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Devolution of Local Major Schemes

Highways and Transport Panel

13th November 2012

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Agenda

1.The context

2. The DfT proposals for devolution

3. Implications for Hertfordshire

4. Next Steps

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Existing DfT funding streams for local transport:

1. Block funding for highway maintenance

2. Block funding for small transport improvement schemes

3. Local Sustainable Transport Fund

4. Local Major Schemes

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What are ‘Major Schemes’?

• A large transport scheme (previously above £5m)

• At least ‘Local’ or ‘Regional’ significance

• Can be highway / rail / passenger transport

• Recent examples in Hertfordshire:

Baldock Bypass Croxley Rail Link

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The previous system (Regional Funding Allocation):

Regional Prioritisation

(EERA and EEDA) Department

for Transport

Scheme Promoters

(Local Transport

Authorities)Individual Scheme Business

Case Approval

Submission of

candidate schemes

Agree prioritised regional

list

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What has changed?

• New Government

• Abolition of regional tier

• Emergence of localism / decentralisation agenda

• Formation of Local Enterprise Partnerships

• Increasing need to ‘pool’ local and national funding streams to deliver projects

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What has DfT proposed?• Formation of Local Transport Bodies (LTBs)

• LTBs to be based on existing Local Enterprise Partnership boundaries

• Funding allocated to LTBs for Major Transport Schemes

• LTBs to identify priority schemes and oversee their delivery

• Local Transport Authority to be the ‘Accountable Body’ for the LTB

• Local Enterprise Partnership to be a LTB member

• Other LTB members to be decided locally

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LEP boundaries

The national picture

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New DfT Proposals

Department for

Transport

Local Transport Body

4-year funding

allocation

Programme reporting

Accountable body: Local Transport

Authority

Local Transport Authority

Local Enterprise Partnership

OtherLocal

Partners

Identify, prioritise, appraise and oversee

delivery of major schemes

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Implications for Hertfordshire

• Hertfordshire will be a single county LTB

• Hertfordshire County Council will be the accountable body.

• Greater certainty over funding – but need to have schemes ‘ready to go’

• A ‘pool’ of funding sources likely to be required to fund individual major schemes

• More decision-making at a local level (Responsibilities devolved include legal, finance, transparency etc)

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Suggested Hertfordshire LTB

LOCAL TRANSPORT BODY

LTB ADVISORY GROUP

Hertfordshire County Council

(Chair and Accountable

Body)

Local Enterprise

Partnership

Hertfordshire Infrastructure and Planning Partnership

Network Rail (observer)

Highways Agency

(observer)

District Authorities - Transport Operators - Businesses -Environmental representative - Health and Wellbeing

representative

Transport planning advice

Legal

Finance

Comms

Admin

LTB Operational

Support

Scheme promotion and business cases

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DfT Programme for LTB development

Date Proposed activities

September 2012

DfT publish next steps for Devolving Local Major Schemes

November2012

(still awaiting)

DfT to publish: • Indicative allocations per individual LTB area• Guidance on governance arrangements for devolving

funding to LTBs.

December 2012

LTBs to submit LTB Governance Proposals to DfT

April 2013LTBs to have agreed their initial programme of priorities for delivery 2015-2019.

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Questions