Tees Valley Freight Quality Partnership
The group has not met in the last year due to ongoing workload implications of the LTP2 submissions and the lack of issues it is hoped that the group will meet in the coming months.

Northern Freight Group
The Northern Freight Group has met on a number of occasions including supporting the Freight on Rail conference in November 2005. Although many issues have moved on separately to the group over the last year including the continued progress towards the adoption of the North East Freight Strategy.

North East Freight Strategy
The North East Freight Strategy forms part of the RSS, which went before examination in public in March - April 2006. Concerns were raised at a number of policies within the strategy although only minor changes were proposed within the EiP Panel Report.