Cross River Tram seminar - 9 September 2008

From: London Assembly website:

The Transport Committee is holding a seminar on 9 September 2008 to consider the case and prospects for the Cross River Tram in the light of the Mayor’s transport priorities and the current financial pressures on Transport for London.

Programme

Tea and coffee available from 9.30am

10.05am: Chair’s welcome

10.10am: Panel discussion: Reviewing the case for the Cross River Tram (Chair: Valerie Shawcross AM)

• Richard De Cani, Head of Major Projects, Transport for London: Overcrowding and strains on the transport network in the north-south corridor
• Cllr Paul Noblet, Cross River Partnership: Regeneration and the borough view
• Simon Pitkeathley, Camden Town Unlimited: The business perspective
• Speaker from London Borough of Croydon: The effect of the Croydon Tramlink

Q&A session starting with Committee Members, then opened up to the floor

11.10am: Break

11.25am: Panel discussion: Alternatives to the Cross River Tram (Chair: Caroline Pidgeon AM)

• Professor Stephen Glaister: Funding capital infrastructure projects and alternative sources of finance
• TBC: Modal alternatives to trams
• Friends of the Tram: The consequences of not improving cross-river transport links

Q&A session as above

12.15pm: Chair’s thanks and close

Registration and submissions

The seminar is free to attend and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you or your organisation would like to secure a place, please email Ross Jardine or telephone 020 7983 4206.

If you would like to provide a written submission to the Committee, please email it to Ross Jardine or send it to him by post - Ross Jardine, Secretariat, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA, by 29 August 2008.

A report with the presentations and summaries of the panel discussions will be produced following the seminar.