Appendix 1: Stakeholder summary - general
Cabinet members and wider elected members
- anticipated role/interest: political ownership of project and active role in leading / supporting engagement with local communities
- communications approach: Formal Cabinet Member briefings and broader use of member briefing notes
Lead Council officers
- anticipated role/interest: support, insight and endorsement for development of projects; includes highways, planning, regulatory services, localities, regeneration, public health teams and equalities
- communications approach: briefings
Access Forum
- anticipated role/interest: contact via Council access officer to assess impact on access agenda
- communications approach: direct briefing and email
Local MPs
- anticipated role/interest: support and endorsement for projects
- communications approach: direct briefing
Emergency services
- anticipated role/interest: engagement with the various emergency services will be particularly important to seek impact on services
- communications approach: direct email
Post Office
- anticipated role/interest: assessment of impact of schemes on collection and delivery of mail and parcels
- communications approach: direct email
Cheshire West and Chester Active Travel Forum
- anticipated role/interest: support / endorsement for developing our active travel agenda
- communications approach: briefing
Cheshire West and Chester Sustainable Travel Taskforce
- anticipated role/interest: support / endorsement / insight for developing our active and sustainable travel agenda
- communications approach: briefing
Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)
- anticipated role/interest: ongoing support for LGF access schemes and over-arching transport strategy
- communications approach: weekly update meeting
Council partners
- anticipated role/interest: Brio leisure, Sport England - seeking support and endorsement for the proposals
- communications approach: direct email
Transport operators
- anticipated role/interest: local bus operators / train operating companies / local taxi services
- communications approach: direct email
Freight association
- anticipated role/interest: impact on collection / delivery of goods
- communications approach: direct email
Sustrans
- anticipated role/interest: support / endorsement of scheme and sharing proposals with local members
- communications approach: direct email
Local residents/wider community
- anticipated role/interest: engagement with local residents will help to understand any issues and concerns about the scheme, as well as being able to raise the profile of the new infrastructure and any adverse impacts during construction. The public were previously engaged through the Walk Ride Thrive Participate Now portal.
- communications approach: press releases, social media releases, online questionnaire using our Participate Now website, scheme information boards
Pedestrian and cycling groups
- anticipated role/interest: support / endorsement for developing our active travel agenda
- communications approach: direct email
Youth Senate
- anticipated role/interest: support / endorsement for developing our active travel agenda
- communications approach: direct email
