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Transport investment policy is a major focus in this issue, with publication of the Government’s new UK Infrastructure 10-year Strategy. Though this £725bn plan goes well beyond transport, it serves both as a re-statement of the Government’s strategic transport plans, and how they fit in with the wider agenda for physical, economic, and social development, including a spatial approach to infrastructure planning. We therefore give this considerable coverage and analysis. There have also been associated specific spending announcements related to transport structure renewal, including progressing the Lower Thames Crossing.
Meanwhile, important new framework guidance for new local transport projects has been issued by the DfT’s Chief Analyst, reflecting the wider new objectives across government for resource deployment, value for money, and scheme eveluation. We look in detail at the content and implications of this.
There have also been other important announcements from the Climate Change Commission and reviews of the spending over-runs and delays on HS2, and on the EV transition and local traffic strategies, transport accessibility, and rail system development and management.
Our contributing columnist in this issue is Professor Phil Goodwin, whose major article explores the history and shortcomings of DfT’s traffic forecasting methodologies, and the implications of those for transport policy. In his Editorial Opinion, Peter Stonham looks at how the DfT’s approaches to transport resource allocation and decision-making are being reshaped by the Government’s wider strategic missions. He believes this signals an end to the dominance of the Transport Appraisal Guidance methodologies used within the Department, and considers the approaches which are now set to influence project priorities in the light of new cross-government processes and judgements on desired outcomes and value for money.
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