The South East's Regional Transport Board (RTB) transferred to the Assembly from GOSE on 1 September 2005 with the first Assembly-chaired RTB in October 2005. The board's role is to advise on prioritisation of regional transport schemes and to input into the Assembly’s advice to Government on regional funding allocations.

South East England was one of two regions in the country to be asked to pilot a Regional Transport Board (RTB) from July 2004.

The Board included representatives from the Assembly, alongside representatives from the business, environmental and voluntary sectors. A further five members were drawn from the Government Office for the South East (GOSE), Highways Agency, Strategic Rail Authority, SEEDA and the bus industry.

The Pilot Board comprised:

Andy Roberts, GOSE, Chair
Cllr Keith Mitchell, Leader of Oxfordshire & Chair of the Assembly’s Regional Planning Committee
Cllr Mary Ballin, Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Cllr John Howarth, Reading Borough Council
Cllr Jill Baston, Southampton City Council
Tim Lockwood, West Sussex Economic Forum
Ian Hepburn, South East Forum for Sustainability
Brian Wyld, RAISE – Older People
John Peel, Board member at SEEDA
Jim Bould, Highways Agency
Julie Mills, Strategic Rail Authority

(Details of the current Board members are available here.)

Advisors to the Board:

Paul Bevan, Chief Executive South East England Regional Assembly
Martin Tugwell, Head of Regional Transport Planning, South East England Regional Assembly
Detlef Golletz, SEEDA

The Board carried out a number of studies to assess how well regional transport strategies integrate with regional spatial, economic and housing strategies. It also explored the likely impact of establishing Regional Transport Boards on the strategies, the approach to prioritisation and delivery at the regional and local level.

The experimental RTB was time-limited. The evaluation report was produced in October 2004 and is available with its annexes below.

Evaluation Report - 195 KB
Annex 1 - 30 KB
Annex 2 - 190 KB
Annex 3 - 139 KB

Notes of the RTB Officer Support Group - 21 May 2004 (267 KB)
Notes of the RTB Officer Support Group - 6 May 2004 (86 KB)

RTB Terms of Reference (24KB)

Documents from the Regional Transport Board Meetings

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Last updated: 09 January 2008