ransport for London (TfL) chief Andy Byford is reportedly set to announce he’s stepping down as commissioner.
Sky Information reviews Mr Byford’s departure from the function, which he has held since 2020, is anticipated to be introduced on Thursday morning.
It comes simply weeks after Mr Byford helped ship a take care of the Division for Transport over a funding package deal to assist the service address potential misplaced income attributable to uncertainty over post-pandemic demand.
TfL expects to obtain round £1.2 billion of funding from the Authorities till the top of March 2024 to assist, ought to passenger numbers not get better on the budgeted fee.
Nevertheless London mayor Sadiq Khan warned a “important funding hole” remained, and on Wednesday introduced £500m can be made obtainable to assist TfL make up for any shortfall between now and when the Authorities funding deal expires.
Sky reviews Mr Byford notified Mr Khan of his intention to resign a number of months in the past, and he’s anticipated to go away earlier than the top of the 12 months.
Andy Byford deserves our gratitude for his laborious work managing TfL; his departure is town’s loss
Nick Rogers, GLA Conservatives transport spokesperson, mentioned information of Mr Byford’s resignation places Mr Khan’s mayoralty “in chaos”.
He mentioned: “Final month, proof of his poor conduct in direction of the previous Met Police commissioner got here to gentle. Now he has misplaced his TfL commissioner, who was pressured to spend two years navigating the mayor’s unnecessary political video games over the TfL deal.
“Andy Byford deserves our gratitude for his laborious work managing TfL; his departure is town’s loss. London, nevertheless, deserves a brand new mayor.”
On high of the pandemic, the 57-year-old steered the organisation by way of quite a few substantial challenges together with large industrial motion, supply of the £19 billion Elizabeth line, and an inflow into the capital of 1000’s of passengers for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and to pay their respects after her dying.
