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New Anglia Transport Board
Agile to Change
Agenda
9.30am – 11.00am, Wednesday 1 December 2021 – Teams
9.30 1. Welcome and introductions
Chair
9.30 2. Minutes and matters arising
First Bus/Liftshare collaboration
Chair
Paul Martin/Mark Hand
9.40 3. Alternative Fuel Strategy
Providing a summary of work to date and asking
the Board to feed into action plan development
Katherine Orchard
Element Energy
10.15 4. Clean growth
Strategic reflections
Haughley, Ely and the Integrated Rail Plan
Maritime decarbonisation
All
Ellen Goodwin
Andrew Hudson/
Jonathan Denby
Andrew Harston/Paul Davey
10.30 5. Transport East update
Transport Strategy
Decarbonisation Baseline
Andrew Summers
10.45 6. Freeport East update
Paul Davey
10.55 7. Any other business
Forward Plan and items for next meeting
Date of next meeting – hybrid moving forward
All
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Connecting the East, Accessing the World
Meeting Note
9.00am, 6th September 2021 - Teams
In attendance:
Paul Ager Associated British Ports
Karen Chapman Suffolk Growth
Ali Clabburn Liftshare
David Cumming Norfolk County Council
Paul Davey Hutchison Ports
Jonathan Denby Greater Anglia
Nova Fairbank Norfolk Chambers of Commerce
Marie Finbow New Anglia LEP
Richard Gapper Federation of Small Businesses
Ellen Goodwin New Anglia LEP
Andrew Hudson Network Rail
Alan Kirkdale National Highways
Graeme Mateer Suffolk County Council
Andrew Mower Federation of Small Businesses
Richard Pace Norwich Airport
Jonathan Rudd New Anglia LEP
Cllr Philip Smart Suffolk District Councils
Chris Soule CLA
Andrew Summers Transport East
Esme Yuill Transport East
Observers:
Lewis Boudville East Suffolk Council
Apologies:
Kerry Allen Suffolk County Council
Mark Ash Suffolk County Council
Andrew Harston Associated British Ports
James Bradley Network Rail
Jamie Burles Greater Anglia
Patrick Ladbury GT Railway
Paul Martin First Buses
Cllr Graham Plant Norfolk District Councils
Cllr Richard Smith MVO Suffolk County Council
Andy Walker Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
Cllr Martin Wilby Norfolk County Council
Minutes and matters arising
The minutes of the last meeting were agreed, and all actions were either complete or
covered by the agenda.
Richard Pace highlighted the ongoing debate on Airport Passenger Duty and Norwich
Airport’s work on Airport Carbon Accreditation benchmarking.
First Bus/ Liftshare collaboration
ACTION – deferred until next time
Norfolk and Suffolk Renewal Plan including clean growth update
Ellen Goodwin presented on the Renewal Plan and on clean growth.
Comments included:
Rail: need to include service aspirations as well infrastructure improvements. Also,
rail electrification needs to be considered as well as hydrogen. Rail freight is critical
to our region and to the nation’s ‘levelling up’ agenda. If we refer to this in a more
strategic manner i.e. Felixstowe to Midlands and North it will likely gain more traction.
The importance of all connectivity, particularly digital.
The criticality of delivery timescales was picked up.
Demand data was also highlighted as a key avenue to explore.
Rural/coastal mobility was picked up as an area which needed further exploration for
inclusion moving forward.
The outputs of the session will be documented and fed into the process of developing the
Renewal Plan.
Transport East Update
Draft Strategy
Andrew Summers updated the Board on the ongoing work on Transport East’s Strategy
highlighting the importance of Levelling Up, Global Britain, Decarbonisation and a user
centric approach. He highlighted how this year had seen every mode and theme in the
transport sector moved on in terms of policy in light of these considerations. Finally, he
stated how critical DfT felt a ‘single voice’ was in terms of strategy and investment moving
forward. The Strategy is due to be completed around the turn of the year.
Comprehensive Spending Review
Esme Yuill updated the Board on Transport East’s approach to the Comprehensive
Spending Review. She stated that STBs will be working together on shared priorities such
as the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement. The importance of ‘no regrets’ investment was
noted with respect to the Haughley rail junction. The Board also noted the criticality of
highway maintenance despite complexities.
Freeport East
Paul Davey updated the Board on the progress of Freeport East:
The Freeport East partners, led by East Suffolk Council and Hutchison Ports are
completing the Outline Business Case (OBC)
The OBC was agreed in principle by the Freeport East board on 3 September and
will be submitted to MHCLG on 10 September
Work on the Full Business Case (FBC) will follow submission of the OBC
The current deadline for FBC submission is 10 December
Freeport East has 3 combined tax/customs sites and 4 customs-only site
Formal approval of the first tax and customs sites will proceed in parallel with FBC
preparation
Freeports will need an approved OBC and at least one approved tax site and one
approved customs site to be formally designated by Government
North Anglia Study
Andrew Hudson updated the Board on the progress of Network Rail’s North Anglia Study.
He outlined how Suffolk would be taken forward first given the progress of projects in the
County, but concern was expressed with respect to what that meant for projects in Norfolk.
He noted that Trowse was being taken forward by the Business Development Team and that
East West Rail would likely be picked up by future modules too. It was noted that the map
ought to include a link from Cambridge to Oxford.
Forward plan
ACTION – all to consider an in-person meeting and feedback accordingly.
AOB
Chris Soule highlighted maintenance signage concerns on the A143 between Diss and
Lowestoft.
ACTION – NCC and SCC to take back to their appropriate teams
New Anglia Transport Board
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Agenda Item 7
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
Appendix A – Transport Board Forward Plan
New Anglia Transport Board Forward Plan
Date
Theme
Forward Looking
Transport East Core Themes
1 Dec 2021 Agile to Change
As agenda As agenda
tbd Local and Coastal
Virtual
Clean growth – Alternative Fuel Strategy
Integrated Transport Strategy (ITS) including
Levelling up
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 - tbc
Clean growth
Integrated Transport Strategy (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, Global Britain
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
tbd Agile to Change
In person - tbc
ITS: Mobility as a Service, alternative fuels,
use of data, innovation
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
