Decision details

To approve the Council’s formal response to the TfSE Strategic

Investment Plan consultation in Appendix 1 and delegate authority to

Head of Green City & Infrastructure to submit following consultation

with Cabinet Member for Transport and District Regeneration.

The draft TfSE Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) builds on the Transport

Strategy, adopted by TfSE in March 2020, by setting out delivery priorities for

the period up to 2050. The Plan, which has been developed in partnership

with 16 Local Transport Authorities, 5 Local Enterprise Partnerships (‘LEPs’)

and other stakeholders, covers the area from the New Forest to Kent and

from Isle of Wight to Berkshire. The Plan identifies measures within

Southampton, and the wider Solent area, that contribute to national and local

objectives set out in Government strategies and guidance, and the Local

Transport Plans (LTP) of its sixteen Local Transport Authority partners.

The LTP continues to set out the local policy framework for transport in

Southampton as required by the Transport Act 2000, and as amended by the

Local Transport Act 2008. The draft SIP aligns with and builds on the policies

contained in the SCC LTP by setting out the strategic policy framework for

future transport investment across the South-East.

Do nothing – not recommended.

This is the Council’s opportunity to formally respond to the consultation on the

draft SIP and to ensure the city’s interests are reflected in the final Plan

before it is finalised and submitted to the Department for Transport in March

2023.