Strategic Case
A12 Suffolk Energy Gateway - Strategic Case 2. Existing Situation 2.1 Introduction The chapter is structured under the following sub-headings: • Population and growth (Section 2.2) • Educational and skills attainment (Section 2.3) • Car ownership, distance and journey to work (Section 2.4) • Economy – employment, deprivation, economic performance and productivity, structure of the economy, growth opportunities (Section 2.5) • Transport network (Section 2.6) • Route performance (Section 2.7) • Users’ perception of the A12 (Section 2.8) • Environment (Section 2.9). 2.2 Population and growth The 2011 Census provides a recent measure of the total resident population and population density across the study area. The total population of Suffolk Coastal, Ipswich, Waveney, the wider New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area and England are included in Table 2-1 below. These three Local Authority districts comprise the major areas of influence for the scheme, with the scheme itself located in the centre of Suffolk Coastal district and connecting the major urban areas of Ipswich to the south and Lowestoft within Waveney to the north. The New Anglia LEP covers the wider area of Suffolk and Norfolk. Change Geographical Area 2001 2011 Number % Suffolk Coastal district 115,141 124,298 9,157 8.0 Ipswich borough 117,069 133,384 16,315 13.9 Waveney district 112,342 115,254 2,912 2.6 New Anglia LEP area - 1,586,051 - - England 49,138,831 53,012,456 3,873,625 7.9 Source: 2001 and 2011 Census. Table 2-1: Historic trends in total resident population, 2001-2011.
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