Have your say on new regional transport vision

Have your say on new regional transport vision

July 11, 2022

People are being invited to have their say on a new long-term transport strategy for the South East.

Transport for the South East (TfSE) has launched a 12-week public consultation on a £45 billion plan that sets out the steps to decarbonise the transport system across the region and trigger sustainable economic growth.

Over the past five years TfSE has worked with a range of partners, including local authorities, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs), district and borough authorities, National Parks and other protected landscapes and representatives from National Highways, Network Rail and Transport for London.  A shortlist of transport interventions have now been proposed, aimed at making life better for people, as well as helping businesses and the environment.

The plan proposes a total capital cost of £45 billion over 27 years – aimed at generating 21,000 new jobs, an additional 550,000 rail trips a day and 1.6 million bus, mass transit and ferry trips a day. The proposals aim to take more than four million car trips a day off the roads of the South East.

Councillor Keith Glazier, Chair of Transport for the South East, said: “Our plan is ambitious, but it is achievable. It is an investment plan that for the first time looks at all modes and goes beyond boundaries to consider connectivity across the whole of the South East.

“Once finalised, this plan will be the blueprint for future investment in strategic transport infrastructure for the next thirty years.”

TfSE would like to hear from anyone who lives, works, travels through or visits the South East region. To view the draft Strategic Investment Plan and respond to the consultation visit this digital hub.