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LTP 3

3rd Cumbria Local Transport Plan

There is a need to produce the 3rd Local Transport Plan for Cumbria for submission to the government by April 2011.This is a statutory document that sets out how roads, footways, cycleways, rights of way and bus and train services in Cumbria will be improved and managed. The new Plan will contain a strategy for the next 10 years , the measures and policies to implement the strategy over the five years between 2011 and 2016 and a rolling programme of implementation plans showing where funding will be directed.

The Local Transport Plan will need to address the five national goals for transport :- 

·        support national economic competiveness and growth;

·        tackle climate change;

·        contribute to better safety security and health;

·        promote greater equality of opportunity;

·        improve quality of life and promote a healthy natural environment

The Plan will be prepared in line with the government guidance which can be seen at the DfT website.

Key to a high quality successful Local Transport Plan will be one which meets the needs of the residents, businesses and visitors to Cumbria. To help achieve this the Council will provide regular opportunities throughout the Local Transport Plan process to make  comments on the Plan.The use of an external  web based software will  allow convenient access to the various stages to submit and comments and follow the different stages of the views.

 

Engagement on the Plan

We already have a database of consultees primarily made up of interest groups,organisations,local authorities and Parish Councils who will automatically be asked for their views on different stages of the LTP process. 
If you wish to make comments on this and future stages of the Plan and be added to the consultee database please  simply register by going to:

http://cumbriacc.limehouse.co.uk/portal/

In conjunction with the Cumbria Strategic Partnership the first Cumbria Transport Conference was held in October 2010.Over 70 delegates from partner organisations across Cumbria and the North-West as a whole attended the event at Rheged, Penrith. The information received in the workshops is being  used to help shape the Cumbria Local Transport Plan 3 (LTP3). A summary of the mornings event is in the Final Summary report pdf linked below.

Further information on Transport in Cumbria can be found through the Council’s Twitter pagethis external link will open in a new window.

Final Summary Report on Focus on Transport