundabout Development Pool from October 2010 • Waverley Link Road (Rotherham) to link A630 Sheffield Parkway with A57, serving mixed use Waverley development and a new route to M1 J31. • Beverley Integrated Transport Plan (East Riding) Southern Relief Road of Beverley, plus Park & Ride facility. • A684 Bedale-Aiskew-Leeming Bar Bypass (North Yorkshire). New East-West bypass on A684. • Leeds Rail Growth Package (Metro). Two new stations at Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall Forge on Leeds to Bradford Forster Square line, plus expanded Park & Ride at 5 existing stations.

10. Local Major Schemes in Yorkshire and the Humber • Access York Phase 1 (Park & Ride) (York). Two new Park & Ride sites and extension of existing P&R site on York Ring Road, increasing P&R spaces from 3,750 to 5,350. • A6182 White Rose Way Improvements (Doncaster). Dualling 1.2 miles of White Rose Way linking M18 J3 to Doncaster town centre, serving major development sites. • A18-A180 Link (NE Lincs). Short link connecting A180 Stallingborough interchange to A18 south of Immingham, improving access to port, diverting HGV traffic away from Immingham. • Supertram Additional Vehicles (SYPTE). Four additional trams for Sheffield Supertram to alleviate overcrowding and meet some additional demand. • Leeds New Generation Transport (NGT) (Metro). Modern trolleybus system on North and South radial routes into Leeds with Park & Ride facilities. Development Pool (from Feb 2011) • A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley improvements (East Riding). Junction improvements and carriageway widening along A164 between Humber Bridge and Beverley. • South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit Northern Route (SYPTE) between Sheffield and Rotherham along Don Valley, including fixed link under M1 at Tinsley viaduct to bypass motorway junctions. • Leeds Inner Ring Road maintenance. Repairs to first section of Leeds Inner Ring Road built in 1960s including tunnelled sections.

11. Highways Agency prioritised road schemes to be under construction by 2015 Four managed motorway schemes giving additional capacity through hard shoulder running and variable speed limits at congested times: M1 J28-J31 (throughDerbyshire, improving access to Sheffield) M1 J32-J35a (through Sheffield/Rotherham area) M1 J39-J42 (through Wakefield area to M1/M62 junction) M62 J25-J30 (south of Leeds and Bradford) Highways Agency will also continue preparatory work on two schemes in Yorkshire and Humber, for start of construction after 2015: A160/A180 Immingham (access to Port of Immingham) A63 Castle Street, Hull City Centre (access to Port of Hull)

12. Other Major Investment Rail • 20 extra carriages (from Dec 2011) on Northern services from Skipton, Ilkley and Doncaster via Wakefield into Leeds – some new services, two trains lengthened. Part of 650 additional carriages to be introduced by 2014. • £150,000 for partners in South Yorkshire to investigate whether tram-trains could run between Sheffield and Rotherham, offering faster journey times. • £85m scheme to deliver Ordsall Chord by 2016, providing vital link between Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria Stations, creating potential new timetable, including reducing journey times between Liverpool and Leeds by 35 minutes. First step to deliver the Northern Hub. • In October 2010, Secretary of State announced Government’s preferred high speed rail network – the “Y” – from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, with onward connections onto West and East Coast Main Lines and to Liverpool on the line that is to be electrified by 2016. The “Y” is the option that brings greatest benefits to cities of the North.

13. Any Questions?

14. Contacts in the Northern Hub Margaret Jackson, (margaret.jackson@dft.gsi.gov.uk) Richard Perry (richard.perry@dft.gsi.gov.uk) Mark Duggleby (mark.duggleby@dft.gsi.gov.uk) Helen Gorner (helen.gorner@dft.gsi.gov.uk) Christine Staley (christine.staley@dft.gsi.gov.uk)