Multi-modal and Road Based Studies (Hansard, 21 October 1999)

§ Lord Whitty

The current membership of steering groups for all the first tranche of multi-modal and road based studies is set out below. There will be an opportunity for all interested parties to contribute to the studies. The exact consultation arrangements will vary between individual studies and in many, wider reference groups have been established as well as the steering group. The views of passenger transport and rail-freight interests will be particularly important in developing practical alternatives to road based solutions.

Multi-modal Studies

Access to Hastings
GO-SE—David Andrews (Chair)
Shadow Strategic Rail Authority (SSRA)— Stephen Taylor
Highways Agency—David Stark
South East England Development Agency—Mike Link
South East Regional Planning Conference—John Barber
East Sussex County Council—Bob Wilkins
Kent County Council—Leigh Herington
Tonbridge and Mailing Borough Council—Brian Gates
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—John Haynes
Hastings Borough Council—Roy Mawford
Rother District Council—Leslie Robinson
Kent Economic Forum—John Gutteridge
East Sussex Economic Forum—Bill Uttley-Moore
East Sussex Transport 2000—Derrick Coffee
Sussex Enterprise—Mark Froud
Ten Sixty Six Enterprise—John Cosson
London Orbital
GO-SE—David Saunders (Chair), Charlotte Dixon, David Cooper
GO-EAST—Caroline Bowdler
GO-L—Tim Fairclough
South East England Development Agency—Paul Hudson
Eastern England Development Agency—Jane Elgar
South East Regional Planning Conference—George Burnett (Surrey), David Humby (Herts)
SSRA—David Smith
Highways Agency—Jim Boud
LPAC—Keith Gardner
South East Forum for Sustainability—Richard Pout
London Forum for Sustainability—Paul de Zylva (also represents Eastern Region)
Cambridge to Huntingdon
GO-EAST—Caroline Bowdler (Chair), John Brown
Standing Conference of East Anglia Local Authorities—Margaret Gough
Cambridgeshire County Council—Alison Quant
Highways Agency—Jim Boud
East of England Development Agency—Jane Elgar
Huntingdonshire District Council (representing district councils)—Elizabeth Wilson
SSRA—Carol Smales
Railtrack —Richard Workman
West Anglia Great Northern Railway—Julian Drury
Huntingdon and District Buses (representing bus operators)—David Hurry
Sustainable Transport &Environment for the Eastern Region—John Ratcliff
Road Haulage Association—John Bridge
London to South West and South Wales
GO-SW—Bryony Houlden (Chair)
South West Regional Planning Conference—Peter Stethridge
South West Regional Development Agency—Simon Hooton
Highways Agency—David Ward
SSRA—Stephen Taylor
South West Sustainable Development Round Table—Mike Birkin
CBI/Regional Chamber—John Wilkinson
GO-SE—Iain Reeve
National Assembly for Wales—Tony Carroll
West Midlands Area Study
GO-WM—Phillipa Holland (Chair)
CENTRO (WMPTA)—Paul Cobain
Worcestershire CC (representing all shire counties)—Jeff Romanis
Birmingham Council—Colin Eastman
Highways Agency—Gwyn Drake
SSRA—Bob Stannard
Sustainability Roundtable (FoE)—Gerald Kells
Wolverhampton Council—Malcolm Read
National Federation of Bus Users—Phil Tonks
West Midlands to North West
GOWM—Philippa Holland (Chair)
GONW—Peter Styche
SSRA—Stephen Taylor
Regional Development Agency (West Midlands)—Bernard Hardisty
North West Regional Assembly—Roy Newton/ Dave Colbert
Highways Agency—Gwyn Drake
Highways Agency (North)—Kevin Lasbury
Regional Planning Body (West Midlands— Alan Barnes (Staffordshire CC)
Greater Manchester MBC—Barry King
Transport Activist Roundtable—Lilian Burns (Council for the Protection of Rural England)
Rail Users Consultative Committee for the Midlands—Ms Jill James
Freight Transport Association—Roger Bird
Travel West Midlands—David Leader
Confederation of Passenger Transport—Mike Lambdon
North-South Movements in East Midlands and A453 (M1 Nottingham) studies
GO-EM—Steve Kennet (Chair), Will Wiseman, John Perkins (Sec)
Freight Transport Association—Roger Bird
Confederation of British Industry—Rob Boddington (Boots Co)
E Midlands Regional Local Government Association—Steve Calvert (Notts CC)
E Midlands Regional Planning Forum—Julie Maxwell
Regional Assembly—Steve Cannon (Derbyshire CC)
Highways Agency—Gwyn Drake
Confederation of Passenger Transport (represents major bus operators)—Melvyn Hopwood
East Midlands Airport—Alan Johnson
Transport 2000—Terry Kirby (E Midlands Transport Activists' Round Table)
E Midlands Chambers of Commerce—Benita Holmes
SSRA—Carol Smales
Notts Coalition of Disabled People—Jim Warner
Railtrack—Bernard Hulland
E Midlands Development Agency—Bill Kirk
Tyneside
GO-NE—Andrew Johnson (Chair), Neil Raper (Project Manager)
Association of North East Councils—Jerry Barford, Doug Hamilton
SSRA—Laura Wren
Highways Agency—Neil Taylor
One NorthEast (representing Regional Development Agency)—Simon Dove
NEXUS (Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive)—Bernard Garner
Gateshead MBC—John Johnson
South Tyneside MBC—Doug Pigg
City of Newcastle Council—Jim McMahon
North Tyneside MBC—Martin Swales
North East Combined Transport Activists' Round Table—Peter Walker
Yorkshire Motorway Box
GO-YH—John Jarvis (Chair), David Owen, Ben Still (Project Manager)
Highways Agency—Kevin Lansbury, Director NCS N, John Bagley
Regional Assembly for Yorkshire &Humberside—Mike Padgett
South Yorkshire PTE—Richard Barlow
West Yorkshire PTE—Graham Read
Regional Development Agency (Yorkshire Forward)—Steve Dann
Regional CBI—Penny Hemmings
SSRA—Stephen Taylor
Association of Train Operating Companies—David Campbell-Bannerman
Confederation of Passenger Transport—Glenn Kaye
Freight Transport Association—Bob Cross
Friends of the Earth (representing environmental groups)—Anthony Rae
South-East Manchester
GO-NW—Mike Hayward (Chair)
Highways Agency—Neil Hewitt
Stockport MBC—Ron Hilton
Tameside MBC—Carol Wilgoose
Manchester City MBC—Phil Jobling
Greater Manchester PTE—Julian Laidle
Cheshire CC—Brian Coppins
Macclesfield District Council—Geoff Leary
NW Regional Development Agency—yet to attend/nominate representative
NW Assembly—Roy Newton (Cheshire CC)/Dave Colbert (Lancashire CC)
SSRA—Kevin Houlton/Stephen Taylor
Railtrack—Caroline Wilson
Association of Greater Manchester Bus Operators—Chris Bowles (Stagecoach)
Manchester Airport—John Twigg FTA-Heather Cocker
NW Transport Activist Round Table—Stuart Murray (Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations)
GO-NW (Secretariat)—Richard Perry. Beatrice Whipp

Road Based Studies

A1 Bramham to Barton
GO-YH—John Jarvis (Chair), Ben Still (GO contact)
GO-NE—Jim Darlington, Andrew Johnson
Council for the Protection of Rural England—Dr Jim Burton
The Freight Transport Association—Bob Cross
SSRA—Stephen Taylor
North Yorkshire Police Traffic Management (Western)—Steve Ball
North Yorkshire Police Traffic Management (Central)—Martin Hemingway
North Yorkshire County Council—Graham Cressy, Chris Millns
Association of North East Councils—Doug Hamilton
West Yorkshire Police—Ian Symonds
Highways Agency—Ms Susan Housley (Project Manager), Peter Moffatt
A66 Safety Study
GO-NE—Jim Darlington (Chair), Andrew Johnson
Association of North East Councils—Malcolm Bowes
North West Regional Assembly—Dave Colbert
Cumbria County Council—Tony Richardson
Durham County Council—Doug Hamilton
North Yorkshire County Council—Chris Millns
Regional Assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside—Richard Kenny
Cumbria Constabulary—Sgt Malcolm Hodgson
North Yorkshire Constabulary—Sgt John Outhwaite
Durham Constabulary—Insp Gordon Balderstone
Freight Transport Association—Bob Cross
Highways Agency—Kevin Lasbury, Peter Moffatt, Alan Ellison, Malcolm Roberts
RTA Round Tables for Northeast, Northwest and Yorks/Humberside
GO-NW—Peter Styche
GO-YH—John Jarvis, Ben Still
M40/A46 Longbridge Roundabout
GO-WM—Ann Frost (Chair)
Highways Agency—Gwyn Drake
Freight Transport Association—Rodger Bird
Warwickshire County Council (RPB)—Graeme Fitton
SSRA—to be confirmed
Confederation of Passenger Transport—to be confirmed
Transport Activists' Round Table—to be confirmed
A3 Hindhead
GO-SE—Charlotte Dixon (Chair), Martin Tugwell
Highways Agency—Paul Arnold, Cliff Brown
Surrey County Council—Callum Findlay
Hampshire County Council—Gordon Adam
Waverley Borough Council—Steve Thwaites
East Hampshire District Council—Steve Read
Haslemere Town Council—Gerry Evans
National Trust—Peter Griffiths, Jill Barton
Automobile Association—Paul Watters
East Hampshire Economic Partnership—Maureen Newton
M1 Junction 19
Same Steering Group as for North-South Movements in East Midlands MMS
A419 Blunsden
GO-SW—Peter Botham (Chair)
South West Regional Planning Conference—Ken Kemp
South West Regional Development Agency—Chris Foley
Highways Agency—Clive Farnham
Wiltshire County Council—John Osborne
Swindon Borough Council—Helen Powell

All multi-modal studies will consider a range of solutions, including options aimed at reducing road traffic by making improvements to public transport and rail freight facilities. Where appropriate, road based studies will also consider these options.