SEMINAR - ADJUSTING TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING CUTS - Using local sources of funding to pay for new transport infrastructure.
Join Stephen Joseph, Matthew Farrow (CBI), Steer Davies Gleave and Bircham Dyson Bell at this complimentary full-day seminar for local transport authorities, where we will explore the options for local charging schemes to be used to raise capital and revenue funding to support Local Transport Plan implementation.
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The policy context
In today’s economic and policy landscape, local authorities wanting to invest in their transport infrastructure will, more than ever before, have to explore different ways of paying for that infrastructure.
By April 2011 all English local transport authorities need to have their third Local Transport Plan in place. In the current climate of funding uncertainty, local transport authorities are faced with a significant unknown: what level of resources will be available to implement their Plan?
Raising revenue through local charging
One opportunity to raise new funds and to help deliver transport and strategic objectives is to consider what role charging mechanisms might play at a local level. Read more here http://www.steerdaviesgleave.com/aboutUs/Events/#Context
Potential charging mechanisms.
- Road User Charging (RUC) Schemes
- New Toll Roads
- Workplace Parking Levies
- Community Infrastructure Levy
The programme
Priorities in the age of austerity and localism
Stephen Joseph, OBE, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport
Local Transport Plans 3: the policy context
David Moffat, Steer Davies Gleave
RUC and Tolling: legal and practical implementation issues
Rahul Bijlani, Bircham Dyson Bell
RUC and Tolling: the impact on the economy
Leo Eyles, Steer Davies Gleave
Workplace Parking Levies: how to design and implement a WPL scheme
Tom Henderson, Bircham Dyson Bell
The business perspective on local charging
Matthew Farrow, Head of Energy, Transport and Planning, CBI
Consultation & Engagement: design the scheme and build consensus
Tony Duckenfield, Steer Davies Gleave
The Community Infrastructure Levy
John Qualtrough, Bircham Dyson Bell
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