M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation
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M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation March 2018 Registered office Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ Highways England Company Limited registered in England and Wales number 09346363 M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation M3 JUNCTION 9 IMPROVEMENT SCHEME PCF STAGE 2 (OPTION SELECTION) REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION Highways England Date: March 2018 Project no: 70015218 HE PIN: 551511 Prepared for: Highways England Bridge House Walnut Tree Close Guildford Surrey GU1 4LZ Mountbatten House Basing View Basingstoke RG21 4HJ Hampshire United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0) 1256 318800 www.wsp.com ii M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISSUE/REVISION FIRST ISSUE REVISION 1 REVISION 2 REVISION 3 SUITABILITY Remarks P01 Date March 2018 Carole Lehman / Prepared by Adam Webb Signature Checked by Duncan Brooks Signature Authorised by Pradeep Agrawal Signature PIN: HE551511 Project number WSP ref: 70015218 Report number HE551511-WSP-GEN-M3J9PCF2-RP-TR-00048 iii M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation PRODUCTION TEAM CLIENT (HIGHWAYS ENGLAND) Major Projects Programme Lead Steve Hoesli Major Projects Senior Project Neil Andrew Manager Major Projects Project Manager Simon Hewett Senior User Representative Paul Benham WSP Tel: +44 (0)1684 851 751 RIS Area 3 Programme Director Steve O’Donnell RIS Area 3 Programme Manager Stuart Craig Tel: +44 (0)1256 318 660 Project Director Roland Diffey Tel: +44 (0)1256 318 777 Project Manager Pradeep Agrawal Tel: +44 (0)2031 169 090 iv M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...................................................................................9 1. Introduction ...............................................................................12 1.1 Scheme Background ................................................................................... 12 1.2 Scheme Objectives...................................................................................... 12 1.3 Project Location .......................................................................................... 12 1.4 Options Tested ............................................................................................ 13 1.5 This Report .................................................................................................. 14 2. The Consultation Approach .....................................................15 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 15 2.2 Public Consultation Objectives .................................................................. 15 2.3 Approach ..................................................................................................... 15 2.4 Materials ...................................................................................................... 16 2.5 Publicity and Advertising ............................................................................ 21 3. Consultation Effectiveness ......................................................23 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 23 3.2 Public Respondents .................................................................................... 23 3.3 Letters and Emails....................................................................................... 23 3.4 Briefing Event and Public Information Event Attendance Record ............ 24 3.5 Highways England Website Visitors........................................................... 24 3.6 Response and Analysis Methodology ........................................................ 25 3.7 Effectiveness of Communication Methods ................................................ 25 4. Travel Behaviour and Existing Issues .....................................27 4.1 Travel Behaviour Relative to M3 junction 9................................................ 27 4.2 Mode Choice ................................................................................................ 28 v M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation 4.3 Existing Concerns and Issues .................................................................... 29 5. Views on the Proposed Option 14 ...........................................30 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 30 5.2 Need for Improvements to M3 junction 9 ................................................... 30 5.3 Views on Proposed Scheme (Option 14) .................................................... 30 5.4 Rejected Options ......................................................................................... 34 5.5 Other Comments ......................................................................................... 34 6. Stakeholder Responses ...........................................................37 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 37 7. Other Responses ......................................................................43 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 43 7.2 Response Analysis...................................................................................... 43 8. Evaluation of Consultation .......................................................45 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 45 8.2 Material Usefulness ..................................................................................... 45 8.3 Exhibition Usefulness ................................................................................. 45 9. Press and Social Media ............................................................47 9.1 Local Press Coverage ................................................................................. 47 9.2 Social Media Coverage................................................................................ 47 9.3 Press Release .............................................................................................. 48 10. Next steps ..................................................................................51 10.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 51 10.2 Key Emerging Themes ................................................................................ 51 10.3 Alternatives Proposed................................................................................. 51 vi M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme PCF Stage 2 – Report on Public Consultation TABLES Table 2-1: Communication materials and channels ........................................................ 16 Table 2-2: Schedule of public information events ........................................................... 20 Table 2-3: Deposit point locations .................................................................................. 20 Table 3-1: Consultation responses ................................................................................ 23 Table 3-2: Public consultation attendance ..................................................................... 24 Table 3-3: Website visitor figures................................................................................... 24 Table 5-1: Main reasons given for supporting Option 14 ................................................ 33 Table 5-2: Issues raised regarding Option 14 ................................................................ 33 Table 5-3: Further suggestions made by respondents ................................................... 35 Table 6-1: Summary of question and answer session at the Councillors Briefing Event .. 37 Table 6-2: Summary of main questions at the NMU Briefing Event ................................ 39 Table 6-3: Other issues raised at the NMU Briefing Event.............................................. 40 Table 6-4: Summary of Question and Answer session at the Business Briefing Event .... 41 Table 7-1: Summary of correspondence response ......................................................... 43 FIGURES Figure 1-1: Scheme location relative to the strategic road network (Source: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, FAO, USGS, NGA) ....................................................... 13 Figure 2-1: Letter distribution area ................................................................................. 17 Figure 2-2: Screenshot of Highways England M3 junction 9 improvements consultation page ............................................................................................. 22 Figure 3-1: Communication channel awareness ............................................................ 25 Figure 3-2: Respondent age profile ............................................................................... 26 Figure 3-3: Capacity in which responding to the consultation ......................................... 26 Figure 4-1: Trip distance and frequency of junction usage ............................................. 27 Figure 4-2: Junction usage profile by time of day and day of week ................................. 28 Figure 4-3: Modal use at M3 junction 9 .........................................................................