WITNEY ACTIVE TRAVEL SCHEME ANNEXES 2 - 11 Annex 2: Plan of Proposed 20Mph Speed Limits
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WITNEY ACTIVE TRAVEL SCHEME ANNEXES 2 - 11 Annex 2: Plan of proposed 20mph speed limits .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Annex 3: Oxfordshire County Council Witney Active Travel Corridor Scheme – List of Stakeholders November 2020 ........................................ 3 Annex 4: Transport Modelling Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 Annex 5: Witney Active Travel Scheme Consultation Summary ........................................................................................................................... 7 Annex 6: Consultation Questionnaire .................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Annex 7: Quantitative Consultation Questionnaire Responses ........................................................................................................................... 40 Annex 8: Written Responses and responses to Questionnaire Q8, Q11, Q16. ................................................................................................... 53 Annex 9: Postcode Map of respondents ............................................................................................................................................................ 235 Annex 10: Financials: Estimated Final Costs & Proposed Funding Plan ........................................................................................................... 236 Annex 11: Equality and Climate Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................................................ 237 Annex 1: Plan of consultation corridor is available in a separate document. Annex 2: Plan of proposed 20mph speed limits 2 Annex 3: Oxfordshire County Council Witney Active Travel Corridor Scheme – List of Stakeholders November 2020 Stakeholder Name and role Oxfordshire County Council - Cabinet Member Councillor Yvonne Constance, Cabinet Member for Environment Councillor Liam Walker, Cabinet Member for Highways Delivery & Operations Oxfordshire County Council – Local Members Councillor Suzanne Bartington – North and East (Member of Witney TAC also) Councillor Laura Price – South and Central (Chair of Witney TAC also) Councillor Ted Fenton – Witney West & Bampton (Member of Witney TAC also) West Oxfordshire District Councillors Councillor Suzi Coul – Cabinet Member for Healthy Communities and Public and Community Health Councillor Luci Ashbourne – Central Councillor Andrew Coles – Central (also on Witney TAC) Councillor Joy Aitman – East Councillor Rosa Bolger – East Councillor Duncan Enright - East Councillor Owen Collins – South Councillor Jane Doughty – South Councillor David Harvey – South Councillor Louise Chapman – West Councillor Harry Eaglestone – West Councillor Toby Morris (North and also Witney TAC) Councillor Richard Langridge - North Councillor Dan Levy – WODC Cycling Champion. West Oxfordshire District Council Officers Kim Hudson, Planning Policy Janice Bamsey, Planning Policy Nick Dalby, Environment Planning Will Barton, Economic Development 3 Witney Town Council (WTC) Sharon Groth - Clerk Councillor Joy Aitman – Mayor Councillor Ruth Smith - Central (and chair of Climate, Biodiversity and Planning Committee Councillor Luci Ashbourne - Central Councillor Liz Duncan - Central Councillor Rosa Bolger – East Councillor Duncan Enright – East Councillor Vicky Gwatkin – East (and Witney TAC) Councillor Daniel Butterfield – South Councillor Owen Collins – South Councillor Melanie Jones – South Councillor Jim King – West and on the Witney TAC Councillor Thomas Ashby – West Councillor Harry Eaglestone – West Councillor Dean Temple – North Councillor Andy McMahon – Member of the Climate, Biodiversity 4 Annex 4: Transport Modelling Summary 1. The Witney Highway Saturn Model has been used to consider the implications of the proposals for an eastbound bus and cycle only land at Upper Corn Street, the closure of High Street south of Welch Way and the closure of Holloway Road. 2. The modelling results were received during the consultation period and due to the pace at which this scheme is progressing have not yet been fully analysed. However, some key findings have been produced for the AM peak only. Holloway Road 3. The Witney highway model select link analysis tool indicates where on the network traffic on a specific link has come from and is routing to. In the 2018 AM Peak base model for Holloway Road northbound the demand flow is 45 PCUs much of this traffic has routed from Witan Way and is going to destinations on Holloway Road or Moor Avenue. 4. For Holloway Road southbound the base 2018 AM Peak demand flow is 34 PCUs much of this traffic has routed from Holloway Road or Moor Avenue and is going to destinations at Witan Way. 5. This indicates there is local accessibility to reach destinations on Holloway Road. High levels of rat-running are not indicated. 6. The traffic model outputs for Scenario 1 with Corn Street Restrictions for Holloway Road northbound during the AM Peak the demand flow is 114 PCUs. Much of this traffic, around 66 PCUs, are originating from The Crofts and other residential areas south of Corn Street. This is due to the Corn Street restrictions preventing these residents travelling due east on Corn Street. The destinations are wider than in the Base Year, with traffic travelling on to High Street/Bridge Street area. It is noted that none of the traffic travelling northbound on Holloway Road originates from west of Corn Street, indicating that trips from a wider area not re-routing via Holloway Road due to the Corn Street restrictions. 7. For Holloway Road southbound the with the Corn Street restrictions the AM Peak demand flow is 4 PCUs. Much of this traffic has routed from Holloway Road or Moor Avenue and is going to The Crofts and areas on the southside of Corn Street. 8. This indicates the Corn Street restriction significantly reduces traffic southbound on Holloway Road during the AM Peak. 9. Therefore, the local amenity afforded by Holloway Road does not appear to alter significantly due to the Corn Street restrictions. There does not appear to be any significant need to close Holloway Road due to the Corn Street restrictions. Notwithstanding that an increase in traffic using Holloway Road is predicted. 5 Wider Traffic Re-Routing 10. During the AM peak the modelling data indicates the closure of Corn Street in isolation (scenario 1) has a significantly impact on the eastern section of Welch Way for eastbound traffic. This is because this link runs parallel to the upper Corn Street link that has been closed in the model and it is the closest alternative route. Under scenario 1 eastbound traffic on Welch Way may increase by around 66%. However, under scenario 2 where the central section of High Street is also closed, in addition to upper Corn Street, the model indicates there to be significant increases in traffic on the section of High Street that remains open north of Welch Way northbound, and Witan Way eastbound, at 48% and 47% increases respectively. 11. These levels of increase, whilst are not unexpected, indicate more work is required to consider if the roads where the Corn Street traffic is rerouting to are suitable for this level of increase in traffic and what impact this has on congestion across Witney. 6 Annex 5: Witney Active Travel Scheme Consultation Summary 12. The Witney Active Travel scheme public consultation took place from 21 January to 11 February 2021. Key stakeholders were informed about the consultation via email and approximately 1500 letters were sent to frontage properties. 13. The consultation was publicised on our own website and via social media channels. 14. Respondents were asked to complete an online questionnaire. A total of 461 responses were received to the consultation of these, 424 were responses to the questionnaire and 37 were written (email/letter) submissions. The questionnaire is available in Annex 6. The questionnaire quantitative responses are available in Annex 7 and the qualitative and written responses are available within the Annex 8. 15. Analysis of questionnaire question one indicates that only 13 responses received were from businesses. This is a cause for concern, as the scheme directly impacts in the region of 45 businesses at upper Corn Street. The lack of responses from businesses may skew the consultation results and officers have been mindful of this when considering the recommended way forward. 16. A map showing the post code area of respondents is available in Annex 9. Most responses to the online questionnaire were provided by residents or representatives of businesses, groups or organisations in Witney or from the surrounding area. Of those who responded, 80% resided or represented businesses, groups or organisations in Witney and provided a postcode starting with OX28. 17. A small proportion of those (4%) who provided an OX28 postcode did not provide any additional digits and so they were excluded from further analysis. This further analysis showed that 28% of those who responded in Witney were from postcode area OX28 6. This includes Corn Street, High Street and areas north to approximately West End. A further 24% of responses were received from postcode OX28