REPORT NO 70014040-R01 NORTHAMPTON NORTHERN ORBITAL ROUTE OFFICER CONSULTATION FEEDBACK REPORT JUNE 2016 NORTHAMPTON NORTHERN ORBITAL ROUTE OFFICER CONSULTATION FEEDBACK REPORT Northamptonshire County Council Report Project no: 70014040 Date: June 2016 – WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Building E4 Greenlane Business Park Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 8SJ Tel: 01684 851751 Fax: 01684 851711 www.wsp-pb.com QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISSUE/REVISION V1.0 V2.0 V3.0 REVISION 3 Questionnaire data section expanded Minor alterations to Remarks First Draft and personal details text removed from the appendix. Date 27 June 2016 04 August 2016 23 August 2016 Prepared by S Challenor A Kulikova S Challenor Signature Checked by J Wyllie J Wyllie J Wylie Signature Authorised by Signature Project number Report number File reference ii PRODUCTION TEAM WSP | PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF Project Manager/ Checker Jamie Wyllie Main Author Sam Challenor Northampton Northern Orbital Route WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Northamptonshire County Council Project No 70014040 Month Year June 2016 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME 4 2 PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTATION 4 3 METHODOLOGY 5 4 CONSULTATION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 6 5 SUMMARY 24 Northampton Northern Orbital Route WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Northamptonshire County Council Project No 70014040 June 2016 4 1 PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME The Northampton Northern Orbital Route will complete the northern ring road for Northampton connecting the Northampton North West Relief Road (subject to a separate Growth Deal bid) and A5199 between Kingsthorpe and Chapel Brampton with the A43 Northampton - Kettering corridor north of Moulton, including a connection to the major Moulton Park industrial estate. The new route will enable 10,000 new homes and some 10 hectares of employment land included in the adopted West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy to be built, and is also expected to create capacity for future development beyond that already planned in the Joint Core Strategy. By completing a new ring road to the north of Northampton, the new road will ease congestion by reducing the amount of traffic passing through northern parts of Northampton and the surrounding villages of Boughton, Moulton and Pitsford. The road will also create a new route for traffic heading to the Moulton Park industrial estate. 2 PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTATION 2.1.1 Early stage consultation was carried in spring 2016. The purpose was to engage with those who have an interest in why this highway capacity improvement is required and how this could be achieved. 2.1.2 To aide the consultation, four potential route options were identified for presentation to key stakeholders and at a two public exhibitions. Basic level background data was also developed to identify known constraints and predict the future design year traffic for the route options and ‘do nothing’ scenarios. 2.1.3 It was hoped to gain both the views of stakeholders and more knowledge of important local constraints. Northampton Northern Orbital Route WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Northamptonshire County Council Project No 70014040 June 2016 5 3 METHODOLOGY 3.1.1 The consultation materials were circulated to key stakeholders by letter and released to the public and press using the Councils website http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/northamptonshire-highways/major- highway-projects/Pages/northampton-northern-orbital-route.aspx 3.1.2 Two consultation events were widely publicised and held in February 2016 to enable those with an interest to talk face to face with the project team. 3.1.3 Attendees at the events were encouraged to leave comments on the scheme plans and complete a bespoke questionnaire, either on-line or by submitting a paper copy. 3.1.4 Following the exhibition, the boards were moved to public access buildings to give the opportunity for others to see the boards. 3.1.5 An on-line survey questionnaire hosted by SurveyMonkey was used to collate questionnaire responses. Consultees accessed the questionnaire from the councils website or from the web address given at the consultation events. All paper copy responses were manually input into SurveyMonkey. 3.1.6 The responses received were compiled in three places; SurveyMonkey was used for all questionnaire responses, comments raised at the exhibitions were scanned in and tabulated, written responses (both letter and email) were logged on a Consultation Tracker. 3.1.7 The consultation was successful and delivered the stimulation we required to progress. There was a lot of feedback from the consultation including ideas for alternative/altered routes, concerns and considerations amongst other things. This was really helpful in determining unknown constraints and the thoughts of members of the public. The information and feedback received will allow us proceed further with determining the most suitable and viable Northampton Northern Orbital Route. Consultation responses were designed to understand preferences on route options. Northampton Northern Orbital Route WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Northamptonshire County Council Project No 70014040 June 2016 6 4 CONSULTATION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 4.1 EXHIBITION PLAN COMMENTS 4.1.1 The comments raised at the exhibition were captured on Post-it notes and scribbles on the scheme plans. Copies of the marked up scheme plans are in Appendix A-1. 4.1.2 The points raised have been tabulated in Figure 1 below. Northampton Northern Orbital Route WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Northamptonshire County Council Project No 70014040 June 2016 7 •Flooding - Broughton Mill •Why not produce route using existing quarry access? •What are the costings of proposed routes and cost of shorter direct route? •Conservation Park •No roundabouts. Flyovers and underpasses only. Need cycle tracks. •Won't solve the problem of traffic going through Kingsthorpe and the Harborough Road r e •Listed Building by Holly lodge farm •Route 6 suggested e •Will weight limits be imposed to 'force' lorries to use route. •Access to Farmland •Route 5 suggested t g e •Accident black spot Boughton Lane. •Favours Day Nursery •Why not propose another route south of Broughton Village - using existing •Screen roads to Reduce Nosie up/down the Valley to Moulton and Broughton •Flooding Risk infrastructure a u h •Will the Roads be Screened to reduce noise? •Rotue 4 less impact on Parkland •Option 2 does not provide a "direct" route and therefore is unlikely to be used t instead of rat runs t •Cut of road to stop traffic through village i •Landscape designations? o •Option 1 raises issues around student safety around the college •Cycle Ways and Screen Road •Concerns at visual impact by Northampton and Lamport r •High pressure gas main •Pointless building relief road as single carriageway without grade separated O Railway R junction •Don't Touch Boughton Park •How will R/Bout tie in with Broughton Lane e •Get it built before the 1000s of new houses •Boughton Park should be protected, Grade II Listed •How are the roads connected? For Cycles? For Cars? •No Junction at Holcot, Moulton or Walgrave. •Screen Road as on a Hill as already get noise A43 h •Saxon Burial Ground •Major Bottleneck at Round Spinney •Any properties on Cottingham drive area going to be •Flyover Please x2 demolished? •Move Route 1 to the north •Dualling A43 will just make a bigger but shorter tail back. d •Further North the Route goes- More land will be in •Objection to route 1 •N & L railway extends to Windhover roundabout. New Halt already being built filled with housing and industry •Objection to route 1 East of Brookwood house •Where will all traffic go from here? n •Does not make sense to put a major road through the •Objection to Hog Hole Spinney junction •Concern about the nature of likely funding middle of the college •How big will the junction be at A43? •A5199 Traffic Data. Chapel Brampton's data already exceeds forecast a •As a resident + a member of the Northants Gardens •A43 5+Miles tail back •Park and Ride + Bus Lanes Needed,. Kingsthorpe Pitsford Access Required? Trust I would protest at the use of Grade II garden listed •Move route 4 RBt closer to A508 quarry access •Lots of Traffic From A 5076. Moulton Park Currently makes travel from Moulton to land - with follies. e •Option 4 will be faster road. People will use it Kingsthorpe difficult in mornings. •Protection of Moulton Village a priority •Route 5 Proposed route via Windhover farm and Westview Farm Connecting • Traffic lights? p •Objection to Construction over Boughton Park with main routes •We need a road within a narrow timescale. •Chalyboate Spring •No to route 2. Use Farm shop road with new roundabout System. Go across •Traffic will be gridlocked in Kingsthorpe a •Cemetery by Little warren. south of Broughton Route 5 •Where is the money coming from? •Nest Barn Owl in disused shed, great crested newts in c •Make Slip road to Bypass Roundabout •Increase risk of Casualties Diurnal pond. •Objections to all 4 routes •Need a bypass forMoulton/Boughton Asap too much Mouton Park traffic use local s •Route 4 should be a roundabout with A508 roads as rat runs •Prefer Option 1 •Traffic Calming to Holcot d •Alternate route through Quarry •The Junction will encourage N/S traffic though Holcot because of congestion on A43. n •Prefer East end Route 1 to join west end of Route 4 to join suggested Route 5 •Route 1 and 2 make the most sense. •Cul de sac Holcot Road at Boughton Fair Lane a •These Links won't work. Needs to link to Moulton Park in a different way •5-10 years is to long to wait. Traffic will be Gridlock until then •Route 1 better •This impacts on Holcot "Rat Run" Could Holcot have a small bypass L •Could Route 5 continue on existing infrastructure? •This is likey to increase traffic through Holcot/Hannington - already untenable. •Option 2 least preferred.