Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation

M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation March 2018 Registered office Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ Highways England Company Limited registered in England and Wales number 09346363 M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation M3 JUNCTION 9 IMPROVEMENT SCHEME PCF STAGE 2 (OPTION SELECTION) REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION Highways England Date: March 2018 Project no: 70015218 HE PIN: 551511 Prepared for: Highways England Bridge House Walnut Tree Close Guildford Surrey GU1 4LZ Mountbatten House Basing View Basingstoke RG21 4HJ Hampshire United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0) 1256 318800 www.wsp.com ii M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...................................................................................1 1. Introduction .................................................................................4 Scheme Background ..................................................................................... 4 Scheme Objectives........................................................................................ 4 Project Location ............................................................................................ 4 Options Tested .............................................................................................. 5 This Report .................................................................................................... 6 2. The Consultation Approach .......................................................7 Introduction ................................................................................................... 7 Public Consultation Objectives .................................................................... 7 Approach ....................................................................................................... 7 Materials ........................................................................................................ 8 Publicity and Advertising ............................................................................ 13 3. Consultation Effectiveness ......................................................15 Introduction ................................................................................................. 15 Public Respondents .................................................................................... 15 Letters and Emails....................................................................................... 15 Briefing Event and Public Information Event Attendance Record ............ 16 Highways England Website Visitors........................................................... 16 Response and Analysis Methodology ........................................................ 17 Effectiveness of Communication Methods ................................................ 17 4. Travel Behaviour and Existing Issues .....................................19 Travel Behaviour Relative to M3 junction 9................................................ 19 Mode Choice ................................................................................................ 20 v M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation Existing Concerns and Issues .................................................................... 21 5. Views on the Proposed Option 14 ...........................................22 Introduction ................................................................................................. 22 Need for Improvements to M3 junction 9 ................................................... 22 Views on Proposed Scheme (Option 14) .................................................... 22 Rejected Options ......................................................................................... 26 Other Comments ......................................................................................... 26 6. Stakeholder Responses ...........................................................29 Introduction ................................................................................................. 29 7. Other Responses ......................................................................35 Introduction ................................................................................................. 35 Response Analysis...................................................................................... 35 8. Evaluation of Consultation .......................................................37 Introduction ................................................................................................. 37 Material Usefulness ..................................................................................... 37 Exhibition Usefulness ................................................................................. 37 9. Press and Social Media ............................................................39 Local Press Coverage ................................................................................. 39 Social Media Coverage................................................................................ 39 Press Release .............................................................................................. 40 10. Next steps ..................................................................................43 Introduction ................................................................................................. 43 Key Emerging Themes ................................................................................ 43 Alternatives Proposed................................................................................. 43 vi M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation TABLES Table 2-1: Communication materials and channels ..........................................................8 Table 2-2: Schedule of public information events ........................................................... 12 Table 2-3: Deposit point locations.................................................................................. 12 Table 3-1: Consultation responses ................................................................................ 15 Table 3-2: Public consultation attendance ..................................................................... 16 Table 3-3: Website visitor figures................................................................................... 16 Table 5-1: Main reasons given for supporting Option 14 ................................................ 25 Table 5-2: Issues raised regarding Option 14 ................................................................ 25 Table 5-3: Further suggestions made by respondents ................................................... 27 Table 6-1: Summary of question and answer session at the Councillors Briefing Event .. 29 Table 6-2: Summary of main questions at the NMU Briefing Event ................................ 31 Table 6-3: Other issues raised at the NMU Briefing Event.............................................. 32 Table 6-4: Summary of Question and Answer session at the Business Briefing Event .... 33 Table 7-1: Summary of correspondence response ......................................................... 35 FIGURES Figure 1-1: Scheme location relative to the strategic road network ...................................5 Figure 2-1: Letter distribution area ...................................................................................9 Figure 2-2: Screenshot of Highways England M3 junction 9 improvements consultation page ............................................................................................. 14 Figure 3-1: Communication channel awareness ............................................................ 17 Figure 3-2: Respondent age profile ............................................................................... 18 Figure 3-3: Capacity in which responding to the consultation ......................................... 18 Figure 4-1: Trip distance and frequency of junction usage ............................................. 19 Figure 4-2: Junction usage profile by time of day and day of week ................................. 20 Figure 4-3: Modal use at M3 junction 9 .......................................................................... 20 Figure 4-4: Attitudes toward current junction .................................................................. 21 Figure 5-1: Level of support/opposition to improve the M3 junction 9 ............................. 22 Figure 5-2: Opinion on whether Option 14 will meet the scheme objectives ................... 23 Figure 5-3: Concerns over the implementation of Option 14 ........................................... 24 Figure 5-4: Overall levels of support/opposition for Option 14 ........................................ 24 Figure 5-5: Understanding of rejected options ............................................................... 26 Figure 8-1: Usefulness of consultation materials ............................................................ 37 Figure 8-2: Level of event usefulness (n=310) ............................................................... 38 Figure 9-1: Press release .............................................................................................. 40 vii M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation APPENDICES APPENDIX A SCHEME BROCHURE APPENDIX B SCHEME QUESTIONNAIRE

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