High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 5: Technical Appendices Traffic and Transport Transport Assessment (TR-001-000) Part 1
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E62-A High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 5: Technical appendices Traffic and transport Transport Assessment (TR-001-000) Part 1 High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA 08081 434 434 [email protected] E62-A July 2017 ES 3.5.0.16.1 E62-A High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Crewe) Midlands - Speed Rail (West High Environmental Statement High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 5: Technical appendices Traffic and transport Transport Assessment (TR-001-000) Part 1 Volume 5: Technical appendices Traffic and transport Traffic appendices Technical 5: Volume High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA 08081 434 434 [email protected] July 2017 ES 3.5.0.16.1 High Speed Two (HS2) Limited has been tasked by the Department for Transport (DfT) with managing the delivery of a new national high speed rail network. 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Appendix TR-001-000 Contents Part 1 – Introduction, approach and baseline conditions Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Policy and guidance Section 3: Methodology Section 4: Mitigation measures Section 5: Baseline conditions Part 2 – Appraisal of impacts Section 6: Scheme Description Section 7: CA1 Fradley to Colton – appraising the impact of the Proposed Scheme Section 8: CA2 Colwich to Yarlet – appraising the impact of the Proposed Scheme Section 9: CA3 Stone and Swynnerton – appraising the impact of the Proposed Scheme Section 10: CA4 Whitmore Heath to Madeley – appraising the impact of the Proposed Scheme Section 11: CA5 South Cheshire – appraising the impact of the Proposed Scheme Section 12: Route-wide and off-route assessment Section 13: References Annex A: Framework travel plan Annex B: Baseline infrastructure and public transport service provision maps and details i Appendix TR-001-000 Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Structure 5 2 Policy and guidance 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 National policy 6 2.3 Local planning and transport policy 13 3 Methodology 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.2 Reporting approach 21 3.3 Areas of consideration and key impacts 21 3.4 Engagement with relevant parties 23 3.5 Assessment scenarios 23 3.6 Data collection 25 3.7 Background traffic growth 25 3.8 Proposed Scheme trip generation and distribution 26 3.9 Construction assessment assumptions 28 3.10 Modelling approach 31 4 Mitigation measures 38 4.1 Introduction 38 4.2 Embedded mitigation 38 4.3 Draft Code of Construction Practice (CoCP) 40 4.4 Framework travel plan 41 5 Baseline conditions 42 5.1 Introduction 42 5.2 Baseline surveys 42 5.3 Fradley to Colton area 43 5.4 Colwich to Yarlet area 85 ii Appendix TR-001-000 5.5 Stone and Swynnerton area 116 5.6 Whitmore Heath to Madeley area 147 5.7 South Cheshire area 164 List of figures Figure 1: The Proposed Scheme 3 Figure 2: Modelling framework 33 List of tables Table 1 Highway assignment traffic models 36 Table 2: Fradley to Colton strategic and primary road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 46 Table 3: Fradley to Colton local road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 48 Table 4: 2016 baseline performance at Lancaster Road/Wood End Lane/Wellington Crescent junction 56 Table 5: 2016 baseline performance at Common Lane/Wood End Lane junction 56 Table 6: 2016 baseline performance at Wood End Lane/Gorse Lane/Tesco access junction 57 Table 7: 2016 baseline performance at A515 Featherbed Lane/A51 Stafford Road junction 57 Table 8: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Western Bypass/The Friary/Friary Avenue/Friary Road junction 58 Table 9: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lea Hall Way/A51 Brereton Hill/A460 Brereton Hill junction 58 Table 10: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lea Hall Way/Armitage Road junction 59 Table 11: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lea Hall Way/Wheelhouse Road junction 59 Table 12: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Rugeley Eastern Bypass/Power Station Road junction 60 Table 13: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Rugeley Eastern Bypass/Station Road junction 60 Table 14 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Cappers Lane/Austin Cote Lane/Europa Way junction 61 Table 15: 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Eastern Avenue/A5127 Burton Road/A5192 Cappers Lane/A5127 Trent Valley Road junction 62 Table 16: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Birmingham Road/A5127 Birmingham Road/ A461 Saint Foy Avenue/A51 The Friary junction 63 Table 17: 2016 baseline performance at A515 Lichfield Road/Wood End Lane junction 63 Table 18: 2016 baseline performance at A513 Rugeley Road/A515 Lichfield Road/A515 Tewnalls Lane junction 64 Table 19: 2016 baseline performance at B5014 Lichfield Road/A515 Tewnalls Lane junction 65 Table 20: 2016 baseline performance at B5014 Ridware Road/A513 Kings Bromley Lane junction 66 Table 21: 2016 baseline performance at B5014 Uttoxeter Road/Blithbury Road junction 67 Table 22: 2016 baseline performance at A51 (from Bardy Lane to Stafford Road)/Borough Lane junction 68 Table 23: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Brereton Hill/Brereton Hill Lane junction 69 Table 24: 2016 baseline performance at B5013 Colton Road/Blithbury Road junction 69 Table 25: 2016 baseline performance at B5013 Colton Road/Bellamour Way junction 70 iii Appendix TR-001-000 Table 26: 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Cappers Lane/A38(T) Rykneld Street slip road (south-bound) junction 71 Table 27: 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Cappers Lane/A38 slip road (north-bound) junction 72 Table 28: 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Eastern Avenue/Stafford Road junction 73 Table 29: 2016 baseline performance at Wood Lane/A38(T) Rykneld Street south-bound slip roads junction 74 Table 30: 2016 baseline performance at A5192 Eastern Avenue/A51 Stafford Road junction/ A51 Western Bypass junction 75 Table 31: 2016 baseline performance at Blithbury Road /Stoneyford Lane junction 76 Table 32: 2016 baseline performance at Blithbury Lane/Hadley Gate junction 76 Table 33: 2016 baseline performance at Newlands Lane/Moor Lane junction 77 Table 34: 2016 baseline performance at A515 Lichfield Road/Common Lane/Shaw Lane junction 78 Table 35: Colwich to Yarlet strategic and primary ‘A’ road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 88 Table 36: Colwich to Yarlet local road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 91 Table 37: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lichfield Road/A51 Rugeley Eastern Bypass/ A460 Wolseley Bridge Road junction 97 Table 38: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lichfield Road/A513 Lichfield Road junction 97 Table 39: 2016 baseline performance at A518 Weston Road/Beacon Way/Blackheath Lane junction 98 Table 40: 2016 baseline performance at A518 Weston Road/A513 Beaconside junction 98 Table 41: 2016 baseline performance at A513 Beaconside/A34 Stone Road junction 99 Table 42: 2016 baseline performance at A34 from M6 roundabout at Creswell/Mustang Drive junction 99 Table 43: 2016 baseline performance at A51 London Road/Church Lane/A51 Lichfield Road/ Hoo Mill Lane junction 100 Table 44: 2016 baseline performance at A51 London Road/Pasturefields Lane junction 101 Table 45: 2016 baseline performance at A513 Sandon Road/B5066 Sandon Road (east) junction 102 Table 46: 2016 baseline performance at Tixall Road/Hanyards Lane junction 103 Table 47: 2016 baseline performance at A513 Beaconside/Marston Lane junction 103 Table 48: 2016 baseline performance at B5066 Sandon Road/Hopton Lane junction 105 Table 49: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Lichfield Road/Tolldish Lane junction 106 Table 50: 2016 baseline performance at A51 London Road/A518 Stafford Road junction 107 Table 51: 2016 baseline performance at A513 Beaconside/B5066 Sandon Road junction 107 Table 52: 2016 baseline performance at Tixall Road/Blackheath Road/Baswich Lane junction 108 Table 53: 2012 baseline performance at M6 junction 14 109 Table 54: Accident clusters within the Colwich to Yarlet area 110 Table 55: Stone to Swynnerton strategic and primary ‘A’ road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 120 Table 56: Stone to Swynnerton local road network 2016 baseline flows (vehicles) 124 Table 57: 2016 baseline performance at A51 Stone Bypass/A34 Stafford Road/Brooms Road junction 128 iv Appendix TR-001-000 Table 58: 2016 baseline performance at A34 The Fillybrooks/A520 Stafford