Central Bedfordshire Council have started work on a new Local Transport Plan (LTP) for the area, as the current one runs out in 2026. The council is keen to find out about what residents, organisations and businesses in the area think about travel and transport in the area to inform this.
The LTP is a high-level document containing core policies that set out the Council’s overall approach to transport. It helps to decide what will be built, and what other work is done, over a period of years. It also supports other transport plans, policies and strategies. For example, if a lot of people say they’re concerned about the move to electric cars and that there aren’t going to be enough chargers, the LTP could have a policy making provision of more chargers a high priority. This would then help to direct efforts (and bid for government funds) to deliver and expand the Council’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy and get chargers for electric cars installed.
The current LTP included projects that ranged from the building of the A5-M1 link road to a series of Local Area Transport Plans allowing towns and villages to decide what they wanted locally, which could be as small as improving bus stops or making it easier for people to cross the road.
If you want to have your say on the transport priorities for our area, you can find out more about the LTP and tell the Council what you think online at https://cbclocaltransportplan.commonplace.is/ up to the end of June.
If you’re unable to use the website you can request paper-based information by emailing consultations@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, by writing to The Consultations Team, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5TQ, or by calling 0300 300 8300.