Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Cath Rawcliffe Tel: 01772 533380 Email: cath.rawcliffe@lancashire.gov.uk
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Observers:
Richard Perry, Department for Transport Brian Parker, Highways England
In Attendance
Dave Colbert, Specialist Advisor, Transportation, Lancashire County Council Martin Kelly, Director of Economic Development, Lancashire County Council Mike Cliffe, Strategic Transport Manager, Blackburn with Darwen Council, Brian Bailey, Director ofStrategy and Funding, Blackburn with Darwen Council Jeremy Walker, Transport Policy Manager, Blackpool Council Daniel Herbert, Group Manager – Highways and Community Services. LCC Cath Rawcliffe, Democratic Services Officer, Lancashire County Council
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Welcome and Apologies for Absence Minutes: The Chair, County Councillor Geoff Driver CBE, Lancashire County Council, welcomed all to the meeting.
Apologies were noted from Councillor Phil Riley.
Officer apologies were noted from Alan Cavill, Blackpool Council, Heather Prichard, Network Rail and Mike Kirby, Lancashire County Council.
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Chair of the Committee The County Council at its meeting on the 25 May 2017 appointed County Councillor Geoff Driver CBE as leader of the County Council. In accordance with the Committee's Terms of Reference, Councillor Driver will act as Chair of the LEP Transport for Lancashire Committee.
Minutes: The Committee noted that in accordance with the Committee's Terms of Reference, County Councillor Geoff Driver CBE, Leader of Lancashire County Council, would act as Chair of the LEP Transport for Lancashire Committee.
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Additional documents: Minutes: A report was presented on a small number of updates to the Committee's Terms of Reference. The updates reflected changes in the Council's Structure from April 2015 and the emergence of Transport for the North.
Resolved: That the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership Board be recommended to approve the revised Terms of Reference of the Transport for Lancashire Committee as set out at Appendix A to be the report.
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: None declared. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2017 PDF 89 KB Minutes: Resolved: The minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2017 be approved as an accurate record and signed by the Chair. |
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Matters Arising Minutes: There were no matters arising from the Minutes. |
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National Productivity Investment Fund PDF 94 KB Minutes: A report was presented on the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) which comprised of additional spending in areas key to boosting productivity throughout the UK.
The Committee was informed that the Department for Transport (DfT) had allocated a proportion of the available NPIF to Local Transport Authorities on a competitive basis. The funds could be used to tackle congestion and improve transport networks thereby improving productivity and local economic growth.
The report set out the process and requirements together with a brief summary of the bids being prepared for submission by Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council. These had been prioritised locally as those best able to deliver the outcomes of the NPIF and were set out at Appendix A to the report. Officers from the three authorities gave a short presentation on each of the schemes.
Following the presentations each officer received feedback from the Committee on their respective bids. It was emphasised that there must be sufficient evidence in support of the strategic and economic cases for intervention and that it was essential that each bid attracted a private sector funding contribution. The bid must also contain information summarising the impacts against a number of metrics relevant to the Fund's objectives. The quality of the analysis submitted would be a material consideration in determining whether the bids were successful.
It was noted that DfT guidance had indicated that NPIF submissions would benefit from endorsement by the relevant Local Enterprise Partnership. The Committee was therefore asked to recommend that the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership Board endorse the bids.
Resolved: That the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership Board be recommended to endorse the bids being prepared for submission by Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council as set out at Appendix A to the report.
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Transport for the North Update A short presentation by Dave Colbert – Specialist Advisor Transport Planning, LCC Minutes:
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Any Other Business Minutes: None. |
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Date of Next Meeting The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 30 August 2017 at 2pm in Cabinet Room 'B' - The Diamond Jubilee Room, County Hall, Preston. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting would be held on Wednesday 30 August 2017 at 2pm in Cabinet Room 'B' - The Diamond Jubilee Room, County Hall, Preston.
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