Jacobs wins role for revised Mayor's Transport for London Strategy

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a two-year contract by Transport for London (TfL) to provide integrated impact assessment (IIA) services to support development and finalisation of the revised Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS) for London. Jacobs is providing assessment of the potential environmental, health, equality and economic impacts of the proposed new strategy, including specific topics such as community safety.
February 3, 2017 Read time: 1 min
6320 Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a two-year contract by 1466 Transport for London (TfL) to provide integrated impact assessment (IIA) services to support development and finalisation of the revised Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS) for London.

Jacobs is providing assessment of the potential environmental, health, equality and economic impacts of the proposed new strategy, including specific topics such as community safety.

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