Transport budget briefing on opportunities and challenges for the year ahead

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A budget briefing setting out the city region’s transport spending plans for 2017/18 is set to take place at Manchester Town Hall.

The Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC) will be holding its annual budget briefing in Manchester Town Hall’s Council Chamber on Tuesday 28 February, between 11.00am and 1.00pm. Registration is from 10:30am.

Greater Manchester residents and stakeholders are welcome to attend the public meeting, where leading councillors and directors from TfGM will present the budget for the next financial year and also take part in a question and answer session.

The briefing will be hosted by Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of TfGMC, who said: “As a local government body, we are acutely aware of the need to operate as efficiently as possible and to deliver ongoing cost savings. However, it is also vital to deliver the much needed improvements in transport infrastructure and services that the whole city region needs.

“We’d welcome anyone who wants to learn more about the opportunities and challenges we face in the year ahead to come along to the budget briefing to find out more.”

To ensure TfGM continues to make travel easier, transport spending in Greater Manchester focuses on supporting national and local concessionary travel schemes, funding the provision of socially necessary bus services, providing improved passenger services and facilities and other transport related activities, including the operation, maintenance and installation of the traffic signal network in Greater Manchester.

TfGMC is a Joint Committee of the Combined Authority and the ten district authorities of Greater Manchester. It oversees the work of TfGM, monitors the performance of transport services, scrutinises the delivery of transport capital projects, and advises the Combined Authority on transport policy.

To attend the briefing, please email budgetupdate@tfgm.com or telephone 0161 244 1000.
Registration will take place from 10.30am to 11.00am with refreshments available on arrival.

The briefing presentation will be uploaded on the GMCA and TfGM website following the event. All TfGMC reports and papers can be found at https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk