Transport for the North to receive statutory powers and duties
Plans to transform Transport for The North (TfN) into the first ever statutory sub-national transport body, with legal powers and duties, have been proposed in Parliament.
TfN, backed with up to £260m of government funding, aims to provide the infrastructure needed to drive economic growth and create jobs and boost skills.
The move to put TfN on a statutory footing means that from April, TfN will get powers to: produce a statutory transport strategy for the North which the government must formally consider when taking funding d... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
