Peter Dickinson is an Associate with MRC McLean Hazel. He was brought up in the Lake District leaving to attend Leeds University where he studied Civil Engineering. Upon graduation, he spent a short time with Lancashire County Council and then joined West Riding County Council until its abolition in 1974. He then spent twelve years with West Yorkshire County Council followed by seven years with Leeds City Council. He set up his own consultancy in 2003 and joined McLean Hazel in 2005 as Associate.
Peter has extensive local government experience covering design and maintenance of roads, bridges and street lighting, traffic management, street cleansing and contract management utilising both blue and white collar staff. Whilst he was Deputy Director of Highways in Leeds, he obtained extensive senior management experience in a large multi-disciplinary Local Authority Highways & Transportation Department.
Peter is well known nationally, having been a member of the UK Roads Board and chair of the Footway & Cycle Track Management Group. He was a founder member of the Traffic Control Centre Coordinating Committee. He remains a member of CSS and has sat on the CSS Engineering Committee. Peter is a long standing member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation and is a past Chairman of the Yorkshire & Humberside Branch. He has been a member of IHT Council, has sat on IHT Executive Board and has chaired the IHT Editorial, Network Management and Procurement Boards.
Between 1997 and 2003, Peter represented the City of Leeds in a number of international capacities as Chair of the Eurocities Transport Committee, Member of Management Committee of Car Free Cities Network, Member of Management Committee of POLIS Network, and Joint Chair of European Digital Cities Project. Peter’s current interests relate to strategic policy development and the development of better delivery of high quality urban realm initiatives.
Beyond the working environment Peter enjoys spending time tinkering with his small collection of old vehicles. He spends too little time enjoying cycling and maintaining his strong links with the Lake District.
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