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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

• Sensor City
• LCR 4.0
• Health Enterprise Innovation

Exchange

• Innovate2Succeed
• LCR Activate
• NPIF

PA 3 SME Competitiveness

• Business Growth Programme
• New Markets 2
• The Enterprise Hub
• Specialist Manufacturing Service
• Place Marketing for Investment
• SME/International Trade
• Thermal Road
• Baltic Creative (Norfolk St)
• NPIF

PA 4 Transition to Low Carbon

• Low Carbon EcoInnovatory
• LCR Future Energy
• NPIF
• SUD INVESTMENTS (PA 4 & PA6)

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