Date
6 March 2015
Time
9.30 – 11:30
Location
Groundwork UK Building, 5 Scotland Street, Birmingham B1 2RR
Organisers
Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) and the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (ITA)
The event
The format of the event will be:
- Introductions and Chair – Dr Simon Slater, Chief Executive, SWM
- Presentation and initial questions – Jake Thrush, Policy Team, ITA
- Small group discussions and feedback on 3 key questions
- Close and next steps
The ITA was created in July 2014 and is formed of the councils and LEPs covering the West Midlands Metropolitan Area. Its role is to provide the strategic transport policy and planning required for the area and the future proposed combined authority. Centro will continue, but as one of many transport delivery partners for the overall strategy. Between 2 February and 13 March the ITA is carrying out early stage informal stakeholder workshops on the strategic transport plan for the West Midlands prior to the formal consultation later in the year. This event on 6 March is aimed at a range of SWM’s members and network members to gather their early views and input into the transport strategy such as:
- The balance between economic growth, social and environmental goals such as air quality and carbon reduction.
- Resilience to coping with change over the next 20 years of climate, technology, and demographic changes.
- Key criteria for prioritisation of investment and new sources of funding.
Booking and further information
If you feel you meet the criteria of being a stakeholder that is able to provide strategic input, ideas and solutions into this stakeholder workshop on the issues listed above please book online. Please note that once registration is complete we will be striving to ensure a good mixture of different stakeholders. Therefore you will be sent final confirmation details by the end of Tuesday 3 March to confirm if you have a place or not. For information, please contact Christina Marshall at SWM.
