Title
Regional Transportation Governance - What We Heard and Next Steps
Recommendation
[At the November 15, 2023 Transportation Committee meeting, the recommendation was amended by adding parts 4 and 5 and carried:]
The Transportation Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That staff be directed to initiate concept development and analysis work as set out in the Regional Transportation Governance - What We Heard and Next Steps report based on level one and level two governance change.
2. That the CRD Board endorse, as set out in the Regional Transportation Governance - What We Heard and Next Steps report, three guiding principles on transportation governance.
3. That staff be directed to develop an engagement plan and schedule a workshop by Q2 2024 with local governments, electoral areas, partner agencies and interested First Nations.
4. That connectivity, grants, and traffic flow and congestion be included in stage 2 for the concept development and analysis and be brought through the engagement and other next steps.
5. That staff investigate options and tools needed for including transportation planning in the regional approach to transportation governance changes.
(NWA)