SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies (Sitcos) Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor Report: Technical Annex, Volume 2
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in association with SESTRAN SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies (SITCoS) Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor Report: Technical Annex, Volume 2 June 2005 SITCoS SESTRAN INTEGRATED TRANSPORT CORRIDOR STUDIES QUEENSFERRY CROSS FORTH CORRIDOR STAG APPRAISAL – TECHNICAL ANNEX Volume 2: Consultation & Part 2 Appraisal Chapter Page 1. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND........................................................................ 1 2. CONSULTATION.......................................................................................................... 4 3. STAG PART 2 (DETAILED) APPRAISAL .............................................................. 23 4. RISK & UNCERTAINTY.......................................................................................... 118 5. MONITORING & EVALUATION .......................................................................... 123 6. OTHER ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED ................................................................ 130 7. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS......................................................... 148 APPENDICES A BUS PRIORITY SCHEMES CONSIDERED B RAIL IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS C TRANSPORT LAND-USE INTEGRATION ASSESSMENT D TRANSPORT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY TABLES E EXPLANATION OF ACCDNT MODEL F OUTLINE PLANS FOR INTERCHANGES G TRAFFIC FLOWS INTO CENTRAL EDINBURGH SITCoS SESTRAN INTEGRATED TRANSPORT CORRIDOR STUDIES QUEENSFERRY CROSS FORTH CORRIDOR STAG APPRAISAL – TECHNICAL ANNEX Volume 2: Consultation & Part 2 Appraisal Document Control Project Title: SITCoS (Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor) JEN Code: S100307/0003 Document Type: Technical Annex to Final Report Document Status: Final Quality Control QA Status: Scott Wilson QA Procedures, BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Authors: Neill Birch, David Connolly, Ruth Bryan, Steven Harding Checked By: Bill Allanson Approved By: Bill Allanson Date of Issue: 2nd June 2005 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies - SITCoS Queensferry – Cross Forth Corridor Final Report – Technical Annex (Volume 2) 1. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 The SESTRANS partners appointed a consortium of consultants led by MVA and including Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd, David Simmonds Consultancy, Hargest & Wallace Planning Ltd and Systra Ltd to undertake Integrated Transport Corridor Studies on five corridors around Edinburgh and the Forth Valley. 1.1.2 This Report refers to the Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor. The extent of the Study area for this Corridor is shown on Figure 1.1, but it should be noted that the scope of the Study requires consideration of people, freight and vehicle movements starting or finishing outwith the Study area, but travelling across the Forth Estuary at Queensferry. 1.1.3 The approach for the overall Study was discussed at Inception Meetings on 29th September and 24th October 2003, and confirmed in the Inception Report dated 20th October 2003. 1.1.4 To supplement the overall Study inception meetings, specific “start-up” meetings took place on 10th November 2003 with officers of Fife Council and the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA), records of which are shown in Volume 1 (Appendix A). 1.1.5 Throughout the study there was a need to liaise closely with FETA who were in the process of developing their Local Transport Strategy. 1.2 Report Structure 1.2.1 The general process of producing the Corridor Report is set out in Figure 1.2 below. STAG recommends that reports should consider their principal audience as the public1. Nevertheless there is a requirement to provide a wealth of supporting detail, and in a corridor of this size and complexity this detail might be said to be in danger of obscuring the principal issues and potential solutions. Accordingly a brief summary report is being presented, focusing very much on the lay reader, with a more detailed supporting Technical Annex. 1 Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (Scottish Executive, September 2003), section 14.1.3 SITCoS Queensferry Cross Forth Page 1 MVA / Scott Wilson STAG2 Report v4.0 June 2005 SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies - SITCoS Queensferry – Cross Forth Corridor Final Report – Technical Annex (Volume 2) Figure 1.2: Structure of Study Reporting SITCoS: Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor Progress from Optioneering to STAG2 Optioneering Sifting Package Costing Modelling (Technical Note 1) (Technical Note 2) STAG1 Transport Economic (excluding Economic Appraisal) Efficiency (TEE) Initial Options Report (Draft excluding Consultation with Corridor SteeringGroup Economic Appraisal Economic Appraisal) (Technical Note 4) Complete STAG1 ASTs and Identify Schemes for STAG2 (Technical Note 5) Complete STAG1 Process Complete Initial Options Report Stakeholder Consultation Environmental Safety Provide input to Development & Appraisal of Economy FETA LTS Emerging Schemes (Technical Note 6) Integration Accessibility & Social Refine Options Inclusion Cost to Government Steering Group STAG2 Appraisal and ASTs Risk & Uncertainty Consultation with Provide input into Complete SITCoS Study Report Corridor Report SITCoS Queensferry Cross Forth Page 2 MVA / Scott Wilson STAG2 Report v4.0 June 2005 SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies - SITCoS Queensferry – Cross Forth Corridor Final Report – Technical Annex (Volume 2) 1.2.2 This document forms Volume 2 of the Technical Annex, and covers the comprehensive consultation on the schemes taken forward from Part 1 as well as the more detailed Part 2 Appraisal of those schemes. It is structured as follows: Chapter 2 Describes the consultation process, particularly that following the initial identification of options considered worthy of more detailed assessment following the Part 1 appraisal. Chapter 3 Sets out the detailed assessment of the schemes identified as meriting STAG Part 2 appraisal. Chapter 4 Presents a review of risk and uncertainty leading up to the economic appraisal set out in Chapter 3. Chapter 5 Provides an overview of the proposed monitoring and evaluation strategies. Chapter 6 The report concludes with a brief synopsis of the project and its recommendations, including the Appraisal Summary Table. 1.2.3 Volume 2 follows on from Volume 1, which covered the STAG Pre-appraisal and Part 1 Appraisal processes. 1.3 Definitions 1.3.1 Throughout this Report the following definitions are used. Options All of the competent ideas raised at the Optioneering Workshop Schemes Those Options taken forward for sifting prior to STAG Part 1 Packages Groups of Schemes appraised under STAG Part 1 Reference Case A collection of projects outwith this Study remit which are either committed to be built in the future, or assumed to be almost certain to go-ahead. The appraisal of identified measures takes place against the background of this assumed Reference Case. ‘Outside World’ Transport schemes beyond the scope of this Study’s Transport recommendations, but which could have a significant impact Changes on demand in the study area if they occur Scenario Group of all the necessary Reference Case assumptions regarding land-use development, economy and ‘outside world’ transport changes HOV A High Occupancy Vehicle for the purposes of this report is (High Occupancy assumed to include all buses, coaches and HGVs, as well as Vehicle) taxis and private cars with more than one occupant. SITCoS Queensferry Cross Forth Page 3 MVA / Scott Wilson STAG2 Report v4.0 June 2005 Chapter 2 CONSULTATION SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Studies - SITCoS Queensferry – Cross Forth Corridor Final Report – Technical Annex (Volume 2) 2. CONSULTATION 2.1 Initial Consultation 2.1.1 The initial inception process was set out in Volume 1. This included meetings with the wider SITCoS Steering Group as well as early discussions with the officers of authorities specifically affected by this corridor (Fife Council, Forth Estuary Transport Authority – FETA, City of Edinburgh Council and West Lothian Council). 2.1.2 A specific Steering Group was constituted for the Queensferry Cross Forth Corridor, comprising officers of the above authorities plus representatives of MVA and Scott Wilson. This met regularly at monthly intervals throughout the course of the study, in addition to other ad hoc meetings as necessary. 2.1.3 Feedback from all meetings was used to shape the definition of study objectives and the options to be appraised at both Part 1 and Part 2 levels, and agreement was obtained for each step in the study process culminating in the production of the Final Report. 2.1.4 Consultation also took place with Fife Independent Disability Network on 4th March 2004, and is recorded in study Information Note 15 issued by MVA. The views expressed in this consultation were taken into account when considering ways to maximise the attractiveness of public transport. 2.2 Consultation Workshops 2.2.1 Consultation on the emerging schemes following the STAG Part 1 appraisal took place on 5th & 7th May 2004 in Dunfermline. The workshop on 5th May 2004 comprised “professional” stakeholders and focused particularly on the benefits/disbenefits of the schemes, and sought informed comments on particular aspects of implementability. In addition attendees were encouraged to consider to what extent the emerging schemes met the ten objectives established for the study. 2.2.2 The workshop on 7th May 2004 included elected members and other community representatives, and focused particularly on the public acceptability of the emerging schemes. At both workshops attendees were given brief presentations on the emerging schemes