Decisions for issue Response to Government Consultation on Major Road Network

That the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee:

1)           Note the officer response submitted to the Government’s Department for Transport on 12 March 2018 on behalf of the council in response to the consultation on its proposals for the creation of a Major Road Network in England and Wales, as attached in Appendix 2 of this report, including the particular requests for additions and deletions set out in paragraph 3.9 of this report;

2)           Note the officer response submitted to the Government’s Department for Transport on 7 February 2018 on behalf of the council in response to the consultation on the Highways England report entitled ‘Shaping the future of England's strategic roads’, as attached in Appendix 3 of this report; and

3)           Note and welcome the continued progress being made by the emerging Transport for the South East Sub-national Transport Body, as summarised in paragraphs 3.20 and 3.21 of this report.