Friday, March 5 2010
Transport planner JMP is working with Warrington Borough Council for the next 12 months to assist in the development of its third Local Transport Plan (LTP3) containing a long term strategy for the Borough.
The LTP3 will be submitted to Government for implementation from April 2011 and will have to meet crucial national, regional and local goals around climate change, the economy, equality, safety and security and quality of life.
JMP will be providing advice and assistance to Council officers at key stages of the project, including overseeing stakeholder consultation, policy development and programme planning and eventually Plan approval.
This is JMPs second commission for LTP work in the Cheshire and Warrington sub-region, with staff already seconded to the Strategic Highways team in the new Cheshire East unitary authority (a commission undertaken through project resourcing consultant AMTEC).
A team of environment and health specialists within JMP will also be putting Warrington’s LTP through an independent ‘sustainability appraisal’, critically evaluating it as it develops. This too follows on from a similar commission to review East Riding of Yorkshire’s LTP3.