People across Hull and East Yorkshire can now have their say on devolution proposals for the region.
Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have today launched an eight-week consultation on the proposal to create a Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA), led by a directly elected mayor.
The leaders of both councils are urging all residents, businesses and other organisations to read the proposal and give their feedback.
Councillor Mike Ross, leader of Hull City Council, said: “This is an exciting milestone in our devolution journey and we urge everyone in the region to get involved and have their say.
“Securing £400 million of game-changing investment will help to transform our region and move forward our city, whilst also giving us more local power to drive that ourselves.
“Both councils are backing these proposals, but we are clear the residents in the area need to support them too.
“Now is the time for the public to let us know what they think.”
From now until 27 February, people can read the devolution proposal and give their feedback on each part of the deal at heydevolution.com.
Residents can also visit any Hull library and/or customer service centre, as well as any East Riding library, where they can get help completing the survey using a computer or completing the questionnaire on paper.
The Hull and East Yorkshire MCA would have powers to invest in areas such as transport, skills and housing, as well as an additional £400m of devolved funding over the next 30 years to invest in local priorities.
