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INTER URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY STUDY COMPLETED

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07 October 2009

October 2009

The mksm partnership has now completed its work to develop its Inter Urban Transport Strategy. The new Strategy sits between local and regional plans and aims to inform and influence transport policy across national, regional and local partners.

The report, achieved by partners working together across mksm’s three regions and fourteen local authorities, sets out the strategic transport network which is vital to achieving the 225,000 homes and 200,000 jobs planned for the sub region.

Commissioned by the mksm Strategic Transport Board and managed by the executive team, the work received grant funding by the Department for Transport and began in December 2008. The report tested the growth aspirations within the context of the strategic transport network, and highlights pressure points which need addressing urgently. It also looked at mksm’s growth in the context of Department for Transport approach to Delivering a Sustainable Transport System.

Garrett Emerson, Chair of the mksm Strategic Transport Board said:

“This is a major step forward for mksm, and demonstrates the maturity of our partnership working. We now have an agreed clear description of the strategic transport network for mksm, and a much better understanding of where we need to work together in the future. We’ll now work to strengthen the key road and rail networks which link the urban areas in mksm to each other and with the rest of the country, such as the ‘M1 corridor’ and the ‘Northampton Arc’. We’ll also be able to focus on cross-regional opportunities, such as better joining up of inter urban bus links and how best to focus on carbon reduction whilst still achieving substantial growth. Getting these priorities right meansmksm will be best placed to achieve its ambitions for long term sustainable growth. ”

The full Inter Urban Transport Strategy is available to download as an exectuve summary or as thefull report. Both can be found at: http://www.mksm.org.uk/publications.

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Notes to Editors:

1. Milton Keynes South Midlands (mksm) is delivering over 225,000 houses and over 200,000 jobs between 2001 and 2021 and is the UK's largest growth area.
2. mksm is one of the four major Growth Areas in England designated by government. It spans three regions and covers the whole of Northamptonshire, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes, and Aylesbury Vale District in Buckinghamshire.
3. The mksm Strategic Transport Board was set up in June 2007. Membership consists of the Leader or portfolio holder for each Transport Authority (the county and unitary authorities) in the sub-region and Board level representation from the three Regional Development Agencies, Homes and Communities Agency, and the Local Delivery Vehicles. It also includes senior officials from the three Regional Assemblies, the Highways Agency, Network Rail, the Department for Transport and the three Government Offices.
4. The remit of the Board is to strengthen sub-regional working and capacity, including identifying and championing strategic transport priorities to support growth as well as performance and risk managing strategic delivery of priorities.
5. East West Rail Consortium is a group of local authorities and government agencies with an objective of securing a new rail route from East Anglia to Oxford via the Milton Keynes South Midlands growth area. More details of the project can be found online at www.eastwestrail.org.uk. The £2 million for the current development and design work has come from the Growth Area Fund from Oxford, Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and Bedford with support from the CLG.

For further information

For further information on the contents of this press notice, please contact the mksm executive team on;

Tel: 01604 236697
E Mail: getintouch@mksm.org.uk