Taith Joint Board

The Taith Joint Board [ [ http://www.taith.gov.uk ] Homepage] ] is a legally constituted joint committee of the six north Wales county authorities for the purpose of developing and implementing actions and strategies for transport in north Wales. It was formally established on 31st March 2004. Prior to that date it was an informal consortium of the six north Wales counties (Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham). Taith had originally been the Transport Sub-Committee of the North Wales Economic Forum and adopted the "Taith" name and style in 2002. Although Gwynedd is a member of Taith, the former Meirionnydd district of Gwynedd is included in the TraCC transport consortium. The boundaries of the transport consortiums in Wales (though not the names) were formalised by "The Regional Transport Planning (Wales) Order" of the National Assembly for Wales in 2006. [ [Welsh Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 2993 (W.280)] ] Apart from Taith and TraCC there are two other transport consortiums in Wales - SEWTA and SWWITCH

Aims and Objectives

The aims of Taith are the development and adoption of a transport strategy and subsidiary strategies for the Region embodying the following principles of extending the multi modal infrastructure of the Region, supporting sustainable improvements to the level of commercial andeconomic activity in the Region,enhancing the safety and quality of transport services andinfrastructure within the Region,supporting a transport system meeting the needs of all the Region’sresidents and promoting improvement to transport links and policy integration with other areas outside the Region.

To achieve these aims, Taith undertakes the development, review and implementation from time to time of a Regional Transportation Strategy [ [Daily Post, August 8, 2008 http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/08/08/240m-needed-to-improve-north-wales-transport-55578-21489763/] ] in accordance with rules and requirements established by Welsh Assembly Government and agreed with the six county authorities. Currently the Welsh Assembly Government makes available funding under its Transport Grant Programme to Taith for improving public transport infrastructure across north Wales. The programme for 2008 - 2009 is valued at £5.3 million. The current system is expected to be replaced by a Regional Transport Plan system with funding allocations on a three year rolling programme basis. Implementation of the new system has recently (summer 2008) been put back to financial year 2010-2011.

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