Evaluation requirements, guidance, and frameworks

The Department has written guidance to help local authorities and evaluators evaluate local major transport schemes. Some transport programmes or schemes, for a variety of reasons, have alternative or more detailed evaluation requirements, or both.

Major transport schemes and general guidance

Major transport schemes evaluation requirements
All major scheme bids ought to outline how the scheme will be evaluated. The current guidance for English Local Authorities outlines the Department's evaluation requirements and what evaluation plan to include in a major scheme bid.

Major transport scheme evaluation guidance (PDF)
The aim of the guidance is to support Local Authorities' evaluations of Major Transport Schemes. The guidance was written by NERA, MVA, and David Simmonds consultancy.