The Northern Way Transport Investment Priority

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The Northern Way Transport Investment
Priority John JarvisNorthern Way Transport
Project Director
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• The Growth Strategy Report (Sept 2004)
• High performing regions prosper when well
  connected internationally and internally
• 16bn of 30bn output gap due to lack of dynamism
  in Norths economy competition, innovation,
  enterprise, investment
• 3 of 10 Growth Strategy priorities are transport
  related

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• Transport Priorities
• Airports
• Ports
• Better access within and between the 8 City
  Regions

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• Business Plan (June 2005)
• Establish Northern Transport Compact
• Early win interventions (10m)
• Develop the evidence base (2m)

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• Northern Transport Compact
• Consultation on draft proposal (Summer 2005)
• Northern Way Steering Group agreement of
  objectives (Oct 2005)
• Advice on strategic pan-northern transport issues
  and priorities linked to closing the 30billion
  output gap
• Professor David Begg as Chair 15 members (1st
  meeting 14 Feb 2006)

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• Early wins
• Rail access improvements to the major northern
  ports
• 3rd platform at Manchester Airport Station
• Enhancements to rail rolling stock

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• Developing the evidence base
• towards CSR2007
• Development of a Northern Way prioritisation
  framework (initial work completed)
• Ports (report with stakeholders for final
  comment)
• M62 route action plan (imminent)
• Air services
• Manchester Rail Hub
• Bus Partnership

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• Next steps
• Jim Steer (SDG) recently appointed as lead
  consultant
• Commit the early wins (April onwards)
• Productivity TIF (March July 2006)
• CSR2007 input (Jan 2007) Northern Way view of
  priorities over next 20-30 years
• And 4 Compact meetings by Christmas

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Anything the Compact recommends will be
evidence-based, linked to increased
productivity. Professor David Begg, Chair,
Northern Transport Compact