Transport in
the East of England
New Anglia LEP update
6
th
September 2021
Transport East Strategy
Comprehensive
Spending Review
Update on:
DfT’s transport priorities
Current DfT priorities:
1. Improve connectivity to grow
and level up the economy
2. Decarbonise transport
3. Improve transport for the user
4. Increase the UK’s global
impact
2020
• Covid emergency response
• National Infrastructure Strategy
• Gear Change (Active Travel)
Spring
2021
• ‘Bus Back Better’ Strategy
• Future of Rural Mobility Review
• Freeports
Summer
2021
• Williams / Shapps Rail Plan
• Transport Decarbonisation Plan
Autumn
2021
• Comprehensive Spending Review
• RIS 3 – HE Route Strategies next
generation start
Recent policy and strategy
Transport Strategy
Our partnership is developing an
ambitious Transport Strategy to 2050
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A strategic case for transport
investment in the East
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Tackle local and national outcomes
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Robust evidence base
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Informed by engagement with local
authorities, businesses, ports, airports,
operators and public
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Clear delivery priorities – with a Single
Voice
Baroness Vere, Minster for Roads, Buses
and Places, has set our partnership a
clear direction:
“be laser-focused on two core functions:
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”
Programme
Autumn 2021
Public consultation on Draft Strategy, Investment
Plan & ISA:
Nov 2020 – May 2021
Strategy development engagement with partners and public
Technical evidence base
End 2021/ Early 2022
Analyse responses & review strategy
Secure formal endorsement from TE
partner authorities – in advance of
submitting to DfT
June – August 2021
Pre-consultation engagement with
partners
* All dates indicative at this stage
Early 2022
Publish final Transport Strategy
To Secretary of State for endorsement
We are here
Our Vision and four priority goals?
4. Unlocking Global Gateways
2. Connecting our growing
towns and cities
3. Energised Coastal and
Rural Communities
1. Decarbonisation to Net
Zero
“A thriving economy for the East, with fast, reliable, safe
and resilient transport infrastructure driving forward a
future of inclusive and sustainable growth for decades to
come”
Investment and Delivery Plan
1. Decarbonisation
3. Energised rural & coastal communities
4. Unlocking international gateways
2. Connecting growing towns & cities
Support for the region’s two Freeports
Shift more freight to rail and increase road
reliability:
- E.g. Unlock Ely Junction to boost UK freight
growth
Enable mode shift and reduce private car
travel, including walking, cycling and
buses and other modes –tailored to
urban and rural areas, plus digital rollout
Electric and hydrogen infrastructure
revolution in rural and urban areas –
private cars, freight and fleet vehicles
Make rail more attractive to people –
Speed, frequency, connectivity, capacity:
- Unlock East-West Rail to Cambridge
and Oxford
- GEML to London
Support innovative transport
connectivity - 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
to our three international airports
Increase the reliability & resilience of our
main road network, e.g.:
- A47 Energy Coast to Midlands,
- A11 Norfolk to Cambridge/London
- Major road network
Reducing the complexity of transport
funding and increase certainty of funding
Giving regional political leaders greater
say on delivery priorities.
Increasing the focus on decarbonisation
Co-ordinating public and private sector
initiatives
Improving visibility and understanding of
the East’s assets and challenges in central
Government
Better ways to deliver
transport…
Transport East approach
Spending Review
Transport East Approach
• All 7 Sub-national Transport Bodies across England are preparing submissions
• Three broad categories:
3. A multi-year
funding settlement
for STB partnership
capability and
capacity to drive
forward strategy and
delivery with long
term certainty
1. Immediate delivery of ‘ready
to go’ projects and programmes
in RIS, Rail, LTP, Bus, Active
Travel, Freight and other budget
lines
2. Fast track projects within
investment pipeline to
accelerate their readiness for
delivery
Funding for transport priorities / programmes within/supporting an area:
• 21
st
July - Transport East Forum workshop
• Summer - Shared priorities across multiple regions
• Now to mid-September – engagement with DfT and Treasury
• Mid-September onwards – advocacy programme
Feedback from MPs and political leaders:
Transport East MP Roundtable
East of England All Party Parliamentary Group
• More flexibility and freedoms to raise private investment
• Invest in rural connectivity and innovative solutions
• Better working with partner delivery agencies (e.g. Highways England)
• A stronger narrative on need for infrastructure investment in the East
considering scale of growth planned
• Faster and more frequent rail (East-West and North-South > for passengers and
freight)
• Tackle decarbonisation
• Delivering for Global Britain
• One Vision, one voice for
transport in the East:
Decarbonisation
Connecting our growing
towns and cities
Unlocking our
international gateways
Energising coastal and
rural communities
• Delivering value for
government
Core narrative
Offer 1: We will accelerate delivery of and derive better value from our live investment
programme, with government support (include named projects)
Offer 2: We will speed a new generation of projects through an Eastern pipeline, to
meet government objectives on decarbonisation, economic growth, levelling-up
communities; in partnership with government and neighbouring STBs
Offer 3: We will maximise the value of all investment across the region, using expert
insight to inform decision-making at all levels of government and delivery (i.e. the three
year plan – capacity, capability and multi-year funding)
Three offers to government
Next Steps for Transport East Partnership
Clarify our ‘single voice’
priorities across the region
• Complete our regional 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
(e.g. providing support for MPs within their
parliamentary roles)
• Influence and shape national decisions and
events, including CSR 2021 and COP26 in
autumn
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