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At the Board meeting of 4th June 2010, Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC) County Councillor Trevor Roberts (Barmouth, Gwynedd) was elected as Chair, taking over from County Councillor Ray Quant (Borth, Ceredigion). County Councillor Geraint Hopkins (Gwernyfed, Powys) was elected as Vice Chair. Both will serve for a period of two years.
Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC) is the local authority regional transport partnership for Mid Wales (Ceredigion, Powys and the Meirionnydd district of Gwynedd). Following publication of its first Regional Transport Plan (RTP) in September 2009, TraCC and its local authorities are working together on a number of schemes and projects funded through the RTP Capital Programme. These include:
- Improvements to rail and bus interchange facilities across Mid Wales;
- New and improved walking and cycling routes across Mid Wales;
- Grant to Community Transport operators to help run new or improved services;
- Contribution to design work to provide a new rail and road bridge at Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth;
- Contribution to Cei Dev to deliver the New Quay Road Train project;
- Funding to assist TraCC local authorities in developing new schemes and for TraCC to undertake monitoring and research work; and
- Programme of sustainable travel initiatives across Mid Wales.
For more information see: TraCC Board, email: enquiries@tracc.gov.uk or telephone: 01970 633431.
TraCC Regional Transport Plan (RTP)
Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC) submitted its first Regional Transport Plan (RTP) to the Welsh Assembly Government in September 2009. The RTP was prepared in accordance with Assembly Government guidance and is the product of extensive consultation, listening to the views and ideas of stakeholders, partners and the public.
Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC) is the local authority Regional Transport Consortium for the Mid Wales Region and is a partnership between the three Mid Wales local authorities of Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Powys. The RTP is a statutory plan which sets out an integrated and sustainable transport strategy for Mid Wales and is a bidding document to Government with a Five Year Programme for Capital investment to commence in April 2010.
The TraCC RTP was approved by the Minister for Economy and Transport in December 2009 and following submission of the Capital programme for 2010/11, the Chair of TraCC, County Councilllor Ray Quant, has received confirmation of the availability of funding up to £3.014 Million. This settlement represents a 13.7% share for TraCC of the funding made available to the four regional transport partnerships in Wales for their RTPs.
The Capital funding will allow the three Mid Wales local authorities to progress a number of important schemes and projects that will deliver integrated, sustainable and healthier forms of transport and travel. Projects approved for funding by the Minister include improvements to waiting and interchange facilities at the bus and rail stations in Aberystwyth, new cycle and walking routes and cycle parking facilities at a number of locations across Mid Wales, design and preparatory work to replace the existing Pont Briwet road and rail bridge at Penrhyndeudraeth, a Community Transport Capital Enhancement Grant Programme, regional promotion of sustainable travel and preparatory work for projects to go ahead in 2011/12 and beyond.
County Councillor Ray Quant, TraCC Chair welcomed the announcement ‘This is very good and welcome news for all of us here in Mid Wales and is a reward for the hard work that has gone on within TraCC and by a number of stakeholders and partners in support of TraCC. This is on top of other exciting news about the designation of Aberystwyth as a Sustainable Travel Centre and other announcements regarding funding for Safe Routes in Communities and local bus services.’
TraCC organised a meeting of its Regional Transport Stakeholder Forum on 16th April in Aberystwyth to share the good news with a broad cross-section of key stakeholders and interested parties and to hear presentations on the development of a first TraCC Rail Strategy and passenger transport interchanges, Aberystwyth Sustainable Travel Centre, community transport and Assembly Government future plans for the TrawsCambria longer distance bus and coach network.
Availability of the TraCC RTP
The TraCC RTP and accompanying documents are available to download and print by clicking on the links below.
A copy of the documents is available on CD at no cost from the TraCC Office. Printed and bound hard copies of the Regional Transport Plan and Appendices (only) are available at a cost of £5.00 each (i.e £10.00 for a copy of the RTP and its accompanying Appendices). Please provide payment in advance with cheques made out to 'TraCC RTP' and send to: TraCC Office, Canolfan Rheidol, Rhoddfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UE.
A copy of the documents will be made available on CD at no cost from the TraCC Office. Printed and bound hard copies of the Regional Transport Plan and Appendices document (only) are available at £5.00 per copy.
Large Print and Audio versions of documents available on request.