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14 Publish sQP
14.1 Once the formal consultation process is complete and all views taken into account, it is then at the discretion of the transport authority to declare the scheme as originally proposed, or whether to make any revisions. Before passing the final scheme to approval by the relevant Council committee of the transport authority (or authorities) entering into the scheme a final check should be made that all the criteria listed below have been met.
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- The rationale for a sQP from all parties (for example, a desire to grow the bus market, increase average bus speed thus reducing congestion and improving air quality), linked to the authorities' LTS objectives.
- Targets, including increased patronage/reduced journey times.
- Details of the facilities to be provided by the transport authority.
- Details of the specified standard of local services which operators are required to provide.
- Date for which the scheme will come into operation.
- Who is responsible for the delivery of the different facilities and standards?
- Who is responsible for the maintenance of the different facilities?
- Timescales for the delivery of the different facilities and standard over the duration of the scheme.
- A written undertaking from the operator to the Scottish Traffic Commissioner that they will provide services to the specified standard when using the facilities. (See Appendix C)
- Details of any Traffic Regulation Orders that require to be included with the scheme.
- Exclusions from the scheme and conditions that may be attached.
- A mechanism for dispute resolution.
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14.2 In addition the final scheme should ensure that:
The transport authority has access to the operator's vehicles and bus data relevant to the area/corridor of the sQP for monitoring purposes, in line with their powers in the 2001 Act; and- It can be reviewed in terms of any large new developments that may affect the outputs of the sQP, and as a result of which, specify the procedure that requires to be followed when varying the scheme.
14.3 Once the officers are satisfied that these have been met the final scheme should be passed subject to the transport authorities standing orders) to the relevant committee for approval. It is important to give early consideration to the time required for consideration of committee cycles if necessary when deciding on timescales and an implementation date. The scheme is 'made' once committee approval has been given (or if delegated powers for approval have been given by council's standing orders) .
14.4 Once the scheme has been ' made', the lead transport authority will issue a public notice of the finalised scheme, and as before, notice has to be made in at least one local newspaper; as well as individual notices to all operators of local services who will be affected, and to the Scottish Traffic Commissioner.
14.5 The notice will set out the details of the scheme or state where, in what form, and at what times, the scheme may be inspected, and, finally, whether the scheme made is a modified version of the one originally proposed. This notice should be published no more than fourteen days after the date on which the scheme is made.
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