Bus Operators' Association formed for England's Economic Heartland
Bus companies have joined together to form a bus operators' association for the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge growth corridor and surrounding areas.
The association covers the same geography as England's Economic Heartland, stretching from Swindon to Cambridgeshire, and from Northamptonshire down to Hertfordshire. It will have representation on the Heartland's Strategic Transport Forum - an emerging Sub-national Transport Body – through the association's chairman.
The move will ensure bus operators have a …
Hertfordshire and Swindon join England's Economic Heartland
Hertfordshire County Council has joined England's Economic Heartland, which provides leadership on strategic infrastructure in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge growth corridor.
Hertfordshire follows Swindon Borough Council which joined the emerging Sub-national Transport Body in March. There are now 11 local transport authorities that make up England's Economic Heartland, with a total population of over 5.1 million and GVA of £150bn.
Cllr Martin Tett, chairman of England's Economic Heartland, said: "We are …
Mayor Dave elected chairman of Strategic Transport Forum
Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, has been elected chairman of England's Economic Heartland's Strategic Transport Forum.
The Forum is the emerging Sub-national Transport Body for the Heartland region, which stretches from Swindon, through Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes to Cambridgeshire, and from Northamptonshire down to Hertfordshire.
It meets in public five times a year to discuss and agree England's Economic Heartland's approach to strategic transport issues. The Forum's membership includes …
Funding boost for England's Economic Heartland
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced a £2million funding boost for regional transport organisations in the South East of England to develop ambitious strategies to improve journeys for goods and passengers.
As part of the Government's ambition to give regions across the UK greater influence over transport investment decisions, sub-national transport bodies England's Economic Heartland and Transport for the South East will be given £2million of government funding to develop …
Sub-national transport bodies call for greater regional influence in an unprecedented joint response to Government’s major road network consultation
England's four Sub-national Transport Bodies (STBs) say the Government should work with them to define its new Major Road Network (MRN), as part of an unprecedented joint response to the Department for Transport's MRN consultation.
In a letter to Roads Minister Jesse Norman, England's Economic Heartland, Midlands Connect, Transport for the North, and Transport for the South East describe the MRN as a landmark and critical opportunity to drive economic …
England’s Economic Heartland commissions Bircham Dyson Bell for utility infrastructure study
England's Economic Heartland (EEH) has commissioned Bircham Dyson Bell to identify opportunities to improve the delivery of utility infrastructure in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge growth corridor.
Securing the timely delivery of enabling infrastructure is fundamental to unlocking the region's immense economic potential, something identified by Government as being a 'national priority'.
Bircham Dyson Bell's report will explore how to best ensure the current regulatory framework for utilities and strategic flood management …
England’s Economic Heartland commissions ImSim to develop ground-breaking policy scenario modelling tool
England's Economic Heartland has commissioned Immense Simulations to develop a ground-breaking policy scenario modelling tool for the transport system in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge growth corridor.
The tool will enable Heartland partners to look at 'what if' scenarios stretching out to 2050, and to explore their relative impacts.
Working closely with Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Planning Authorities across the region, the modelling tool will enable the implications of alternative policy …
EEH calls for improved rail capacity between Oxford and Didcot in Great Western consultation response
Improving capacity between Oxford and Didcot should be a key objective for the next Great Western Rail Franchise, according to England's Economic Heartland (EEH).
The new franchise is also an opportunity to consider how direct rail links can be restored between Swindon and the wider Heartland, alongside improved connectivity with other communities to the west of Didcot, EEH has told the DfT.
In its consultation response, the emerging Sub-national Transport …
Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Corridor All-Party Parliamentary Group launched
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Corridor launched yesterday (Wednesday, January 31) in Westminster.
Chaired by Iain Stewart MP, the corridor's official champion, it builds on the East West Rail APPG with a wider remit that reflects the challenges and opportunities of the region, which has the potential to become the UK's answer to Silicon Valley.
The APPG will promote the corridor on a cross-party basis, working …
East West Rail should benefit all points on the compass
East West Rail’s full potential to enhance north-south connectivity across the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge growth arc depends on harnessing additional capacity on the West Coast Mainline which HS2 will create, according to England’s Economic Heartland’s Strategic Transport Forum.
Its Strategic Rail Investment Priorities, published this month, highlights the opportunity East West Rail provides to improve north-south connectivity between Northampton, Milton Keynes, Aylesbury and Old Oak Common, linking up a number of …
