Evidence to the Commission
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| I refer to your letter dated
16 May 2003 addressed to John Pockett, Director of CPT
Wales. |
| Unfortunately Mr Pockett did
not pass this correspondence onto me until very recently
and therefore I have not had an opportunity to produce
a full response for you. However, I trust you would
find the following note to be of interest. |
| 1. CPT Wales believes that
the powers of the Traffic Commissioner and the Office
of the Traffic Commissioner should be part of the function
of the Welsh Assembly. This would produce a much
closer relationship between the powers of the Welsh Assembly
and the powers of the Traffic Commissioner and enable
better planning and operation of road based public transport
in Wales. |
| 2. The Scottish Executive
has much greater powers than the Welsh Assembly over public
transport, particularly noticeable is the powers of the
Scottish Executive over the rail industry. CPT Wales
believes that such powers should be in the hands of the
Welsh Assembly which would again produce much greater
integration of transport. |
| 3. CPT believes that the
Welsh Assembly should have powers to investigate matters
such as the modal split in transport so that it can directly
influence highway planning in conjunction with public
transport planning enabling a greater integration of modes
and more effective public money. In the same vein,
CPT believes that the Welsh Assembly needs to review the
current powers held by local authorities and the way in
which they are used as CPT believes that the existing
structures of public transport planning in Wales are ineffective
owing to the large number of local authorities and the
shortage of skills which exists in transport planning. |
| I regret this has been a short
note but it is a summary of our views which I would be
very pleased to amplify if you should require. |
| Yours sincerely |
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| Justin Davies |
| Chairman - CPT Wales |
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