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Introduction

1. The attached draft Business Plan was considered by the Transport for South Hampshire Joint Committee (TfSH) at its inaugural meeting on 16 October. The Committee considers that the Business Plan should span the current and forward year, allowing actions to be planned with some confidence for 2007-2009. The draft Plan also provides for actions beyond 2009, although, at this stage, the resource implications for these have yet to be determined.

2. The Governance Agreement requires the Joint Committee to recommend the Business Plan to the three constituent authorities for approval and in July the Leader of the Council, in his capacity as Executive Member for Policy and Resources, decided that TfSH's Business Plan should be considered by the County Council. Once the plan has been so approved by the three authorities, it will become the Approved Business Plan to guide the work and activity of TfSH.

The Draft Business Plan

3. The draft Business Plan features the Key Objectives, mentioned in the Agreement, and proposes a Vision, based upon the agreed vision adopted by Solent Transport. The Action Plan appended to the Business Plan outlines the key activities to be directed by the three working groups, covering respectively, South Hampshire Transport Strategy, Public Transport and Traffic Management and Information. In addition, it addresses those key activities that fall outside the remit of the working groups, covering the Democratic Process, Funding, and Marketing & Communications.

4. The resource needs have been estimated and many of the activities outlined in the draft Business Plan are dependent upon securing sufficient resources both from the constituent authorities and other sources.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Transport for South Hampshire Business Plan 2007/09 be approved.

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