Spent much of today in Perth (between day-job activities!) at the Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership meeting at which I was appointed TACTRAN's Chair for the following four years.
I was delighted to be the unopposed choice for Chair and will work hard to promote sustainable transport initiatives across our region, covering Angus, Perth & Kinross, Stirling and the City of Dundee. I'm also pleased that Cllr Alan Jack (Conservative, Perth & Kinross Council) will be Depute Chair and have no doubt that Alan & I will work well together over the next four years.
Anyway, here's the TACTRAN news release :
TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP APPOINTS NEW CHAIR
The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) today appointed Councillor Fraser Macpherson of Dundee City Council as its new Chair.
The Partnership also appointed Councillor Alan Jack of Perth & Kinross Council as Deputy Chair. Both appointments are for four years until the next Council elections in 2011
Following the Council elections in May, TACTRAN’s four constituent Councils Angus, Dundee City, Perth & Kinross and Stirling, have appointed representatives on the Partnership Board, which consists of 10 Councillors, and 5 non-Councillors. The Councillor members are :-
Councillors Iain Gaul and John Whyte (Angus)
Councillors Brian Gordon, Fraser Macpherson and Rod Wallace (Dundee City)
Councillors Ann Gaunt, John Kellas and Alan Jack (Perth & Kinross)
Councillors Andrew Simpson and Jim Thomson (Stirling)
The partnership’s 5 non-Councillor members, appointed by the Transport Minister during 2006 and early 2007, continue on the Partnership Board. They are -
Robert Andrew, Regional Director, Stagecoach Scotland
Margaret Duffy, Chief Operating Officer, Forth Valley Health Board
Professor Malcolm Horner, Chair of Scottish Enterprise Tayside
Gavin Roser, Pantrak Transportation Ltd.
Bill Wright, a Director of Cycling Scotland.
More information on TACTRAN can be found on the Partnership’s website at www.tactran.gov.uk