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Transport Planning and Funding

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 09/12/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Transport Planning and Funding

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Minutes:

5.1.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

Meeting: 15/10/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

6 Correction note from the Department for Transport in relation to the Committee meeting on 17 September

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Minutes:

6.1.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

Meeting: 07/10/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

6 Follow up letters from Rail Infrastructure Scrutiny session on 17 September 2015

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Minutes:

6.1.1 The papers was noted by the Committee.

Meeting: 17/09/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Update Session with the Department for Transport

Colin Poole, Regional Rail Strategy Manager, Department for Transport

Tom Oscroft, Policy Adviser, Marine Commerce and Infrastructure Division, Department for Transport

Stephen Fidler, Deputy Director, Buses and Taxis Division, Department for Transport

Supporting documents:

  • Research Brief
  • EBC(4)-20-15 (p.1) Department for Transport

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee took evidence from Colin Poole, Tom Oscroft and Stephen Fidler.

2.2 Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM declared he owns a Welsh Government concessionary travel card issued by Conwy County Borough Council.

Meeting: 26/03/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Transport Planning and Funding

 

Witnesses:

Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government

James Price, Director General, Economy, Science and Transport

Claire Bennett, Deputy Director Transport Policy, Planning and Partnerships

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government. The Minister was supported by James Price, Director General, Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government and Claire Bennett, Deputy Director Transport Policy, planning and Partnerships

 

5.2 The Minister for Economy, Science and Transport agreed to:

 

- Share the recommendations of the Bus Advisory Group;

- Consider whether the Community Transport Association should be involved in the Bus Advisory Group;

- Provide a note on the Welsh Government approval process for the decision on concessionary fares and how advice was provided to the Minister;

- Provide a note on how Welsh demographic projections were considered in setting concessionary fares funding levels over the next three years given funding reductions in each year of the agreement;

- Provide an update on the development of plans for young persons’ concessionary travel;

- Provide a note on the approach to financing south Wales electrification set out in the Welsh Government’s final outline business case for Valleys electrification, including section 6 of the May 2012 Outline Business Case, and if possible including the figures redacted from the business case;

- Provide a note on discussions regarding north Wales electrification and wider related transport issues;

- Provide an update on dualling work to connect the North Wales Mainline to Liverpool and Manchester.

 

 

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