Agenda item

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that formal consent be given under Section 102J of the Local Transport Act 2008 to the making by the Secretary of State of Regulations to establish Transport for the North (TfN) as a Sub-National Transport Body and giving TfN concurrent highway powers with the Council; and

(ii)       that arrangements be made in due course for an All Member Information Briefing on the progress of TfN in taking forward the pan-Northern Transport Strategy.

Note:  In view of the need to inform the Secretary of State for Transport by 20^th October, 2017 that the Council has given its consent to the Regulations, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has agreed to waive the Call-In delay in respect of this matter.