ITC Submits evidence to Armitt Review
The ITC was pleased to submit evidence to the Independent Armitt Review of Infrastructure in January 2013, drawing on insights from our research work and discussion events.
A copy of the submission can be downloaded by clicking here:
ITC Armitt Review Submission ( PDF, 284KB )
Overview:
The ITC believes that there is a clear need to develop better decision making for the purpose of long-term strategic infrastructure planning in the UK. We therefore very much welcome the discussion introduced by the Independent Armitt Review of Infrastructure, and are keen to contribute towards the thinking in which it is engaged.
As a research charity the ITC is not involved in the funding or delivery of transport infrastructure, but our role is to inform and stimulate thinking on this and similar questions. We are pleased therefore to make this submission which, it should be noted, reflects the view of the ITC and not those of our benefactors.
We believe that the challenge of developing a consistent strategy in our transport planning has been a major barrier to development. The ITC understands that longer-term transport and infrastructure planning are usually issues that should be above party politics, and that the key to solving such challenges is to develop cross-party consensus. As a result, we believe a body of the type described in the form of an Independent Infrastructure Commission (“IIC”) could, properly constituted and authorised, play a useful role.