South West Herts Growth & Transport Plan
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South West Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan Prospectus June 2019 North Central Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan Stage 1 Context Paper Hertfordshire County Council Project Reference: Herts Plans and Strategies Project Number: 60536307 30 March 2017 South West Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan 2 Quality information Prepared by Checked by Approved by A Findlay A Tobin S Willison C Durbin B Wickenden G Vecia E Oyokose Revision History Revision Revision date Details Revisions Revisions Originator Reviewer Update 1 25/08/17 Officer GV SPW Comments Update Update 2 17/11/17 Member GV, AF SPW Comments Update Update 3 08/01/18 Additional Edits SPW - Update 4 12/03/18 Additional Edits AF, EO SPW Update 5 08/06/18 Additional Edits AF SPW Update 6 04/01/18 Post OC - consultation edits Update 7 11/03/18 Additional post AF SPW consultation edits Update 8 5/4/19 Final edits OC Prepared for: Hertfordshire County Council AECOM South West Hertfordshire GTP Prospectus South West Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan 3 Prepared for: Hertfordshire County Council Prepared by: AECOM AECOM Limited AECOM House 63-77 Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3ER UK T: +44(0)1727 535000 aecom.com © 2019 AECOM Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Limited (“AECOM”) for sole use of our client (the “Client”) in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. No third party may rely upon this document without the prior and express written agreement of AECOM. Prepared for: Hertfordshire County Council AECOM South West Hertfordshire GTP Prospectus South West Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan 4 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................... 8 2. Process and Policy Context ........................................................ 12 3. South West Hertfordshire ........................................................... 17 4. Challenges .................................................................................. 36 5. Objectives ................................................................................... 43 6. Addressing the Challenges ......................................................... 48 Projects and Linked Project Groups ................................................................................... 60 Schemes ............................................................................................................................. 61 Packages ............................................................................................................................ 62 Strategic Interventions and Corridors ................................................................................ 63 Identifying Preferred Packages .......................................................................................... 64 Package 1 – Hemel Hempstead East-West Corridor .......................................................... 66 Package 2 – Maylands (Hemel Hempstead) ........................................................................ 75 Package 3 – Hemel Hempstead-Luton Corridor ................................................................. 83 Package 4 – St Albans-Watford Corridor ............................................................................ 91 Package 5 – Watford Western Gateway .............................................................................. 99 Package 6 – Watford-Hemel Hempstead Corridor ........................................................... 106 Package 7 – Watford Central ............................................................................................. 115 Package 8 – Watford South .............................................................................................. 124 Package 9 - Rickmansworth ............................................................................................. 132 Combined Packages Schedule of Interventions .............................................................. 137 7. Conclusion and Next Steps ....................................................... 142 8. Appendices ............................................................................... 145 Appendix A - Intervention Schedule and Assessment – Preferred Combination ................ 146 Appendix B - Intervention Objective Scoring ..................................................................... 152 Appendix C - Scheme Approach Selection and Packaging ............................................... 159 Appendix D – Supplementary Note – Dome Roundabout .................................................. 167 Appendix E – Area Wide Interventions and Sustainable Development Principles .............. 175 Figures Figure 1: Coverage Map with GTP areas and Corridor Studies ........................................... 10 Figure 2 - Plan-Policy Framework ....................................................................................... 13 Figure 3 - Growth and Transport Plan Portfolio ................................................................... 14 Figure 4 - Growth and Transport Plan Stages of Development ........................................... 15 Figure 5 - South West Hertfordshire area ........................................................................... 17 Figure 6 - Map of Watford ................................................................................................... 18 Figure 7 - Aerial view of Watford Town Centre .................................................................... 19 Figure 8 - Map of Hemel Hempstead .................................................................................. 20 Figure 9 - Aerial view (westwards) of Hemel Hempstead .................................................... 21 Prepared for: Hertfordshire County Council AECOM South West Hertfordshire GTP Prospectus South West Hertfordshire Growth and Transport Plan 5 Figure 10 – Rickmansworth and South Three Rivers .......................................................... 22 Figure 11 - South St Albans area and connections to Watford and Hemel Hempstead ..... 23 Figure 12 - Aerial view (southwestwards) of south St Albans, Bricket Wood, and How Wood23 Figure 13 - Broad relationship between urban areas in South West Hertfordshire ............. 24 Figure 14 - South West Hertfordshire Transport Network .................................................. 25 Figure 15 - Plough 'Magic' Roundabout, Hemel Hempstead Town Centre .......................... 26 Figure 16 - Watford Junction railway station main entrance .............................................. 27 Figure 17 – St Albans Station on the Abbey Line ................................................................ 28 Figure 18 - The Nickey Line (National Cycle Route 57) ....................................................... 29 Figure 19 – Potential Housing and Jobs Growth in South West Hertfordshire ................... 32 Figure 20 - Key planned developments in South West Hertfordshire ................................. 33 Figure 21 - Approach to Identifying Challenges ................................................................. 36 Figure 22 - Summary of Challenge Symptoms ................................................................... 38 Figure 23 – Personas – ‘current’ experiences of transport and travel in South West Hertfordshire ...................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 24 - South West Hertfordshire GTP Objectives ....................................................... 44 Figure 25 - Objectives and Key Topics ................................................................................ 46 Figure 26 - Current Toolbox of Interventions ...................................................................... 48 Figure 27 - Approach to Identifying Interventions .............................................................. 49 Figure 28 - Intervention Hierarchy ...................................................................................... 52 Figure 29 - Example Scheme Approaches ......................................................................... 54 Figure 30 - Schedule of Interventions ................................................................................ 55 Figure 31 - Linked Project Groups ...................................................................................... 60 Figure 32 - Schemes .......................................................................................................... 61 Figure 33 - Packages .......................................................................................................... 62 Figure 34 - Strategic Interventions ..................................................................................... 63 Figure 35 - Package 1 Preferred Combination .................................................................... 72 Figure 36 - Package 1 Indicative Sequence of Delivery ...................................................... 74 Figure 37 - Bus Connectivity at the East Hemel (Maylands) Multi-Modal Transport Interchange ........................................................................................................................ 79 Figure 38 - Package 2 Preferred