South Midlands Route Strategy Evidence Report Technical Annex April 2014
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Safe roads, reliable journeys, informed travellers South Midlands Route Strategy Evidence Report Technical Annex April 2014 An executive agency of the Department for Transport South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex Document History Technical annex to South Midlands route-based strategy evidence report Highways Agency This document has been issued and amended as follows: Version Date Description Author Approved by 1 February Draft for comment Sarah Garland Victoria Lazenby 2014 2 April 2014 Final version Sarah Garland Andrew Butterfield 1 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex Table of Contents Document History ........................................................................................................ 1 Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 2 Part A Supporting evidence ................................................................................... 4 A1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5 A1.3 Route description .............................................................................................. 5 A2 Route capability, condition and constraints ................................................... 6 A2.1 Route performance ........................................................................................... 6 A2.2 Road Safety .................................................................................................... 12 A2.3 Asset Condition .............................................................................................. 14 A2.4 Route Operation ............................................................................................. 14 A2.5 Technology ..................................................................................................... 14 A2.6 Vulnerable Road Users .................................................................................. 15 A2.7 Environment ................................................................................................... 16 A3 Future considerations ..................................................................................... 17 A3.2 Economic development and surrounding environment ................................... 17 A3.3 Network improvements and operational changes ........................................... 23 A3.4 Wider transport networks ................................................................................ 23 A4 Key challenges and opportunities ................................................................. 24 A4.2 Timescales ..................................................................................................... 24 A4.3 Stakeholder priorities ...................................................................................... 24 A4.4 Operational challenges and opportunities ...................................................... 24 A4.5 Asset condition challenges and opportunities ................................................. 24 A4.6 Capacity challenges and opportunities ........................................................... 24 A4.7 Safety challenges and opportunities ............................................................... 24 A4.8 Social and environmental challenges and opportunities ................................. 24 Part B Stakeholder engagement .......................................................................... 36 B1 Stakeholder workshops .................................................................................. 37 B1.1 Engagement events ........................................................................................ 37 B2.1 Stakeholder event invitees ............................................................................. 38 B3.1 Stakeholder event attendees .......................................................................... 46 B4.1 Note taker sheets from stakeholder events .................................................... 51 2 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex Part C Bibliography ............................................................................................. 194 C1 Bibliography ................................................................................................ 196 C1.1 Chapter 2 ...................................................................................................... 196 C1.2 Chapter 3 ...................................................................................................... 196 C1.3 Evidence from stakeholders ............................................................................ 198 Tables Table A4.1 Schedule of challenges and opportunities 25 3 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex Part A Supporting evidence 4 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex A1 Introduction A1.3 Route description This section is intentionally blank 5 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex A2 Route capability, condition and constraints A2.1 Route performance 50 busiest sections on the route AADF National Rank (out of 2475 AADF vehicles road links -rank 1 is RoadLinkDescription per day the busiest) M42 between M42 J7 and M42 J7a (LM512A) 64,694 109 M6 Toll between M42 J8 and M6 Toll T1 (LM1052A) 63,958 117 M42 between M42 J8 and M42 J9S (LM518A) 63,958 117 M42 between M42 J7a and M42 J7 (LM511A) 50,125 361 M6 Toll between M6 Toll T1 and M42 J8 (LM1053A) 46,350 430 M42 between M42 J9 and M42 J8 (LM517) 46,350 430 M42 between M42 J9S and M42 J9 (LM1518) 34,139 769 M42 between M42 J10 and M42 J9 (LM515) 33,794 786 M42 between M42 J9 and M42 J10 (LM516) 33,712 793 A46 between A452 and A45 (AL2698) 30,279 885 A46 between A45 and A452 (AL2699) 29,987 907 A46 between A452 and A429 (AL140B) 28,852 956 A46 between A429 and A452 (AL137B) 28,821 958 M42 between M42 J11 and M42 J10 (LM493) 28,298 982 M42 between M42 J10 and M42 J11 (LM494) 27,883 995 A45 between A46 and A46 (AL2701) 27,499 1,013 M69 between M69 J3 and M69 J2 (LM920) 27,357 1,019 M69 between M69 J2 and M69 J3 (LM921) 27,063 1,029 A38 between A5121 and A5132 (AL1270) 27,015 1,032 A45 between A46 and A46 (AL1661) 26,973 1,037 A42 between M42 J11 and A511 (AL2586) 26,684 1,050 M69 between M6 J2 and M69 J1 (LM917) 26,404 1,063 A42 between A511 and M42 J11 (AL1012) 26,069 1,078 M69 between M69 J1 and M6 J2 (LM916) 25,984 1,082 A38 between A5132 and A5121 (AL1269) 25,901 1,089 A46 between A4177 and A429 (AL135) 25,211 1,118 A46 between A429 and A4177 (AL2738) 25,183 1,121 A42 between A511 and A453 (AL2983) 24,726 1,147 A38 between A5121 and A513 (AL1007) 24,584 1,155 A38 between A50 and A5132 (AL2079) 24,387 1,164 A38 between A5192 and A5206 (AL994A) 24,376 1,166 A38 between A5132 and A50 (AL2078) 24,325 1,169 A42 between A453 and A511 (AL1016) 24,079 1,194 M69 between M69 J1 and M69 J2 (LM919) 23,965 1,200 6 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex M69 between M69 J2 and M69 J1 (LM918) 23,603 1,225 A38 between A5206 and A5192 (AL996A) 23,567 1,227 A46 between M40 J15 and A4177 (AL2740) 23,532 1,235 A42 between A453 NEbound and A453 NEbound (AL1287) 23,442 1,239 A38 between A5127 and A513 (AL1001) 23,115 1,261 A38 between A513 and A5127 (AL1000) 23,092 1,265 A42 between A453 SWbound and A453 SWbound (AL1286) 22,971 1,270 A46 between A4177 and M40 J15 (AL2739) 22,699 1,287 A46 between A428 and M6 J2 (AL2713) 22,596 1,297 A38 between A513 and A5121 (AL1004) 22,360 1,313 A46 between M6 J2 and A428 (AL2710) 22,341 1,314 A46 between A428 and A45 (AL2706) 21,951 1,340 A46 between A45 and A428 (AL2705) 21,667 1,353 A45 between A452 and M42 J6 (AL2671) 21,629 1,358 A5 between A51 and M42 J10 (AL153B) 21,613 1,360 A5 between M42 J10 and A51 (AL154B) 21,510 1,372 7 South Midlands route-based strategy technical annex 50 links with highest proportion of freight on the route Goods Goods Vehicle Rank Flow_Bin2 Flow_Bin3 vehicles (out of 1977 Flow_Bin1 vehicles vehicles ( Flow_Bin4 (>5.2m road links - vehicles (5.2m to 6.6m to vehicles long) as a rank 1 has (<5.2m 6.6m long) 11.6m long) (>11.6m proportion highest long) as a as a as a long) as a of all Goods traffic proportion proportion proportion proportion RoadLinkDescription traffic proportion) of all traffic of all traffic of all traffic of all traffic A42 between M42 J11 and A511 (AL2586) 36% 49 64% 18% 7% 11% A42 between A511 and M42 J11 (AL1012) 35% 55 65% 16% 7% 11% A5 between A426 and A4303 (AL3243) 27% 198 73% 4% 6% 18% A5 between M42 J10 and A444 (AL3254) 26% 224 74% 13% 5% 8% M42 between M42 J10 and M42 J9 (LM515) 26% 247 74% 9% 6% 11% M42 between M42 J9 and M42 J10 (LM516) 26% 261 74% 9% 6% 10% A5 between A4303 and A426 (AL3242) 26% 268 74% 4% 5% 17% A5 between A5 and A426 (AL3238) 25% 271 75% 4% 6% 15% A5 between A426 and A5 (AL3239) 25% 292 75% 4% 5% 15% A46 between M6 J2 and A428 (AL2710) 25% 300 75% 13% 6% 7% A5 between A444 and M42 J10 (AL3253) 25% 302 75% 12% 5% 8% A42 between A511 and A453 (AL2983) 24% 328 76% 6% 6% 11% A42 between A453 NEbound and A453 NEbound (AL1287) 23% 352 77% 6% 6% 11% A38 between A5192 and A5127 (AL997) 23% 358 77% 6% 6% 12% A38 between A5127 and A5192 (AL998) 23% 374 77% 5% 6% 12% A42 between A453 and A511 (AL1016) 23% 388 77% 5% 6% 11% M6 Toll between M6 J3A and M42 J7a (LM1050A) 22% 402 78% 5% 4% 13% A5 between A4303 and M69 J1 (AL3247) 22% 404 78% 5% 6% 11% M69 between M69 J3 and M69 J2 (LM920) 22% 407 78% 10% 6% 6% A42 between A453 SWbound and A453 SWbound (AL1286) 22% 409 78% 5% 6% 11% M69