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# Webinar: Should appraisal guidance be relaxed to reduce the hurdles for scheme implementation to enhance economic growth?

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Watch our recent webinar in partnership with Landor LINKS and chaired by our
very own Regional Market Director, Nick Benbow, below.

Current events present an unmissable opportunity for positive change in
investment and scheme implementation.

The government has promised a new version of the Treasury’s Green Book in early
2026, outlining the core principles of evaluating investment decisions, leading
to potential revisions to the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom’s
own appraisal guidance. The DfT has also been consulting on its new Appraisal
Modelling and Evaluation Strategy, which will set out the priorities for
improving its Transport Analysis Guidance over the next five years.

Could this be the time to explore further opportunities and double down on our
critical assessment of current appraisal frameworks? Whilst the government is so
urgently seeking growth, should the frameworks be relaxed to reduce hurdles for
scheme implementation?

#### Speakers:

- **Nick Benbow** (chairing) – Regional Market Director, SYSTRA
- **Tom van Vuren** – Chairman, Modelling World / Co-author, ‘The Green Book
  Review’ / Board Member, Transport Planning Society
- **John Allan** – Director Northern England, SYSTRA
- **Renos Livadiotes** – Principal Consultant, SYSTRA
- **Sarah Valentine** – Head of Analysis and Appraisal, Transport for the South
  East

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