Huw Jenkins, LCR Combined Authority

Huw Jenkins, LCR Combined Authority

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OVERVIEW Huw Jenkins, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority LCR European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) Strategy • LCR awarded £193m to deliver ESIF Strategy • Covers: ERDF, ESF and Rural Development • All calls focused on delivery of agreed local priorities • DCLG manages the ESIF Programme: appraises project applications and awards offer letters ERDF Projects Overview PA 1 R&D/Innovation PA 3 SME Competitiveness PA 4 Transition to Low Carbon • Sensor City • Business Growth Programme • Low Carbon EcoInnovatory • LCR 4.0 • New Markets 2 • LCR Future Energy • Health Enterprise Innovation • The Enterprise Hub • NPIF Exchange • Specialist Manufacturing Service • Innovate2Succeed • Place Marketing for Investment • LCR Activate • SME/International Trade • SUD INVESTMENTS (PA 4 & PA6) • NPIF • Thermal Road • Baltic Creative (Norfolk St) • NPIF What is a SUD Strategy? • Part of LCR ERDF allocation • Government asked Core City Regions to develop SUD Strategies in 2015 • SUD strategies set out integrated actions to tackle challenges affecting urban areas • The Combined Authority will have a greater say in project selection as an Intermediary Body • The local ESIF Partnership Committee will continue to provide advice on local strategic fit to the Combined Authority and DCLG • DCLG appraises and issues contracts to successful projects as before Underpinning Strategies The following strategies have shaped the development of the LCR SUD Strategy: • European Structural and Investment Fund Strategy • LCR Transport Plan for Growth • Sustainable Energy Action Plan • Low Carbon Economy Action Plan • Green Infrastructure Framework • Liverpool City Region Ecological Network • Joint Recycling and Waste Management Strategy LCR SUD Strategy • Programme value: ca £20m (£10m ERDF & £10m Match) • Focused on delivering projects related to transport/sustainable urban mobility and green infrastructure • Covers 2 ERDF Priority Axes – PA4 Low Carbon Economy: Promotion of Sustainable Urban Mobility – PA6 Environment and Resource Efficiency: Green Infrastructure • SUD covers the entire Liverpool City Region • ERDF Intervention rate 50% • Will not invest in major transport infrastructure schemes Three Strands of Activity • Strand 1: ERDF budget - £6.619m – Creating and enhancing connectivity through the development of green corridors to promote walking and cycling into and between economic growth priorities, including biodiversity benefits; • Strand 2: ERDF budget - £780k – Complementary measures that promote and incentivise sustainable, active and low carbon travel via smart technologies; i.e. intelligent travel tools such as phone apps, smart ticketing, and the use of ‘big data’ • Strand 3: ERDF budget - £2.34m – Development of alternative fuels to reduce carbon emissions from public sector transport services.

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