New Anglia Transport Board

Connecting the East, Accessing the World

Agenda

9am, Monday 6

September 2021 – Teams

9.00 1. Welcome and introductions

Chair

9.00 2. Minutes and matters arising

 Comment on the tourism plan - complete

 Respond on the TE’s draft strategy, rural mobility

and net zero carbon pathway Qs - All

 Others covered by agenda

Chair

9.05 3. First Bus/ Liftshare collaboration – follow up

Paul Martin

9.15 4. Norfolk and Suffolk Renewal Plan including

clean growth update

Ellen Goodwin/ Marie

Finbow

9.40 5. Transport East update

 Draft strategy – pre-consultation engagement

 Comprehensive Spending Review approach

Andrew Summers

10.05 7. Freeport East update

Paul Davey

10.15 8 North Anglia Study Network Rail - tbd

10.25 9. Any other business

 Forward Plan and items for next meeting

 Date of next meeting – 9.30am, 1 December – in

person?

All

Officer Contact

If you have any questions about matters contained on this agenda, please get in touch

with:

Ellen Goodwin 07384 258662 [email protected]

New Anglia Transport Board

Regional Connectivity and Our Priority Places

Meeting Note

9.30am, 15

June 2021 - Teams

In attendance:

Paul Ager

James Bradley

Suzanne Buck

Ali Clabburn

David Cumming

Jonathan Denby

Ellen Goodwin

Mark Hand

Richard Hunt

Paul Martin

Graeme Mateer

Steve Oliver

Richard Pace

Richard Perkins

Cllr Graham Plant

Jonathan Rudd

Cllr Phil Smart

Chris Soule

Andrew Summers

Andy Walker

Laura Waters

Pete Waters

Cllr Martin Wilby

Observers

Michael Brown

Sara Noonan

Apologies

Mark Ash

Jamie Burles

Paul Davey

John Dugmore

Nova Fairbank

Andrew Harston

Patrick Ladbury

Andrew Mower

Cllr Richard Smith MVO

Steve Wickers

Associated British Ports

Network Rail

Suffolk County Council

Liftshare

Norfolk County Council

Greater Anglia

New Anglia LEP

Liftshare

Suffolk Growth

First Buses

Suffolk County Council

New Anglia LEP (Chair)

Norwich Airport

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Norfolk districts

New Anglia LEP

Suffolk districts

CLA

Transport East

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Transport East

Visit East of England

Norfolk County Council

Hydrogen East

West Suffolk Council

Suffolk County Council

Greater Anglia

Hutchison Ports

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

Associated British Ports

GT Railway

FSB

Suffolk County Council

First Buses

ACTIONS:

 Transport Board to comment on the Destination Management Plan at the appropriate time.

 Further explore active travel and integrated ticketing as part of the greener travel choices

workstrand.

 Consider the linkages between the Transport Board and Clean Growth Taskforce in greater

detail at the next meeting.

 All to respond to Andrew Summers and Laura Waters on the draft strategy for Transport

East, rural mobility and net zero carbon pathway questions outlined below.

 All to consider how they might like to engage with reducing their commuting emissions.



ew Anglia

LEP and

County

Councils to

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user centr

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data

1. Minutes and matters arising

The last meeting note was agreed.

East-West Rail letter has been drafted by Transport East to be co-signed by LEP after the

endorsement of the preliminary Strategic Outline Business Case by the East-West Rail

Consortium. All other actions covered by the agenda or complete.

2. Transport: the tourism and visitor economy sector view

Pete Waters, Executive Director of Visit East Anglia attended and gave his view on the importance

of transport connectivity to tourism and visitor economy businesses. He highlighted the ambition

to be the ‘environmentally friendly region of choice’. He also highlighted a number of key transport

hubs of importance: Norwich and Stansted Airports, the Ports of Harwich and Great Yarmouth

(and Lowestoft) and the opportunity for ‘levelling up’ internationally with respect to the more typical

London/West/Shakespeare focus. He stated that Cambridge was a key day trip location for those

staying in London and the opportunity that presented as well as the importance of east-west

connectivity. Interestingly he noted that many people found ease of access a contributory factor to

their visitor experience but said there was further opportunity for signposting from London and

more active travel options once here. Finally, Pete asked the Transport Board for their comment

on the Destination Management Plan once the draft was finalised.

ACTION – Transport Board to comment at the appropriate time.

Comments included:

 Wide support from Greater Anglia

 Active travel challenges in rural areas – preferred route app option?

 Integrated ticketing options to be explored again – possible ‘tourist ticket’

 Explore opportunities associated with ‘Masters of the Air’ series planned for late 2022

ACTION – explore as part of the greener travel choices workstrand

3. Clean Growth

Clean Growth Taskforce

Ali Clabburn was nominated as the Transport Board’s representative on the Clean Growth

Taskforce.

ACTION – consider the linkages between this Board and the Taskforce in greater detail at

the next meeting.

Greener travel choices

Ali Clabburn and Jonathan Denby updated the Board on the work they’ve been leading on with

respect to greener travel choices. Despite public awareness of climate change being higher than

ever it’s even more challenging to get people to make greener travel choices. The sub-group of

this Board and others have carried on discussing the topic and highlighted the importance of

disassociating being green/clean with the need for economic renewal and the importance of

people/users. Integration and whole journey has also been highlighted. Other topics include

flexible ticketing, the tourism/visitor economy sector, coordinated messaging and quick wins.

Comments include:

 Ely consultation

 Norwich Airport net zero ambitions focussed on emissions, electricity and access

 New GEML business case and recent Ministerial letter focussing more on performance and

journey times than capacity

ACTION – set up another greener travel choices sub-group meeting

4. Transport East update

Draft strategy pre-consultation

Andrew Summers and Laura Waters presented the work to date on the Transport East Strategy

and the foci of Rural Mobility and Net Zero.

Andrew confirmed that Transport East’s business plan will be published this week and that DfT

have confirmed £520,000 of funding for this financial year.

Ministers have set Transport East a clear direction:

“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.”

Things being considered as part of the draft Transport East Strategy include:

Rural mobility focus:

Net Zero Carbon Pathway focus:

Business As Usual and net zero 2035, 2040 and 2050 trajectories – how do we close the gap?

The Transport Strategy will be submitted to DfT in early 2022.

ACTION

Strategy and investment

 What is the most important message you want to get across to Government in the

Transport East Strategy?

 What does your organisation need from the Transport East Strategy?

 What are your emerging Comprehensive Spending Review priorities?

Rural mobility

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

 What pilot/test projects in rural areas are needed?

 How should we utilise links with the private sector to drive forward rural transport

innovation?

5. First Bus/Liftshare collaboration

Mark Hand and Paul Martin updated on their collaboration alongside Norfolk County Council and

Active Norfolk with respect to taking an employee centric data approach to zero carbon

commuting. Their aim is to use data to better inform operator decisions and make it easier for

people to make greener travel choices. Mark requested that organisations consider undertaking

an ACEL assessment (Average Commuter Emissions Level). He also requested help in

identifying large employers that might be interested and that funding be sought to fast track

delivery across Norfolk and Suffolk.

ACTION – all to consider how they might like to engage with reducing their ACEL score.

6. Large Local Majors (Majors) and Major Road Network (MRN) updates

In 2019 Sub-National Transport Bodies were invited by Government to come forward with their

priorities for Majors and MRN road schemes. Majors are defined as projects over £50m while

MRN schemes normally cost between £20m and £50m. The MRN covers the most important A

roads but not trunk roads (A11, A12 south of Ipswich, A14 and A47). Schemes will be funded by

Government with a local contribution, typically a minimum of 15% and each goes through a

process that adds detail and certainty at each stage.

Majors:

 Norwich Western Link – June Cabinet agreed to submit the Outline Business Case (OBC)

and appoint a contractor.

 Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing has started on site and due to open early 2023.

 Gull Wing bridge under construction. Due to open early 2023.

MRN

 Long Stratton Bypass – OBC submitted end of January, working through queries with DfT.

Also continuing to work with the developers.

 West Winch Housing Access Road – Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) submitted

end of March, working through queries with DfT. Continuing to work with the borough

council and developers.

 A47/A17 Pullover initial work completed looking at the problems and issues and assessing

potential options to overcome these. Working with partners including Highways England to

understand what the preferred option might be.

 A12 (east of Ipswich and Woodbridge now combined) – OBC submitted in October 2020.

Working with partners to develop a Bus Hub.

 Barny Bends – reviewing the issues to see if a case can be made.

 A1120/A140 – tbc

7. Freeport East

SOBC ongoing. The transport narrative around the Freeport is compelling and will be included in

the Transport East strategy.

8. Any Other Business

ACTION: New Anglia LEP and County Councils to discuss user centric transport data.

The Board had no additional items for the Forward Plan.

Date

of Next

Meeting

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New Anglia Transport Board

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September 2021

Agenda Item 9

Transport Board Forward Plan

Author: Ellen Goodwin

Summary

This paper seeks the Board’s input on the Forward Plan for the Transport Board with the view of successfully

delivering the Integrated Transport Strategy and aligning with the core themes of the Transport East

Investment and Delivery plan. It also looks to embed clean growth within the forward agenda of the Board.

Recommendation

The Board offers suggested input to the Transport Board Forward Plan.

Background

The Integrated Transport Strategy, adopted by the LEP Board in May 2018 has the following themes:

 Connecting the East, Accessing the World: Quicker, more reliable, and resilient strategic connections

to boost our contribution to UK plc., encouraging improved perceptions, economic participation and

inward investment for our key sectors and competitive clusters.

 Agile to Change: Embracing new technologies and digital connectivity to enable remote access to

services and opportunities to facilitate Mobility as a Service (MaaS).

 Regional Connectivity and Our Priority Places: Keeping people and products moving in and around our

growing Priority Places and Enterprise Zones through new investment, placemaking, maintenance and

an integrated public transport network with opportunities for walking and cycling.

 Local and Coastal: Innovative on-demand transport solutions and improvements to facilitate local

sustainable growth, walking and cycling, recognising local distinctiveness, and offering access to

services and opportunities through digital means.

Appendix A outlines a draft forward plan for the Board’s input. The Board are asked to consider what items

it would like to consider and agree the forward plan.

Link to the Integrated Transport Strategy and Transport East

Outlined above and in Appendix A.

Link to Clean Growth

The forward plan includes elements of clean growth throughout its programme.

Recommendation

The Board offers suggested input and agree to the Transport Board Forward Plan.

Appendix A – Transport Board Forward Plan

New Anglia Transport Board Forward Plan

Date

Theme

Forward Looking

Transport East Core Themes

6 Sep 2021 Connecting the East,

Accessing the World

Virtual

 As agenda  Global gateways, connecting the country to

world markets

 Better connected ports and airports

 Raising our profile as a place of rapid regional

economic growth

1 Dec 2021

Agile to Change

In person?

 Build Back Better – Global Britain, Net Zero,

Levelling Up, Innovation, Skills

 Alternative Fuel Strategy

 ITS: Mobility as a Service, alternative fuels,

use of data

 Transport East update

 Freeport East

 Resilient and low carbon transport network

 Early adoption of emerging technologies

 Expansion of infrastructure to support the

growth of EVs

tbd

Local and Coastal

Virtual

 Clean growth

 ITS…

 Transport East update

 Freeport East

 Energising coastal communities

 Supporting a year-round tourist industry

 Potential unlocked through transport

investment



Reliable A47, A12 and A14 corridors

tbd Regional Connectivity and Our

Priority Places

In person

 Clean growth

 ITS…

 Transport East update

 Freeport East

 Multi-centred growth

 Creating links between our high growth

clusters

 Better connected and mobile workforce

 Supporting new settlements

 Improved public spaces and access to town

centres

tbd Connecting the East,

Accessing the World

Virtual

 Clean growth

 ITS: Ports and airports, RIS pipeline, strategic

rail, international profile and trade

 Transport East update



Freeport East

 Global gateways, connecting the country to

world markets

 Better connected ports and airports

 Raising our profile as a place of rapid regional

economic growth

Appendix A – Transport Board Forward Plan