Chelmsford North East Bypass & Beaulieu Railway

“This bid is about delivering homes to create great places to live in a sustainable manner. Key to this is the provision of transport infrastructure - we want to ensure that the right infrastructure for all modes of CHELMSFORD NORTH EAST BYPASS transport is in place to support growth in the region.” Cllr Kevin Bentley, Essex County Council & BEAULIEU RAILWAY STATION Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure Housing Infrastructure Fund: Chelmsford plays a vital role in the heart of Essex as the county city, Accelerating housing growth in the heart of Essex providing homes, jobs, shopping, healthcare, education, leisure and recreational opportunities for those in Essex, East Anglia and beyond. As well as people commuting to and within the city, strategic road and rail links make Chelmsford a particularly attractive base for people commuting into and out of London. Chelmsford is the driver of the regional economy and it needs a transport The case for Government funding network to match if it is to properly facilitate future growth. Essex is a growing, attractive and competitive place for people to live and for Essex County Council, Chelmsford City Council, Braintree District Council, business to locate. In the next 20 years there will be a need for 180,000 new Network Rail and Highways England are working in partnership with housing homes in Greater Essex. Chelmsford and Braintree enjoy a buoyant housing developers to ensure that this vital infrastructure is delivered to support market with major plans for housing and economic growth in the corridor housing growth set out in the published Local Plans for Chelmsford and between the two places. It is vital that infrastructure keeps pace with this Braintree and beyond. growth.

Our bid asks government to invest £218 million to build Beaulieu Station and complete the Chelmsford North East Bypass. The station and road will unlock over 10,000 homes between Chelmsford and Braintree - in North East £218 Chelmsford, Broomfield, Great Leighs and Great million is Notley. This investment is in addition to substantial required to build funding given by the developers and South East Beaulieu railway station and Phase Local Enterprise partnership to build the 1 of the Chelmsford infrastructure. North East Bypass.

With thanks to Chelmsford City Council for contributing photographs for this document “This bid is about delivering homes to create great places to live in a sustainable manner. Key to this is the provision of transport infrastructure - we want to ensure that the right infrastructure for all modes of CHELMSFORD NORTH EAST BYPASS transport is in place to support growth in the region.” Cllr Kevin Bentley, Essex County Council & BEAULIEU RAILWAY STATION Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure Housing Infrastructure Fund: Chelmsford plays a vital role in the heart of Essex as the county city, Accelerating housing growth in the heart of Essex providing homes, jobs, shopping, healthcare, education, leisure and recreational opportunities for those in Essex, East Anglia and beyond. As well as people commuting to and within the city, strategic road and rail links make Chelmsford a particularly attractive base for people commuting into and out of London. Chelmsford is the driver of the regional economy and it needs a transport The case for Government funding network to match if it is to properly facilitate future growth. Essex is a growing, attractive and competitive place for people to live and for Essex County Council, Chelmsford City Council, Braintree District Council, business to locate. In the next 20 years there will be a need for 180,000 new Network Rail and Highways England are working in partnership with housing homes in Greater Essex. Chelmsford and Braintree enjoy a buoyant housing developers to ensure that this vital infrastructure is delivered to support market with major plans for housing and economic growth in the corridor housing growth set out in the published Local Plans for Chelmsford and between the two places. It is vital that infrastructure keeps pace with this Braintree and beyond. growth.

With thanks to Chelmsford City Council for contributing photographs for this document N

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the wider east and southeast of England, including South Essex and the Planned growth homes are under 2,500 homes can y

Lower Thames Crossing. a Roundabout construction at

be built at Beaulieu £1,671m

t Chelmer H Broomfield Hospital and northeast n Beaulieu Park Net Present

e Valley The bypass will enhance access to and increase the catchment area of the m

Chelmsford i alongside 750 at Value of the g station - it is therefore vital that these pieces of infrastructure are delivered at e Channels

without the R additional

450 x the same time. station e 8,600 housing H s s Beaulieu

E Business Park A12 benefits

What will this do for housing growth? 3

in passenger trips Brand new trains a M per year - more across the Greater n r e t than Nottingham or Anglia franchise by s The establishment a

the wider east and southeast of England, including South Essex and the Planned growth homes are under 2,500 homes can y

Lower Thames Crossing. a Roundabout construction at

be built at Beaulieu £1,671m

t Chelmer H Broomfield Hospital and northeast n Beaulieu Park Net Present

e Valley The bypass will enhance access to and increase the catchment area of the m

Chelmsford i alongside 750 at Value of the g station - it is therefore vital that these pieces of infrastructure are delivered at e Channels

without the R additional

450 x the same time. station e 8,600 housing H s s Beaulieu

E Business Park A12 benefits

What will this do for housing growth? 3

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E Oxford railway the end of 2020 t of Beaulieu railway a e stations r station is a priority G To ondon for the Great Eastern To ondon iverpool outhend Main Line Task Force treet by train in appro. 35 minutes CHELMSFORD NORTH EAST BYPASS & BEAULIEU RAILWAY STATION “This bid is about delivering homes to create great places to live in a sustainable manner. Key to this is the provision of transport infrastructure - we want to ensure that the right infrastructure for all modes of CHELMSFORD NORTH EAST BYPASS transport is in place to support growth in the region.” Cllr Kevin Bentley, Essex County Council & BEAULIEU RAILWAY STATION Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure Housing Infrastructure Fund: Chelmsford plays a vital role in the heart of Essex as the county city, Accelerating housing growth in the heart of Essex providing homes, jobs, shopping, healthcare, education, leisure and recreational opportunities for those in Essex, East Anglia and beyond. As well as people commuting to and within the city, strategic road and rail links make Chelmsford a particularly attractive base for people commuting into and out of London. Chelmsford is the driver of the regional economy and it needs a transport The case for Government funding network to match if it is to properly facilitate future growth. Essex is a growing, attractive and competitive place for people to live and for Essex County Council, Chelmsford City Council, Braintree District Council, business to locate. In the next 20 years there will be a need for 180,000 new Network Rail and Highways England are working in partnership with housing homes in Greater Essex. Chelmsford and Braintree enjoy a buoyant housing developers to ensure that this vital infrastructure is delivered to support market with major plans for housing and economic growth in the corridor housing growth set out in the published Local Plans for Chelmsford and between the two places. It is vital that infrastructure keeps pace with this Braintree and beyond. growth.

With thanks to Chelmsford City Council for contributing photographs for this document