Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040 Draft Delivery Plan (2020-2025)
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GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT STRATEGY 2040 DRAFT DELIVERY PLAN (2020-2025) 4th January 2019 Contents Introduction by the Greater Manchester Mayor ................................................................................... 4 Background – Challenges and Opportunities .......................................................................................... 6 Supporting Sustainable Economic Growth.......................................................................................... 8 Protecting our Environment .............................................................................................................. 12 Improving Quality of Life ................................................................................................................... 14 Developing an Innovative City-region ............................................................................................... 16 Greater Manchester’s Plan for Homes, Jobs and the Environment...................................................... 18 Our Vision for 2040 ............................................................................................................................... 20 Purpose of this Delivery Plan ................................................................................................................ 23 Delivery ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Our Customer Focus .......................................................................................................................... 24 Developing future transport interventions ....................................................................................... 25 Our focus for the next five years ....................................................................................................... 25 Supporting the GMSF ........................................................................................................................ 25 Structure of the Delivery sections ..................................................................................................... 26 Public Transport: Bus ........................................................................................................................ 30 Public Transport: Metrolink and Bus Rapid Transit .......................................................................... 34 Public Transport: Rail ........................................................................................................................ 39 Streets for All: Local Highways .......................................................................................................... 45 Streets for All: Walking and Cycling .................................................................................................. 50 Streets for All: Motorways and Trunk Roads .................................................................................... 53 Streets for All: Freight and logistics .................................................................................................. 56 Streets for All: Asset Management ................................................................................................... 58 Integration: Clean Air and Carbon ..................................................................................................... 60 Integration: Future Mobility and Innovation .................................................................................... 64 Integration: Fares and Ticketing ........................................................................................................ 66 Integration: Behaviour change .......................................................................................................... 68 Integration: Safety and security ........................................................................................................ 70 Integration: Town Centres and Interchanges ................................................................................... 71 Cost, Funding and Delivery.................................................................................................................... 73 Current funding ................................................................................................................................. 73 Future Scheme Prioritisation and Delivery ....................................................................................... 76 Future Capital Funding ...................................................................................................................... 76 Further Transport Devolution ........................................................................................................... 77 Measuring Success ................................................................................................................................ 80 Next steps .............................................................................................................................................. 82 GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT STRATEGY 2040 | 2 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 83 APPENDIX: List of interventions ............................................................................................................ 87 In the next five years, we are committed to delivering… ................................................................. 87 In the next five years, we aim to complete business cases for early delivery of… ........................... 98 In the next five years, we will develop options for… ...................................................................... 106 Beyond this five year Delivery Plan, we will investigate… .............................................................. 115 GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT STRATEGY 2040 | 3 INTRODUCTION BY THE GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR Introduction by the Greater Manchester Mayor Transport is the lifeblood of every town and city. It’s how people get to work, get to school, meet their friends and ultimately live engaged, productive and fulfilled lives. It’s also closely linked to some of the top issues facing our city-region, including congestion, air quality, our health and the attractiveness of our streets and town centres. That is why I have made transport one of my top priorities. It is absolutely vital we get this right so we can achieve our economic, social and environmental objectives. I am committed to pushing for continuous improvements to our transport networks so it can help make Greater Manchester one of the best places in the world to grow up, get on and grow old. The reality is that our current transport system needs further investment and reform – including more devolution – so it can fully support Greater Manchester’s huge potential. Congestion continues to threaten the flow of commuters, goods and services. Poor air quality, primarily as a result of polluting vehicles and worsened by traffic congestion, damages the health of people across our city-region. And key public transport modes, particularly rail and bus, are under-performing, and together with Metrolink are not properly integrated into one unified network. This is largely as result of historic under-investment by successive Governments, combined with an inadequate regulatory and legislative system which has fragmented transport decision-making, leaving the city-region without the ability to bring transport modes together into one integrated system. GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT STRATEGY 2040 | 4 INTRODUCTION BY THE GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR Greater Manchester’s initial devolution settlement has partly reversed this trend, which is to be welcomed. And in terms of new transport infrastructure, the past decade has been one of unprecedented local investment – for example our ever popular and growing Metrolink network, the ground-breaking Leigh-Salford-Manchester guided busway, the development of new interchanges, major new highways schemes such as the A6 Manchester Airport Relief Road, and the UK’s most ambitious Cycling and Walking investment programme. However, there’s much more to do if we are to fulfil our agreed 2040 Transport Strategy and provide all our residents and businesses with the clean, integrated and reliable transport system they need. The Government promised us a Northern Powerhouse, and the case is now irrefutable that greater investment and devolution in the North, including in Greater Manchester, should be a national priority. Our agreed 2040 Transport Strategy sets out what we are aiming for – world-class connections that support long-term, sustainable economic growth and access to opportunity for all. Building on our past successes this Delivery Plan sets out the shorter term measures and schemes our city-region so desperately needs. As is the Greater Manchester way, it has been developed in close co-operation with TfGM, GMCA and the local authorities to ensure our transport investments support and are supported by the new housing and commercial development sites in our draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. It also outlines some of the key measures that we will need to develop and implement if we are to clean our air. By dealing with the key challenges on our transport network – poor air quality, congestion and improving public transport, cycling and walking – this joined-up plan sets a clear