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South West Peninsula Route Strategy South West Peninsula Route Strategy April 2015 Contents 1. Introduction 5 Purpose of route strategies 5 Setting the first Road Investment Strategy 6 What we will do 7 What we will deliver 8 2. The main issues and challenges 10 Summary of the evidence report 10 3. Our Investment Priorities 12 Modernising the route 13 Maintaining the route 13 Operating the route 14 Expressways 15 4. Planning for future investment 16 The investment planning cycle 16 Preparing for the next round of route strategies 17 Contents Page !3 London to Scotland East Route London Orbital and M23 to Gatwick London to Scotland West strategies London to Wales Felixstowe to Midlands The division of routes for the Solent to Midlands programme of route strategies on the M25 to Solent (A3 and M3) Strategic Road Network Kent Corridor to M25 (M2 and M20) South Coast Central Birmingham to Exeter South West Peninsula A1 London to Leeds (East) East of England South Pennines A19 North Pennines A69 Newcastle upon Tyne Midlands to Wales and Gloucestershire Carlisle A1 Sunderland North and East Midlands M6 A1(M) South Midlands A66 Middlesbrough A595 A174 A66 Information correct at A19 13 March 2015 A590 A1 A64 A585 M6 Yo r k Leeds M1 Irish Sea M55 M65 M606 M621 Kingston upon Hull M62 A63 Preston A56 M62 A1 M61 A180 North Sea M58 M1 Grimsby A628 M18 Manchester M180 Liverpool A616 ( ) M57 A1 M M62 M60 Sheffield M53 A556 M56 A46 Lincoln M6 A1 A55 A500 M1 Stoke-on-Trent A38 Nottingham A52 Derby A50 A453 A483 A5 A38 A42 A46 Norwich M54 A47 A47 A458 A5 M42 Leicester M6 Toll A1 A12 M6 M69 Peterborough M6 Birmingham A5 A1(M) A11 A14 M5 M42 Coventry A14 M45 M1 A45 A14 A49 A428 Cambridge Worcester A5 A46 A421 A11 Ipswich A1 M40 A14 A12 M50 A43 Milton Keynes A120 A40 M1 A1(M) A120 A5 A417 A40 Gloucester Oxford M11 M25 M5 A34 M40 A12 M48 A419 Swindon Southend-on-Sea M4 M4 A404 A13 M4 Reading London Bristol M32 M4 M2 A249 A34 M26 A2 A36 M25 M5 A303 M3 M20 M23 A3 Crawley A20 A21 A36 Folkestone A303 A23 A259 A31 Ye ov i l M27 A3(M) A27 A27 A259 Exeter Brighton A30 A30 Portsmouth A35 Torquay Plymouth A38 A30 English Channel 0 kilometres 60 0 miles 40 © Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey 100030649 Highways Agency media services MCR N130206 1. Introduction Highways England is the new public sector Our route strategies will outline our priorities company owned by government and set up for the Road Period and beyond. These to operate and improve the motorways and documents also provide a transparent frame major A roads in England, otherwise known of reference for future delivery including as the Strategic Road Network (SRN). details about our proposed investment to improve asset condition; and our vision for The SRN is arguably the biggest and single the Customer Operations service. most important piece of infrastructure in the country. It is at the core of our national The clarity of route strategies, coupled with transport system. Its many arteries connect the new funding certainties of the Road our major towns and cities, ensure Investment Strategy (RIS) and the plans set commuters make it to work every day and out in our Strategic Business Plan and help millions of us visit our friends and Delivery Plan, will enable customers, families. stakeholders, partners and suppliers to engage with Highways England with Our motorways and major A roads are the confidence and reduced risk. most heavily used part of the national road network. They carry a third of all traffic and This will help to generate future efficiencies two-thirds of all freight, provide business with for our investment plans and performance the means to get its products and services to improvements, improving customer their customers, gives access to labour experience, and better inform the strategic markets and suppliers and encourage trade investment plans of our public and private and new investment. It is essential to the sector partners. growth, wellbeing and balance of the nation’s economy. This route strategy for South West Peninsula route is a culmination of two years of work Our primary role is to deliver a better service listening to our stakeholders, customers, for road users and to support a growing partners and suppliers. economy. We will work in the interests of taxpayers, road users, and the millions of It has informed the Road Investment Strategy people who rely on the network every day. – Investment Plan for Road Period 1 (2015/16 to 2019/20) and is our statement of how we Purpose of route strategies will tackle the most important challenges and opportunities for our customers as set out in The route strategies process provides an the Route Strategy Evidence Report for this opportunity for us to be clear about what we route. This strategy also shows how we will intend to do where, why and when. We will work toward delivering the ambitions set out operate within five year spending control in our Strategic Business Plan, and the periods known as a Road Period. The first Government’s RIS at a route level. Road Period has an overall capital investment of £11.3bn from 2015/16 to 2019/20. 1. Introduction Page !5 Setting the first Road Investment In December 2014, we also published our first Strategy Strategic Business Plan (SBP) setting out our main activities over the 5-year Road Period. It During September and October 2013 we held describes how we will go about delivering the a series of engagement events across the investment plan and the requirements of a country to inform the development of the demanding performance specification. evidence base for route strategies. We invited Supporting the SBP will be a five year Delivery over 800 stakeholders to provide evidence Plan which will set out our detailed and contribute to discussions about the programme, and how we will go about current and future performance of the changing the way we work and delivering the Strategic Road Network, in their local area performance specification. and to identify local priorities. To address the increasing demands from a In April 2014 we published a set of 18 route growing population and to meet and exceed evidence reports and technical annexes. The our customer expectations over the next 25 reports established the necessary evidence years, we will create a modern, base to help identify performance issues on technologically advanced road network that is routes and to anticipate future challenges. smother, smarter and sustainable and continues to enable the nation’s economy to Following the publication of the evidence grow and remain competitive. reports, during stage two of the route strategies process from May to November Over the coming decades the SRN must 2014, we identified over 200 locations provide significantly higher levels of nationwide for further study and over 250 integration with other transport developments potential investment options and areas for to improve domestic connectivity, encourage study. These were evaluated and sifted trade and investment, and enable British against five themes; network performance businesses to compete in international and safety, a good neighbour to the markets. environment and communities, customer experience, strategic access and connectivity By 2040, we want to have transformed the and helping us grow. busiest sections of the SRN to deliver the safer, more stress-free journeys that our From the sifting process a number of customers desire, and the enhanced reliability investment options were identified and these and predictability that is so important to were used to inform the Government’s RIS, business users and freight. We see the SRN which was published in December 2014. working more harmoniously with its surroundings, impacting less on local The RIS sets out the investment plan and communities and the environment. performance requirements for the network for the next 5 years, together with a long‑term We know it will take time to make this vision a commitment to capital funding totalling more reality but we have already started our work and the planned investment during Road than £11bn with a further £4.2bn for the first Period 1 will take us a step closer to making year of Road Period 2. This long‑term this vision a reality. investment will enable us to start work on delivering a modern and sustainable network Realising this will require a network that works that will tackle congestion, supports in a fundamentally more effective way. This economic growth and provides better means updating infrastructure to make the connections across the country. best use of technology, improving how drivers, vehicles and non-users interact both on and with the network, and placing the customer at the heart of how the network is managed. Page !6 What we will do As described in our Strategic Business Plan, to improve the capacity and performance of the network we will: Page !7 What we will deliver The increased investment in the SRN over the next 5 year road period will deliver substantial benefits for road users, communities and the nation as a whole. The key strategic outcomes of the planned investment will be: Supporting economic growth through a modernised and reliable network that reduces delays, creates jobs and helps business compete and opens up new areas for development. A safe and serviceable network where no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the network. A more free-flowing network where routine delays are more infrequent and journeys are safer and more reliable. An improved environment where the impact of our activities is further reduced ensuring a long-term and sustainable benefit to the environment.
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