Local Transport Board Meeting Note

10.30-12.15 Thursday 1^st December 2016

Britten Room, Endeavour House, Ipswich

Board Attendance:

David Cumming

Norfolk County Council

Giles Perkins

Mouchel LTD

Johnathan Denby

Greater Anglia

Richard Pace

Norwich Airport

Mark Pendlington (Chair)

New Anglia LEP

Paul Davey

Port of Felixstowe

Emily Manser

New Anglia LEP

Karl Murphy

DfT

Tig Armstrong

Norfolk County Council

Richard Perkins

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Cllr Martin Wilby

Norfolk County Council

Tracy Jessop

Norfolk County Council

Ollie Starbuck

East Midlands Trains

Matthew Winnie

Stagecoach Rail

Rory Gayton

Stagecoach Rail

Sue Roper

Suffolk County Council

Cllr James Finch

Suffolk County Council

Dave Watson

Suffolk County Council

Graeme Mateer

Suffolk County Council

Simon Amor

Highways England

Martin Fellows

Highways England

Hannah Grimes

Norfolk County Council

Apologies:

Cllr Guy McGregor

Suffolk County Council

Jeremy Cooper

Ipswich Buses

Charles Horton

Gt railway

Chris Soule

Country Land Owners and Business

Associations

Chris Starkie

New Anglia LEP

Chris Wiggan

Stansted Airport

Jamie Burles

Abellio Greater Anglia

John Dugmore

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Johnathan Cage

Norfolk Chamber of Commerce

Larry Heyman

Gt railway

Nick Burfield

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Richard Schofield

Network Rail

Richard Tunnicliffe

Confederation of British industry

Steve Wickers

First Group

Vince Muspratt

Norfolk County Council

Cllr Stuart Clancy

Norfolk County Council

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Welcome and Introductions

The Chair welcomed delegates and thanked them for their commitment to the

LTB. The Chair also thanked Giles for attending.

Minutes and Matters Arising

The 2^nd September minutes were agreed following the changes below:

 Item 8 should be Growth Deal instead of Growth Deal 3.

 To add the word additional to the 1134 services a week.

Feedback from NALEP Board

Mark Pendlington updated the Board on Growth Deal three which is a fund of

£1.8 billion set out by Government for LEPs to bid for. £151 million has been

allocated to the East of England. The New Anglia LEP are hoping to hear how

much money they have been allocated in the next couple of weeks. The New

Anglia LEP has already committed money for the Norwich Northern Distributor

Road and Lowestoft flood defences. The LEP Board agreed to provide the

aviation academy with more funding. The New Anglia LEP is also undertaking a

review of its strategic economic plan. Government has withdrawn its devolution

deal to Norfolk and Suffolk but both Government and the New Anglia LEP are

looking at the aspirations for Norfolk and Suffolk. Mark Pendlington informed the

Board that he had spoken to Sajid Javid this morning and he is keen to support

both counties in their aims and Mark thanked him for his continuing support.

Growth Deal Three/ Autumn Statement

Discussed above.

East Midlands Rail Franchise

Matthew Winnie and Rory Gayton were invited to the Board to discuss the East

Midlands Rail Franchise. Matthew explained that Stagecoach have been

speaking to groups to get support for their operations and a key topic for

consultation was on the Norwich to Liverpool route. What Stagecoach would like

is to hear the Board’s views on keeping that route in the new franchise and

feedback from the group will influence decisions next May. In the next two to

three months the two main activities will be understanding the market and seeing

as many people as possible. Stagecoach sees this meeting as an opportunity to

say hello and allow the Board to inform Stagecoach of their views. Having run the

franchise Stagecoach would like to keep the franchise as the north south and

east west links are all important.

ACTION: The Board would like to see the DfT prospectus and when the

Stagecoach consultations are.

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Matthew was asked whether Stagecoach intends to improve rolling stock and

journey times. He responded stating the aspiration is to cut journey times. It is

also more cost efficient to get new stock rather than maintain old.

The Board feel the rolling stock is only part of the problem and that opportunities

for infrastructure improvements are needed. However the extent to which things

can improve is limited in relation to infrastructure. It would be useful for the Board

to have discussions with Network Rail to remove restrictive areas such as level

crossings or speed limits. It was felt that most planning is on the north south route

and that it would be useful to have work looking at the Norwich to Liverpool

journey time and connections.

Richard Pace declared an interest as he works for Norwich International airport.

Integrated Transport Strategy

Tig Armstrong informed the Board that progress is being made on the integrated

transport strategy and thanked Giles at Mouchel and KPMG for their work. Tig

informed the Board of the tight delivery frame with the work aiming to be

completed around March. Currently there are some informal governance

arrangements and the first meeting of the reference group was held on the 30^th

November where local authorities and transport representatives provided

guidance, the meetings will be held monthly with lots of one to one consultations.

In parallel there is a smaller working group comprising of NCC, SCC and New

Anglia LEP, they will work closely with Giles on delivery. Both counties have

commenced work around infrastructure planning and intend to make sure all

plans are taken into account and are compatible.

Giles Perkins updated the Board on progress with the integrated transport

strategy. The integrated transport strategy is looking to see what the future will

look like in terms of economic performance. The approach is to develop a

transport strategy for scenarios in 30, 40 and 50 years’ time. The process is also

looking at economic futures, anticipated changes and what requirements will be

needed.

Currently the transport sector splits people into those individuals who travel for

leisure and business. People use transport who use IT, who are in the service

industry, manufacturing and to be mobile to deliver other things such as Amazon.

There is also an increase in the use of white vans with lots of small projects.

The output of the work will be a public facing document with an evidence base

beneath. There will be an economic transport review looking at how sectors will

change and shift implications for transport.

A map was shown to the Board showing all of the travel time data which is

available to the public. It showed long waiting times due to congestion and single

carriageways. Another map was shown to the Board highlighting the amount of

people working from home. The strategy is looking at the potential for more

people working from home. The importance of connectivity is different for

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different people, digital connectivity is prominent for some and for others bringing

people together is more important.

Giles pointed out that the East to West link isn’t currently a priority and that rail

and freight movements have changed. Transport is important and customers

have expectations around reliability, resilience and unforeseen circumstances.

The rise of the smart phone means people can rely on maps and data to help

make their choices and it has encouraged interlinks. For transport to be effective

digital utility needs to be alongside with reliable wifi and data.

The public choose to drive or catch a train based on their own value of time and

pressures. There are currently lots of innovative transport ideas like car share,

fuel cards, electric cars and shared on demand mini buses. There may be

opportunities to have one account to pay for rail, road, and buses as transport is

a means to an end for leisure, work and care. Robotics could also allow us to

maintain highways more easily or be used in drains to clean road drainage.

The strategy will take into account future pressures as some transport methods

will be better for some people in city areas and others in urban. There is the

possibility of improving connectivity of vehicles and infrastructure information

being within vehicles when you need fuel. Future technology scenarios look at an

evidence base trying to future build new infrastructure. There is also a possibility

for the platooning of HGVs for distribution and for self-diagnostics in highways

where defects repair themselves with robotics.

ACTION: All to offer if they would like to be a sector lead for Giles.

Giles stated that the New Anglia LEP geography is different to other areas and

that the Board shouldn’t try to compare Norwich with Manchester and that

different solutions may be applicable here. The strategy needs to recognise the

role of future technologies as highways will change with driverless cars. If there

are lots of smaller driverless cars it may increase congestion.

Cllr Finch asked if there will be the wiliness to change by customers due to the

age profile of the country. Different generations have different expectations as the

younger generations prefer to use digital information. Different people need to be

communicated to in different ways be it written or online. Payment and provision

of information needs to be segmented by different customer needs. Some areas

struggle with the technology as they cannot get broadband so need information to

be distributed on paper.

Giles explained that Ali Clabburn felt the utility of digital infrastructure is integral

to future transport plans. There needs to be faster broadband which can allow

everyone to book a flights, use maps and small amounts of data. There are also

applications where you can receive a personalised travel plan from end to end.

ACTION: NCC and SCC to contact their respective youth panels to help Giles get

the younger generations views on the future of transport.

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Sub National Transport Bodies and Devolution

Tracy Jessop updated the Board on progress with Sub National Transport

Bodies (SNTBs). NCC met to have an initial look at the pros and cons and

options for SNTBs. There have been discussions with the Economic Heartland

and Essex. Given the change in circumstances around devolution NCC and SCC

need to decide on next steps and which way to look as the different transport

sectors will look in different directions.

ACTION: Bring back next steps and ideas to the March meeting.

Transport and infrastructure updates



The five major projects in Norfolk and Suffolk are on target. Suffolk are

working with DfT to agree a programme for the Suffolk Energy Gateway

that was awarded £1 million development costs in the autumn statement.



Karl Murphy updated the Board on the autumn statement: there is a total

£1.1 billion for local roads, this includes £175million road safety funds for

the most dangerous roads. There is also £27millon for the Cambridge

Oxford expressway.



Great Yarmouth has received money for the development of an outline

business case which is being prepared for March. The Norwich Northern

Distributor Road is currently under construction and is on track to be

completed by December 2017.



The Local Transport Body is also looking at scenarios to prioritise 99

unfunded transport projects.



Simon Amor updated the Board on the work of Highways England. The

A14 started works on Monday. RIS1 is on track and the A47 projects have

a public consultation early next year and the work will begin before March

2020. The Oxford Cambridge expressway is to receive £27million to

develop the project. Highways England received 5000 applications in their

call for evidence last year and will be holding Stakeholder events in

February and March.



David Cumming explained NCC’s priorities for RIS2 along the A47 which

are the Acle straight and Tilney to East Winch. NCC coordinates the A47

Alliance and are hoping to agree the priorities next week.



Simon Amor explained that Highways England are sifting through

evidence to send recommendations to DfT. The Road to Growth

document sets out how to make roads suitable for future growth. Maps

within the documents don’t show the East of England in the best light so

Simon asked for the Board to comment on the documents.

ACTION: All to comment on the Road to Growth documents.



Martin Fellow added that RIS2 will be the first time Highways England can

inform DfT of their recommendations. Highways England are keen to work

with those around the table.

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 Richard Pace explained that Norwich International Airport provides a good

service for Norfolk and Suffolk with 1.8million people annually. The airport

is updating its masterplan and are rebranding under the Rigby Group. The

new website will be rolled out over the coming months. The airport also

wishes to show its support for the academy. 2018 may show the real

pressures on prices depending on where the exchange rate goes.

 Johnathan Denby updated the Board on the successful franchise launch.

The contract signatures are with the trade manufacturers and the contract

with bombardier has been signed. Performance is tough across the

industry this time of year. The performance was difficult last autumn with

60% of leaves falling in two weeks. Abellio and Network Rail have worked

closely together and this year has seen very few leaves left. Network Rail

have struggled with funding for some projects there may need to be some

small match funding from the LEP.

 Paul Davey updated the Board on the Ports activity. Currently the Port is

seeing no direct impacts from Brexit and the Port is keen to see goods

move with the minimum of impediments.

 Tig Armstrong informed the Board of a study by the Norwich Society

which found that 80% of people surveyed listed distance and 52%

perceived lack of opportunity as reasons why they don’t come to Norwich

to work.

AOB

There was no other business.

10. Date of next meeting

10.30-12.30 Wednesday 1^st March in Norwich

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