Agenda item

Alwen Williams (Interim CJC Chief Executive) to present the report.

1.     To note that, in accordance with CJC approval given on 21 June 2024, the following have been appointed by the CJC Monitoring Officer as co-opted members of the Transport Sub-Committee:

·        Cllr Goronwy Edwards (Conwy County Borough Council)

·        Cllr Barry Mellor (Denbighshire County Council)

·        Cllr Dave Hughes (Flintshire County Council)

·        Cllr Dafydd Meurig (Cyngor Gwynedd)

·        Cllr Dafydd Rhys Thomas (Anglesey County Council)

·        Cllr David A Bithell (Wrexham County Borough Council)

2.     To note the update included in Appendix 1⁠ which includes a copy of the draft:

•        North Wales Regional Transport Plan Vision statement

•        SMART objectives

•        Cross-cutting themes

3.     To agree that the next phase of work to develop the RTP will be guided by the Transport Sub-committee and will include recommendations on the above and following components required to progress the RTP: 

·        Detailed project plan (building on the RTPs Implementation Plan)

·        Integrated Well-being Appraisal (Statutory Assessments) Scoping Report

·        Stakeholder Engagement Plan

·        List of policies, programmes, and projects

·        Preparation for public consultation

4.     To agree to hold the inaugural meeting of the CJC’s Transport Sub-Committee on the 1st October. A comprehensive timetable and forward plan will be presented at this Sub-committee meeting. The Sub-Committee is responsible for key policy development and preparation of the RTP, which delivers a co-ordinated joined-up and integrated strategic transportation service in North Wales. The Sub-Committee will report its recommendations regularly to the CJC on:

·        steps taken to develop the Regional Transport Plan;

·        timetable and progress towards its submission to Welsh Ministers for approval;

·        development of policy aligned to the Wales Transport Strategy and the Regional Transport Delivery Plan for implementation by the local transport authorities;

·        monitoring and review of the Regional Transport Plan and other strategic regional functions as set out in its terms of reference.

The report was submitted by Alwen Williams, Interim CJC Chief Executive.

RESOLVED:

1.     To note that, in accordance with CJC approval given on 21 June 2024, the following have been appointed by the CJC Monitoring Officer as co-opted members of the Transport Sub-Committee:

·       Cllr Goronwy Edwards (Conwy County Borough Council)

·       Cllr Barry Mellor (Denbighshire County Council)

·       Cllr Dave Hughes (Flintshire County Council)

·       Cllr Dafydd Meurig (Cyngor Gwynedd)

·       Cllr Dafydd Rhys Thomas (Isle of Anglesey County Council)

·       Cllr David A Bithell (Wrexham County Borough Council)

2.     To note the update included in Appendix 1⁠ which includes a copy of the draft:

•       North Wales Regional Transport Plan Vision statement

•       SMART objectives

•       Cross-cutting themes

3.     To agree that the next phase of work to develop the RTP will be guided by the Transport Sub-committee and will include recommendations on the above and the following components required to progress the RTP: 

·       Detailed project plan (building on the RTP's Implementation Plan)

·       Integrated Well-being Appraisal (Statutory Assessments) Scoping Report

·       Stakeholder Engagement Plan

·       List of policies, programmes, and projects

·       Preparation for public consultation

4.     To agree to hold the inaugural meeting of the CJC’s Transport Sub-Committee on the 1st October. A comprehensive timetable and forward plan will be presented at this Sub-committee meeting. The Sub-Committee is responsible for key policy development and preparation of the RTP, which delivers a co-ordinated and integrated strategic transportation service in north Wales.
 The Sub-committee will report its recommendations regularly to the CJC on:

·       steps taken to develop the Regional Transport Plan;

·       timetable and progress towards its submission to Welsh Ministers for approval;

·       development of policy aligned to the Wales Transport Strategy and the Regional Transport Delivery Plan for implementation by the local transport authorities;

·       monitoring and review of the Regional Transport Plan and other strategic regional functions as set out in its terms of reference.

DISCUSSION

The report was presented which gave a further update on the work to develop the Regional Transport Plan (RTP) which included establishing the necessary governance structures to enable the CJC to carry out its statutory duty.

Attention was drawn to Appendix 1 of the report which provided an update and included a draft copy of the North Wales Regional Transport Plan vision statement, the SMART objectives and the Cross-cutting themes. It was noted that there were four SMART objectives and five cross-cutting themes.

It was explained that the next key step was to present these items to the Transport Sub-committee, noting that members had already been nominated to this Sub-committee. It was explained that these three items, together with further items which were noted in part 2.3 of the report, would be included on the Agenda of the first meeting which would be held on 1 October. It was added that a comprehensive timetable and forward plan would be presented to the Transport Sub-committee at this meeting. It was noted that this Sub-committee would be responsible for key policy development and for preparing the transport plan, and that the Transport Sub-committee would be reporting regularly to the CJC.

Members gave thanks for the report, noting that this was an important step on the journey of establishing the Joint Committee.