Funding rows foil ambition

Early, Catherine

Funding rows foil ambition - 2006 - Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1662) 31 March 2006, 17-18(2) .

Considers the effectiveness of government devolution of transport investment decision-making to the regions. Looks at the revised funding mechanism for the December 2005 £1.6bn local transport settlement which is limited to capital spending and cannot be used for revenue funding. Transport planners are not yet convinced that devolution is the answer to a shortage of funding. Features the key sources of income for major and smaller transport development schemes. Table covers regional funding allocations 2005-08.