Local Transport Plan

All local authorities are required to produce a 5-year Local Transport Plan (LTP) which outlines the future of transport in the county. Within this comprehensive document our long term vision and programme are set out.

We are currently in the period of the second Plan, LTP2 (2006-11), and this Plan continues to build on the achievements of the first Plan (LTP1 2001-06).

The Plan, which is endorsed by the County Durham Transport Partnership Forum, has been prepared in partnership with local organisations including district councils, bus operators, those with transport related interests and members of the public.

News

• Public footpath bridge schemes - Kingfisher and Finchale Priory Footbridges have recently been completed.
• Junction Improvement - Traffic Signals have been introduced for the junction between the A177 and Mill Lane in Shincliffe.
• Capital Settlement - The Capital Settlement figures for Year 3 (2008-09) and the remaining two years of LTP2 are now available (2009-10 & 2010-11).
  

Updated 14/04/08

Major Schemes

There are a number of Major Schemes throughout the county, which are those normally costing more than £5million. A number of other schemes (costing under £5million) are included in this section as they represent significant investments in the transport infrastructure of the County.

Minor Schemes

One of the budgets within the 5-year LTP2 programme, New Infrastructure – Minor Schemes, is intended to fund minor schemes designed to improve the capacity and/or safety of the highway network

Transport Library

The following documents are associated with the Local Transport Plan:

• Local Transport Plan 2 and Annex
• LTP2 Made Simple!
• Daughter Strategies
• Consultation Response
• Local Transport Plan 2 - First Delivery Report
• Local Transport Plan 1 - Five Year Delivery Report
• Local Transport Plan 1 and its Annual Progress Reports
• LTP2 Area Programmes - Year 1

All of which can be downloaded in the Transport Library.

Progress Bulletin

Although the Government requires the first Delivery Report on LTP2 in November 2008 to show the progress of the Plan, we aim to provide you with a more frequent update in the form of an online Progress Bulletin.

Contacts

Should you have any queries/views or wish make any comments relating to the Local Transport Plan, please feel free to contact us.