Present
Malcolm Reed - SE
Kenneth Hogg - SE
Janet Egdell - SE
Peter Fuller - SE
Denise Manzor - SE
Ron McAulay - NR
Richard Eccles - NR
Nigel Wunsch - NR
Geoff Cook - NR
Paul Hadley - ORR (for Michael Beswick)
Stefan Sanders - ARUP (for items 1 to 4)
Iain Mobbs - ARUP (for items 1 to 4)
Apologies
Gerard O’Hanlon - First ScotRail
Agenda Items
1.Minutes of last meeting
Minutes of 26 July meeting were approved without amendment.
2.Action Points
No outstanding action points from previous meeting.
3.SPA Issues and Objectives
Objectives
are linked to the Transport White Paper and should also be linked to
STAG. It was noted that Corporate Plan Objectives are being drawn up
for the Transport Agency and presentationally, we need to be
consistent. ARUP said it should not be difficult to cross map.
ARUP
advised that some interventions have been weeded out from the long list
where they did not link to any objective. SE would prefer to have them
included on the long list but shown as weeded out. There needs to be a
transparent audit trail which shows what happened to every project.
SE
pointed out that the SPA will not be producing a list of projects to go
forward. The SPA is the intermediate stage, showing projects that look
promising to take forward.
4.Resource Scenarios
The draft ARUP paper on Resource Scenarios had been previously circulated.
This
paper was discussed at length and it was stressed that it is not the
case that improvement is dependent on more money. Care should be taken
not to give that impression. We must work smarter and make better use
of the network.
Action Point: Janet Egdell to decide exact wording of Resource Scenarios.
5.Progress with the RUS
Nigel
Wunsch told the group that the RUS baseline is moving forward rapidly.
Discussions will build on the work done by ARUP and will draw on other
sources. Care needs to be taken with the overlap of RUS and SPA
interventions.
Some concerns have been raised about the RUS and
the group felt it worth reiterating that NR are not starting out with a
concept that parts of the network will be closed. Options will be
referred to Scottish Ministers.
Action Point: Nigel Wunsch to circulate RUS Final Scoping document.
6.Greater Waverley Timetable
Janet
Egdell pointed out that we must make sure that this is co-ordinated
with other planning work, and the results are used strategically.
7.Rail Route Investment Group
Network
Rail will be talking to Train Operating Companies and Freight Operating
Companies. SE will also attend. The first meetings are arranged and
will take place over the next few weeks. This will give TOC’s and FOC’s
an opportunity to flag up their aspirations.
8.AOB
None
9.Date of next meeting
2pm, 3 November 2005 at Buchanan House, Glasgow.
