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tactran has a duty under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 to develop a Regional Transport Strategy (RTS), which sets out a Vision and Objectives for meeting the transport needs of people and businesses throughout the tactran region. MVA Consultancy, Natural Capital and Carl Bro were commissioned by tactran to produce a comprehensive RTS that covers all aspects of transport within the four council areas: Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross and Stirling.
tactran completed and submitted its finalised RTS to the Transport Minister for approval, by the Scottish Executive’s deadline of 31 March 2007.
The Cabinet Secretary wrote to all RTP Chairs on 7 January 2008 and confirmed that the Cabinet Secretary foresees RTPs playing a positive role in improving Scotland’s transport infrastructure and services, working in partnership with their constituent Councils and coordinating regional delivery of transport services across local authority boundaries.
On RTS approval, the Cabinet Secretary indicated that he was not content to approve strategies containing interventions. He requested that revised strategies should be prepared and re-submitted in the form of “high-level” documents, focussing on the strategies necessary to support the Government’s key objectives. Interventions are to be addressed through refined Delivery Plans, which prioritise interventions within the context of available finance and the Scottish Government/Local Government Concordat.
The revised RTS was submitted to the Transport Minister on 1st May for approval.
To read more about the RTS & publications for download, click here.
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