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Following the cancellation of Leeds Supertram in 2005,
Metro and Leeds City Council have been working in
partnership to develop a high-quality Rapid Transit
system for Leeds. Almost £250m of funding has been
allocated to the New Generation Transport (NGT)
trolleybus project, and the Department for Transport has
accepted that the scheme has a strong business case. The
current Comprehensive
Spending Review will re-evaluate the role that the NGT
system has to play in Leeds and a decision will be taken
in the autumn as to whether the scheme will go ahead or
not.
This talk will provide an overview of the current status
of the project and the impacts that its implementation
will have locally and across the wider Leeds area.
Dave Haskins
is the Assistant Director for Rapid Transit for
Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive),
based in Leeds. He is the Project Director with
responsibility for developing Rapid Transit projects
including the £300m New Generation Transport
(Trolleybus) and Tram-Train proposals for West Yorkshire
and the wider Leeds City Region.
Dave has lived in the Leeds area for 15 years and has
been in his current job for the last six, having
previously worked for 15 years in private sector
transport consultancy. In this time he has played a key
role in developing a number of funding bids for public
transport schemes. |
