Borough partnerships

borough-map-small Building effective partnerships is essential The London Plan and the Mayor's Transport Strategy include a comprehensive range of measures to improve transport in the Capital. An effective partnership between TfL and the boroughs is essential for the successful delivery of many of these improvements.

The Borough Partnerships Group, part of TfL's Group Planning Directorate, has a key role to play in defining and developing this relationship. It is made up of five teams:

Borough Liaison
Land Use Planning
Borough Funding
Borough Programmes
Projects Unit

Objectives
To provide a corporate focus for TfL's relationship with the boroughs and sub-regional partnerships
To work with other parts of TfL to improve the coherence, consistency and transparency in these relationships, particularly where funding is provided
To lead TfL's involvement in the land use planning system
To lead communication and consultation on TfL's major projects
To manage the process by which TfL provides funding to boroughs for transport schemes through the Local Implementation Plan (LIPs) process
To directly manage the budget for eight of the borough programmes funded through the LIPs process

Borough partnerships

Objectives

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