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Local Transport Board Meeting Note
10.30-1.15 Tuesday 18
th
September 2018
Transport Systems Catapult, The Pinnacle, 170, Midsummer Blvd, Milton
Keynes, MK9 1BP.
Board Attendance:
Sue Roper
Suffolk County Council
Cllr Mary Evans
Suffolk County Council
Graeme Mateer
Suffolk County Council
Nick Burfield
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
Ellen Goodwin
New Anglia LEP
Paul Davey
Felixstowe Port
Sam Hunt
Liftshare
Cllr Martin Wilby
Norfolk County Council
Jonathan Rudd
New Anglia LEP
Richard Taylor
Network Rail
Richard Perkins
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
Laura Etheridge
East Midlands Trains
David Manning
Highways England
Phil Stanier
Highways England
Ali Clabburn
Liftshare
Doug Field
New Anglia LEP
Dominic Keen
New Anglia LEP
Hannah Grimes
Norfolk County Council
David Cumming
Norfolk County Council
Apologies:
Emily Manser
New Anglia LEP
Jamie Burles
Greater Anglia
John Dugmore
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan Cage
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
Larry Heyman
Gt Railway
Lee Sambrook
DfT
Lindsay Bailey
Hutchison-westport
Nova Fairbank
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
Ollie Starbuck
East Midlands Trains
Paul Horne
Suffolk County Council
Richard Pace
Norwich Airport
Ricard Tunnicliffe
Confederation of British industry
Steve Wickers
First Group
Paul Martin
First Group
Cllr Stuart Clancy
Norfolk County Council
Phil Langley
Norwich Airport
Chris Soule
Country Land Owners and Business
Associations
Simon Amor
Highways England
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1. Welcome and introductions
Doug Field welcomed the Board and thanked Cllr Evans for chairing the last
meeting.
2. Minutes and matters arising Tuesday 19
th
June
The minutes from Tuesday 19
th
June were agreed.
Richard Taylor informed the Board that Haughley junction is being developed
as part of the overall programme for Ely and the outline business case is due
to be published in May 2019.
The next Transport East meeting is on Monday 17
th
December which will be
used to engaged with wider stakeholders.
3. Lower Thames Crossing presentation
David Manning from Highways England presented to the Board. There will be
a 10 week consultation commencing in October. Please contact Phil Stanier if
you have any questions at [email protected]
Nick Burfield invited Highways England to the Chambers next transport
meeting and Cllr Wilby asked if Highways England would meet with Norfolk
Chamber.
ACTION: HG to circulate the presentation.
4. Tour of Transport Systems Catapult
Welcome, overview and SME activity
Alex Weedon (SME Strategy Director, TSC)
How Milton Keynes has embraced innovation
Geoff Snelson (Director of Strategy & Future, MK Council)
TSC Project Overviews involving Local Authorities:
UK Artificial Driver & HumanDrive projects (MK & Coventry)
Liam Singleton (Connected & Autonomous Vehicles Communications
Manager, TSC)
Flourish (Bristol)
Alan Nettleton (Senior Technologist, TSC)
Autonomous and Connected vehicles for Cleaner Air (Leeds)
Marcus Blackmore (Project Manager, TSC)
MaaS Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (Oxford)
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Richard Holland (Principal Technologist, TSC)
Viz lab visit - Using virtual & augmented reality in transport innovation
ACTION: HG to circulate the presentation.
5. Any other business
It was agreed that future Local Transport Board meetings will begin at 9am
and will be organised by the New Anglia LEP to be around three weeks before
the Transport East meetings.
Cllr Evans stated that Cllr Holdcroft asked that the boroughs and districts
involvement be considered and that Transport East be a standing item on
future agendas.
Organisational updates (received outside of the meeting)
Ely Taskforce
The Outline Business Case work for the Ely area improvements continues
and is due to be complete by May 2019.
Great Eastern Main Line Rail Taskforce
The Taskforce last met on 2nd July and Network Rail has commenced work
on a Rail Study for the Great Eastern Main Line. The purpose of this study is
to determine what the new baseline for economic growth is, given the
introduction of a new fleet of trains and a revised timetable coming into
operation during 2019.
Network Rail’s study will feed into the development of a wider economic study
and a Strategic Outline Business Case which will be published in Spring 2019.
The Business Case will comply with the Department for Transport’s new
enhancements funding process. New Anglia LEP is contributing towards the
cost of employing consultants to undertake the wider economic study and
develop the Strategic Outline Business Case. The LEP will also lead a
programme of stakeholder engagement in support of the revised business
case early in the New Year working closely with Network Rail and the train
operator.
Country Land Owners and Business Associations
There are ongoing issues around the minor/ local roads in Norfolk and Suffolk
which are problematic for farmers and links between market towns. Post
Brexit as the pressure to innovate and diversify grows so will the pressure on
these roads grow. There is a back road near Diss which is frequently used as
a cut through which is in a very poor state and in need of repair.
