The Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC) will be holding its annual budget briefing in Manchester Town Hall’s Banqueting Room on Tuesday 23 February, between 11.00am and 1.00pm.
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. He said: “Greater Manchester’s economy is now the fastest growing in the UK outside London and transport has a crucial role to play in supporting and sustaining that growth.
“We’ve achieved a huge amount in recent years and we continue to deliver a programme of investment of over £2 billion in transport infrastructure and services for Greater Manchester. This represents the biggest single investment in transport schemes outside London.
“As a local government body, we are acutely aware of the need to make prudent decisions and 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.”
The £1.5 billion Greater Manchester Transport Fund was established in May 2009 to pay for major transport schemes, including the Metrolink expansion programme, bus priority projects, park and ride and new transport interchanges.
In addition to this, Greater Manchester’s wider Growth Deal package is seeing more than £350 million invested in 12 major transport schemes between 2015/16 and 2020/21, including new transport interchanges, new roads, new bus priority measures and more trams for Metrolink.
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.
