Strategy
The role of a Western Gateway STB is to provide strategic leadership by providing one single voice when discussing strategic transport infrastructure requirements with government. These conversations will be informed by our regional evidence base and a long-term Strategic Transport Plan.
To produce a long-term Strategic Transport Plan, the Western Gateway STB will need to produce various strategies that feed into the Strategic Transport Plan.
Below is an outline of the strategies identified by theme and their current status. It should be noted that the completion of these documents is dependent on funding and will be kept under review.
| Theme | Study / Strategy | Status |
| Strategic Transport Plan | Regional Evidence Base | Completed 2019/20 |
| Economic Connectivity Study | Completed 2019/20 | |
| Multi-modal Port Access Study | Completed 2020/20 | |
| Short-term Strategic Transport Plan (2020/25) | Ongoing due 2020/21 | |
| Strategic Corridor Studies x 4 | Expected 2021/22 | |
| Economic Connectivity (updated) | Expected 2022/23 | |
| Long-term Strategic Transport Plan (2025/50) | Expected 2022/23 | |
| SOBC development of regional priorities | Expected 2023/24 | |
| Sub-National Modelling | Understanding modelling requirements | Expected 2020/21 |
| Construction of strategic models | Expected 2021/22 | |
| Scenario testing | Expected 2022/23 | |
| Decarbonisation | Carbon Audit of Strategic Transport use | Expected 2020/21 |
| Decarbonisation scenario testing | Expected 2020/21 | |
| Strategic Cycle Routes | Strategic Cycling strategy | Expected 2021/22 |
| Electric Vehicles (EV) | Regional EV Strategy – Phase 1 – aspirations | Expected 2020/21 |
| Regional EV Strategy – Phase 2 – priorities | Expected 2020/21 | |
| Rail | Regional Rail Strategy – Phase 1 – aspirations | Completed 2019/20 |
| Regional Rail Strategy – Phase 2 – priorities | Completed 2020/21 | |
| Bus / Coach | Strategic Bus and coach strategy | Expected 2022/23 |
| Future mobility options for rural transport | Expected 2022/23 | |
| Passenger Transport | Last mile access to key passenger termini | Expected 2022/23 |
| Highways | MRN / LLM Scheme prioritisation | Completed 2019/20 |
| SRN / MRN / LLM scheme prioritisation update | Expected 2022/23 | |
| Freight | Strategic Freight strategy | Expected 2022/23 |
