Key Contacts: Angelyn Rowan – Partner | Alison Hardiman – Consultant
Philip Lee LLP has a close and longstanding affiliation with the British Irish Chamber of Commerce and joined the infrastructure panel at its recent Annual Conference, themed “The EU, UK & Ireland: From Reset to Results”.
The panel, “Building Capacity: Transport, Connectivity and Growth”, was chaired by Philip Lee, with Alison Hardiman joining Lorcan O’Connor of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Diarmaid Kehoe of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Davendra Dabasia of Mace and Richard Logue of Transport for London for the discussion.
The panel explored a number of important themes shaping the future of infrastructure across Ireland and the UK. These included the limitations of traditional cost-benefit analysis when assessing the wider value of public sector rail transport and the importance of national and regional spatial planning in achieving greater integration between housing and transport.
The discussion also highlighted the need for deeper and more coordinated infrastructure forecasting, moving away from siloed predictions across individual sectors towards a more integrated approach to long-term infrastructure planning.
These themes built on key messages shared by Angelyn Rowan, Partner and Head of Philip Lee LLP’s Projects and Construction team, ahead of the conference.
Watch Angelyn Rowan discuss the key themes ahead of the conference here.
