Issue - meetings

Members to receive an update on the progress of the Manchester Recovery Taskforce.

7.1               The report of the Strategic Rail Director was received by Members who highlighted key elements of the report before Members were invited to ask questions and make comments.

 

7.2           Members asked specific questions relating to issues that affected their constituent areas.

 

7.3           The Chair expressed concern about the modelling and stated his view that occurrence of delays should be easily identifiable.

 

           The Strategic Rail Director reassured the Committee that this has been examined leading to a robust timetable structure.  He explained that the Rail North Committee will be monitoring issues carefully and is hopeful that the new way of working in which services can be developed alongside infrastructure will be a positive.

 

7.4         Cllr Jones raised the issue of consultation with the public and requested that information be circulated to Members so that this can be passed on and enabling passengers to respond.

 

The Strategic Rail Director confirmed that he would feed back the comments to the train operators.

 

7.5           The Committee expressed its eagerness to help on any consultation and get responses from the wider public in their constituent areas.  The Chair encouraged TfN to speak to the train operators and inform all Council Members on developments. 

 

The Chair further stated that the Committee would like reassurances that all locations where delays occur have been identified.

 

It was also requested that all Stakeholders are consulted and have an input into the process.

Resolved:

1)   That the Committee notes the progress made on the development of the December 2022 timetable and the next steps including a further round of public consultation planned for November 2021.

2)   That the Committee notes the progress on developing an enhanced collaboration with the Department for Transport on the infrastructure solution including work to develop a clear roadmap (a ‘RailMap’) to identify a co-ordinated long-term service and infrastructure solution for the corridor to restore and improve connectivity.