Friday, December 11 2009
Transport planner JMP, which is already working with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council on developing its third Local Transport Plan (LTP3), has now been commissioned to produce the accompanying strategic environmental assessment (SEA).
The LTP3, which will be submitted to government next year for implementation from 2011 will focus on achieving national, regional and local transport goals.
The purpose of the SEA is to examine the policy options of the LTP with a view to removing or offsetting any negative environmental effects. This involves collecting baseline data across a variety of environmental and socio-economic parameters in order to identify areas of sensitivity.
The LTP policy options are then applied to the baseline data to assess the degree to which the options lead to positive or negative effects on the environment, enabling alternative steps to be taken where necessary.