Decision details

(ii) To endorse the final Transport for the South East Strategic

  Investment Plan, as a wider plan complementing the Connected

  Southampton Transport Strategy, and to recommend its approval to

  TfSE Partnership Board.

 As a member of TfSE, the Council has had the opportunity to help shape the

development of the SIP, including making sure it is aligned to local and

Solent-wide aspirations as set out in the Connected Southampton Transport

Strategy and wider Council strategies. The SIP will also be used to lobby

Central Government for future transport funding and to develop business

cases for strategic infrastructure projects. Further to consultation on the draft

SIP, TfSE has updated the document to reflect feedback, including comments

submitted by the Council. The Council is committed to continuing to work with

TfSE to secure investment in the South East and to fully understand the

impacts of delivering the proposed interventions set out in the SIP.

Do-nothing – not recommended.

If the SIP is not endorsed by its constituent members the region would lack

collective support for the pipeline of transport schemes and impact the ability

to secure and justify investment in the region, from Central Government and

other potential funders, and to develop business cases up to 2050. This could

impact the city’s and region’s ability to deliver local and strategic projects

outlined in the Connected Southampton Transport Strategy and the SIP,

including our ambition to create a Southampton Mass Transit System (SMTS)

with frequent and metro-levels of service. The SMTS is dependent upon other

‘enabling’ interventions located on the wider Solent rail network, which are

also included in the SIP.

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