Residents, businesses and everyone across the North East can join the call for better road and rail networks in a major consultation exercise. Transport for the North has begun a thirteen-week consultation on its Strategic Transport Plan for the North, inviting everybody’s views at events in Durham on Monday 5 February, Sunderland on Tuesday 6, […]
Plans for future transport investment in the North East and the wider North of England have been outlined today at an event marking the publication of a thirty year plan to drive economic growth. Cllr Nick Forbes, Leader of Newcastle City Council and thematic lead for transport on the North East Combined Authority, and Andrew […]
Posted: 17 January 2018
North East Combined Authority (NECA) business is cancelled on Thursday 16 November as members are paying their respects to its Chair Councillor Paul Watson who died last week. Meetings will be re-scheduled in due course.
Posted: 15 November 2017
Paul Watson, Leader of Sunderland City Council and Chair of the North East Combined Authority (NECA)
Statement from Head of Paid Service for NECA, Helen Golightly: “It is with sadness and great thanks that we recognise the huge contribution Councillor Paul Watson made during his years in public service, committed to enhancing the lives of people in Sunderland and across the North East. He worked tirelessly, driven by his passion for […]
Posted: 8 November 2017
New funding to upgrade traffic management technology across the region has been announced by the Government. A total of £3.64m – which includes £2.8m from the Department for Transport – will be invested in helping to cut congestion and improve journey times across the North East Combined Authority (NECA) area. NECA is the seven councils […]
Posted: 24 October 2017
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT PERSON AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE AUTHORITY’S OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE The North East Combined Authority is looking to appoint an individual to be the Vice-Chair of the Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The functions of the Independent Vice-Chair are to: To support the Chair in ensuring the Scrutiny Committee works effectively, with […]
Posted: 31 July 2017
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is seeking an experienced lawyer to undertake the role of Monitoring Officer. A broad role, the Monitoring Officer will be responsible for ensuring the lawfulness and fairness of NECA decision-making, have overall management responsibility for the provision of a legal service for NECA and provide legal and commercial advice […]
Posted: 30 May 2017
The North East Combined Authority is looking to appoint an individual to be the Chair of the Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The functions of the Independent Chair are to: Be responsible for the conduct of committee hearings Ensure that the Committee fulfils its functions of providing review and scrutiny within the decision making structures […]
Posted: 4 April 2017
Invest North East England launches regional property and land database – Only resource of its kind in the region relaunched with private sector support A major resource to attract inward investors to the region has been relaunched by Invest North East England (INEE). The INEE property and land database is a searchable online tool listing commercial […]
Posted: 2 March 2017
