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Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme A14 Public Consultation on Route Options 2013 – Consultation Report December 2013 Safe roads, reliable journeys, informed travellers Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme A14 Public consultation on route options 2013 – consultation report December 2013 An executive agency of the Department for Transport Contents Foreword i Section 7: Route alignment, design and engineering 7. 1 Introduction 40 Executive summary ii 7. 2 Removal of the A14 road-viaduct 41 7. 3 Impact on local access 43 Section 1: The scheme 7. 4 Junctions 44 The scheme 2 7. 5 Major interchanges 45 7. 6 Standard of the road 46 Section 2: The consultation 7. 7 Safety 47 2.1 How we consulted 6 7. 8 Cambridge Northern Bypass 48 2.2 What you said about our approach to consultation 11 7. 9 Alignment of the new southern bypass 49 7. 1 0 A1 widening 52 Section 3: Overview of responses 3.1 How we analysed your response 14 Section 8: Capacity and congestion 3.2 In summary, what you sais about the proposed scheme 15 8.1 Introduction 54 8.2 Traffic modelling 54 Section 4: Tolling 8.3 Existing congestion 56 4.1 Introduction 18 8.4 Future congestion 56 4.2 Principle of tolling 18 4.3 Impact on local roads 20 Section 9: Environmental and community issues 4.4 Tolling model 21 9.1 Introduction 60 4.5 Method of tolling and operation 22 9.2 Environmental impacts 60 9.3 Community impacts 63 9.4 Non-motorised users (NMU) 65 Section 5: Scheme development 5.1 Introduction 26 Section 10: The route ahead 5.2 Need for the scheme 26 10.1 Introduction 68 5.3 Development of scheme options 28 10.2 Next steps 68 5.4 Alternatives to improving the A14 33 Appendices 71 Section 6: Scheme costing and funding 6.1 Introduction 36 Glossary of terms 122 6.2 Cost estimate and affordability 37 6.3 Government spending and funding sources 37 Map of proposed scheme 126 Foreword The Highways Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Transport, Sections 3 to 9 of the report provide your responses on a series of key issues: is promoting a scheme to improve the A14 trunk road between Cambridge and including the overall scheme proposals and route alignment; tolling proposals; Huntingdon. and the key environmental impacts. In September and October 2013 the Highways Agency conducted a public Section 10 of this report describes the route ahead for the A14 Cambridge to consultation exercise, in order to explain the scheme and to gain a wider Huntingdon improvement project. In particular it explains why a Development understanding of public and stakeholder opinions on the proposed route, the Consent Order (DCO) is needed to give the Highways Agency the powers to other highway options considered and tolling proposals. construct the new road. This report summarises the wide range of views received during the On 4 December the Government announced that plans to toll the A14 would consultation exercise and responds to the many points made. be dropped, having carefully considered the concerns raised by Members of Parliament, local residents, businesses and the freight haulage operators who Public exhibitions were held during September and October 2013 at locations rely on this road. However, as opinion on tolling has formed such a significant along the A14 corridor. These were well-attended and the Highways Agency element in the consultation process, this document continues to provide a received nearly 1,400 written responses. summary of the representations received on this issue. Section 2 of this report describes the public consultation process itself; how we conducted the exercise, how we collected your views and what general themes were raised. i Executive summary The public consultation Public consultation provides an important opportunity for Government and the The scheme Highways Agency to gain a better understanding of the views and expectations of local people, businesses, public authorities, communities and road-users. The Government has confirmed up to £1.5bn in funding for the A14 Cambridge Statutory powers to construct the road will be sought under the Planning to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme. This project will reduce congestion on Act 2008, which sets out the obligations of the promoter in respect of one of the busiest sections of the trunk road network in England and will help to consultation with stakeholders and communities. This public consultation unlock economic growth in Cambridgeshire, East Anglia and beyond. It will also exercise has preceded the statutory consultation process, but was undertaken increase local connectivity for those who live and work in the area and improve in order to provide interested parties with up-to-date information on the scheme’s road safety by separating strategic from local traffic. progress and to gain an early understanding of public opinion and preferences. The proposed scheme extends east from the existing A14 at Ellington to the The public consultation was held over a five-week period between 9 September Cambridge Northern Bypass at Milton, a distance of 21 miles. It includes a new and 13 October 2013. Some 15 public exhibitions were held within the A14 bypass to the south of Huntingdon, carriageway widening on the existing A14 corridor between Huntingdon and Cambridge, and information was provided in between Huntingdon and Cambridge, and improvements to the Cambridge the form of booklets and maps, and on the Highways Agency’s website. Northern Bypass. It also includes junction improvements, the widening of a 4½ mile section of the A1 trunk road between Brampton and Alconbury and nearly The consultation focused on establishing the best overall route for the scheme, 7 miles of new local access roads. on making a comparative assessment of the six alternative schemes identified in earlier Department for Transport (DfT) studies, and on testing public opinion on Proposals to toll the Huntingdon Southern Bypass formed part of the funding aspects of tolling. Nearly 1,400 responses were received from individuals, local package for the scheme, which is predominantly financed by Central authorities, businesses and interest groups and there was considerable press Government, but will also include a £100m contribution from local authorities interest in the scheme. and local enterprise partnerships in the region. However, in December 2013, following consideration of feedback received, the Government announced that In general, the public consultation was well received and exhibitions were widely plans to introduce tolls on the A14 would be dropped. attended. There was a good deal of interest from parish councillors and local authority members and officers, so a series of evening meetings were held with The Government has tasked the Highways Agency, an executive agency of the these groups as the consultation proceeded. Exhibitions were held at locations Department for Transport, with the delivery of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon throughout the route corridor, in accordance with Highways Agency practice. improvement scheme. The Highways Agency will review its plans for the proposed route in the light of the consultation feedback received and the In addition to the consultation document, a more detailed Technical Review Government’s decision not to toll, and expects to publish a preferred route early of Options was prepared to give further information to those with a particular in 2014. interest in aspects of the scheme proposals. ii Overall findings to build a tolled Huntingdon Southern Bypass and to remove the existing A14 viaduct across the East Coast Mainline railway at Huntingdon Railway Station. The key outcomes from the public consultation were that: The proposals for tolling appear to have significantly influenced public opinion, n many people agreed that the scheme would reduce congestion and as many people stated that they would support the scheme had tolling not been stimulate economic growth; considered. By comparison, at a previous consultation exercise in 2005, more than four-fifths of respondents supported proposals to improve the A14 over a n tolling is almost universally unpopular; similar length. n the route east of Swavesey – which involves the widening of existing sections of trunk road – is not particularly contentious; Views on tolling n there is a lack of support for the Huntingdon Southern Bypass, which we Most respondents were against tolling as a means of part-funding the proposed believe to be driven by concerns on tolling; and that scheme and local authorities and businesses in East Anglia felt that the introduction of tolls on this strategic route would disadvantage businesses in n around half of respondents considered the A14 Huntingdon Viaduct the region. should be retained as it would form part of a toll-free alternative to the Huntingdon Southern Bypass. Many also expressed concern that some motorists would choose to avoid the tolled section, introducing additional traffic onto other, less suitable routes; in The Government’s proposals to introduce tolls on the Huntingdon Southern particular on the A428 trunk road, on the main road through St Ives, and in Bypass have significantly influenced the opinions and preferences of many village settlements throughout the A14 corridor. respondents. The Highways Agency recognises that future stages in the consultation process will need to further explore peoples’ thinking behind the Typical toll-charges for cars and goods vehicles were quoted in the issues raised further, now that tolling plans have been dropped. consultation material; these were set at levels judged by the Highways Agency to minimise traffic diversion onto other, less suitable, roads. The elimination General views on the scheme proposals of congestion on the A14 would reduce operating costs for businesses and individuals, although the extent to which this mitigates the effects of tolling would Most people agreed that the proposed scheme would help to reduce depend on individual vehicle types. congestion and stimulate economic growth with businesses, local authorities Plans to de-trunk the A14 through Huntingdon and to demolish the A14 viaduct and freight groups welcoming the improvements in the road network.
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