Transport East Update:

15 June 2021

1. Business Plan

2. Transport Strategy

3. Investment and Delivery Planning

4. Engagement and Advocacy

5. Focus on Rural Mobility (Laura)

6. Focus on Net Zero Carbon Trajectory (Laura)

7. Questions for the Board

Contents

Purpose:

To update the LEP Transport Board on Transport East progress

and seek input on next steps

• Submitted to DfT in

February

• Approved by DfT Minister,

Baroness Vere in May 2021

• Formal publication later

this week

• £520k secured from DfT for

2021/22 to deliver:

1. Transport East Business Plan 2021/22

 Final Transport East Strategy (including public consultation)

 Investment and Delivery Plan

 Accelerate investment priorities

2. Transport Strategy

Our partnership is developing an

ambitious, unique Transport Strategy to

2050:

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A strategic case for transport

investment in the East

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Aligned with local and national

outcomes

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Robust evidence base

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Informed by meaningful engagement

with local authorities, businesses, ports,

airports, operators and others

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Clear delivery priorities – with a Single

Voice

“to develop and maintain a transport

strategy for their region; and to use this

to provide advice on prioritising

investment to the Secretary of State”

“This year the Department for

Transport’s (DfT) key priorities are to:

• Improve connectivity to grow and level

up the economy

• Decarbonise transport

• Improve transport for the user

• Increase the UK’s global impact.”

Ministers have set Transport East a clear direction:

2. Transport Strategy Timetable

Early Sept - 8 weeks

Public consultation on Draft Strategy, Investment

Plan & ISA:

Web based -

Stakeholder launch event/s -

Public communications campaign -

Nov 2020 – March 2021

Strategy development engagement and technical work programme:

Workshops and 121 meetings

Transport East Summit

Passenger transport & Active travel studies

April – May 2021

Technical notes checking with partners (E.g. ports)

Strategy drafting

Integrated Sustainability Appraisal

Young people creative competition

End 2021/ Early 2022

Secure formal endorsement from TE partner

authorities – in advance of submitting to DfT

June – August 2021

Pre-consultation engagement:

- Political engagement – i.e. joint planning mtgs/ Leaders mtgs

- Previously engaged sectors (business, operators, gateways,

econ dev etc)

* All dates indicative at this stage

Autumn

Analyse responses & review strategy

Early 2022

Submission to Secretary of State

Our region has unique attributes and challenges – and needs a unique approach

to transport investment…

Our Vision: A thriving economy with fast, reliable

and resilient transport infrastructure driving

forward a future of inclusive and sustainable

growth

Delivered through 4 priority themes:

• Decarbonisation to net zero

• Connecting our growing towns and cities

• Energised rural and coastal communities

• Unlocking our global gateways

2. Transport Strategy Vision and Themes

2. Transport Strategy: Strategic approach

1. Decarbonisation

3. Energised rural & coastal communities

4. Unlocking international gateways

2. Connecting growing towns & cities

Shift more freight to rail; increase

road reliability

Enable walking, cycling and buses –

tailored to urban and rural areas

Electric and hydrogen infrastructure

revolution in rural and urban areas –

private cars, freight and fleet vehicles

Make rail more attractive to people –

better capacity, frequency and

connectivity

Locate new housing and jobs in

places that ensure low carbon travel

& embed low-carbon behaviour

Transform local service provision -

especially for rural and coastal

communities

High quality digital connectivity for

all people and businesses in the East

(including all rural communities)

Increase sustainable access for

passengers

Increase the reliability & resilience of

our main road network

2. Transport Strategy – Priorities framework

Case for

investment

• Strategic narrative – our four priority

themes unique to our region

5-10 priority

regional ‘asks’

Inter-regional

priorities

• Our top 5-10 most important

projects/solutions in the East

• …plus strategic priorities in or shared

with other regions of the UK

Transport

East

Investment

Pipeline

• 30-40 strategic projects or

programmes – target different

funding sources

• Build on existing Investment and

Delivery Plan

• new powers, legislation, re-trunking,

change in government appraisal, or

other changes that we need to

deliver our goals

Legislation

and powers

 Headline strategic outcomes as a framework

for all advocacy and bids

 Headline strategic outcomes as a framework

for all advocacy and bids

 Our headline ‘asks’ to CSR 2021

 Focus of our MP advocacy programme in

Parliament this year

 Co-ordinated advocacy with neighbouring

regions

 Our headline ‘asks’ to CSR 2021

 Focus of our MP advocacy programme in

Parliament this year

 Co-ordinated advocacy with neighbouring

regions

 Support and accelerate local authority bids

to government

 First step to making case for devolved

funding?

• Our region’s priorities for delivery agencies

HE (RIS3) and NR (RNEP)

 Support and accelerate local authority bids

to government

 First step to making case for devolved

funding?

• Our region’s priorities for delivery agencies

HE (RIS3) and NR (RNEP)

Include in asks for CSR 2021

Support MPs advocacy

Include in asks for CSR 2021

Support MPs advocacy

3. Investment and Delivery Planning 2021: Forward Look

Winter

(Completed

)

•Covid emergency response

•Gear Change (Active Travel)

•National Infrastructure Strategy

•Bus Back Better

Spring

•Willams/Shapps Rail Review

•Transport Decarbonisation Plan

Summer

•Future of Rural Mobility

•National Bus Strategy – guidance

•Levelling Up White Paper

Autumn

•Comprehensive Spending Review?

•RIS 3 – Route Strategies and Pipeline

•Freeport Business Cases submission

•COP 26

• Transport Strategy draft evidence base complete

• MPs – Roundtable and APPG completed

• Publish Transport East Business Plan

• Transport East Strategy – public consultation

• Investment and Delivery Plan v2.0

• Work to accelerate delivery on rail, road, ports,

airports, rural and coastal, decarbonisation

• Prepare CSR regional transport offer

• Active Travel - case for investment

• Buses - case for investment

• Pathway to Decarbonisation by 2040

National transport agenda

Transport East programme

• Interim Investment & Delivery Plan published

• Transport East Decarbonisation Strategy

• Advice to government on rural mobility and union

connectivity

4. Advocacy Programme

Clarify our ‘single voice’

priorities across the region

• Complete our Transport Strategy and submit to

Secretary of State for endorsement

• Confirm our pipeline of investment priorities

Seek confidence from

Government that our priorities

can be delivered

• Set out our region’s compelling case for

investment, supporting growth and

decarbonisation

• Seek longer term funding settlements, and

better funding mechanisms / appraisal to

prioritise investment in the East of England

Communicate a single voice

to accelerate delivery

• Advocacy Plan to communicate our case

(providing support for MPs within parliamentary

roles)

• Influence and shape national decisions and

events, including CSR 2021 and COP26 in

autumn

Rural mobility

Data and Evidence,

defining what is

needed

Develop an evidence

base on innovation,

trials and best

practice

Present the rural

‘need’

Support DfT with the

case for investment

in rural areas

Develop new models

and ways of working

with the private

sector

Bring together, co-

ordinate and share

our own work on

solutions

• Lead the STB rural mobility group

• Responded to the Future of Transport: rural strategy – call for evidence February 2021

• Identified 4 key themes: Placed based, user centric, reducing the need to travel and

reducing emissions

• Role of STBs to lead and coordinate, providing strategic direction

• 6 workstreams for 21/22

• Working with the STBs, DfT and organisations such as Connected Places Catapult to

progress these

Carbon pathway

“Business as

usual”

• Building upon KPMG report, short

piece of evidence work to be in

Transport Strategy completed for

inclusion

• Phase 1 – BAU and net zero by

2035, 2040 and 2050 trajectories

TE with 3 place types – City,

market town, rural

• Advice from STBs to include this in

Transport Strategy setting out

scale of challenge

• Aligning with neighbouring STB

EEH

• Phase 2 – break down of the gap

between BAU and net zero

• Working with the STB

decarbonisation group and are

currently mapping activity across

England to present to DfT

Strategy and Investment:

1. What is the most important message you want to get across to

government in the Transport East strategy?

2. What does your organisation need from the Transport East Strategy?

3. What are your emerging CSR priorities?

Focus on Rural Mobility:

1. DfT have asked us to present the ‘rural need’. What are the key points?

2. What pilot/test projects in rural areas are needed?

3. How should we utilise links with the private sector to drive forward rural

transport innovation?

Discussion