IT WAS intriguing to read in The Press of May 21 of the power-share plans drawn up by Labour for City of York Council, involving a coalition between Labour, the LibDems and Greens.

The plans included the creation of a congestion commission, which York still sorely needs. Con/Lib-Dem coalition councillors have not yet publicly committed to this course of action.

I hope that they will establish a commission with an independent chair, and terms of reference that encompass the needs of all who travel along our city’s highways and to safely cross them.

A congestion commission’s deliberations would weigh in the balance, the goals of York’s current local transport plan.

Every local authority has to have one, and the previous Con/Lib-Dem government extended the lifetime of each such plan from five to 30 years. So like it or not, York has an local transport plan that began in 2011 and runs until 2031.

This seeks to provide a high quality, well planned, fully integrated and efficiently operated transport network in order to limit, as far as possible, any future delays and to enable the city to continue to function.

This is expected to be achieved principally by providing quality alternatives to the car to provide more choice and enable more trips to be undertaken by sustainable means.

Whether or not York gets a congestion commission, this plan is here to stay and councillors have inherited a commitment to it.

Paul Hepworth, Windmill Rise, Holgate, York.