STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN May 2016 SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN CONTENTS
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SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN May 2016 SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN CONTENTS A GROWING Page 7 CONTENTS 01 ECONOMY TRANSPORT Page 15 02 CHANGES COMPARATIVE Page 27 03 BENCHMARKING TRANSPORT INVESTMENT Page 31 04 PACKAGES CONCLUSIONS Page 43 05 AND NEXT STEPS Appendices Page 44 3 SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN FOREWORD SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN FOREWORD FOREWORD A £151.9M Since the publication of our Growth Strategy in January SOLENT GROWTH 2015, we have been working hard to help this world- DEAL WITH THE class area achieve its full potential. GOVERNMENT HAS The Solent Strategic Economic Plan We are pleased to see some early investment and strategic plans* and at a Moving forward, with the continued thrust (SEP): Transforming Solent aims to place results from this work with the central government level, alongside the BEEN AGREED towards devolution and the agreement the Solent on a new and transformative announcement by Highways England investment and strategic plans of Network of devolution deals nationally as well as a growth trajectory and in order to do this in September 2015 of major upgrades Rail** and Highways England*** as well devolution deal under negotiation locally, we have set ourselves ambitious targets to the Strategic Road Network over as the investment plans of both local there is a unique opportunity to secure for growth and productivity. Meeting this the next five years, including enhancing public transport operators and regionally support from government for the local aspiration requires the area to create capacity on the M3 between Winchester significant private commercial transport area that underpins the aspirations and conditions that support growth. We and Southampton, enhancing capacity infrastructure operators including both ambitions of residents and businesses in have recently published a Productivity on the M27 between Southampton and airport and ports. the Solent. Our strategy remains focussed and Growth Supplement, which Fareham through SMART Motorways, on securing high growth opportunities highlights the need for significant a comprehensive improvement to the This plan sets out a clear and bold for the Solent, working with the business investment to modernise our transport strategic freight route interchange at ambition that in the period to 2040 community, individual businesses, local system, recognising that transport has Junction 9 of the M3 with the A34, we support and prioritise strategic key partners such as Solent Transport, a vital role to play by bringing businesses and junction improvements around transport investment in the Solent that as well as central government and and people closer together and fostering Southampton on the M27 and M271, will underpin the development of the its agencies. This Strategic Transport the agglomeration economies that make improving access to the Port of Solent so that it can achieve its economic Investment Plan provides a framework cities work. Transport connects people Southampton. potential. The Plan focusses on those within which we can accelerate the to jobs and products to markets, it economically transformative and longer delivery of the Solent Strategic Economic underpins supply chains and logistics This document seeks to provide a term investments necessary to support Plan, increasing productivity in the area networks, and it is fundamental to strategic investment framework for the and unlock the Solent’s growth potential and enabling the economy and people of domestic and international trade. The area and it seeks to inform the refresh of over the next 25 years, with a metro-style the Solent to achieve their full potential. connectivity, condition and capacity of our Solent Strategic Economic Plan (SEP). public transport service connecting our our transport network is therefore critical It will also inform further dialogue with cities playing a central role, alongside This document has been developed in a for improving productivity and increasing government, enabling us to build on the improved rail connectivity to London. It is changing environment and will be updated wealth creation. Key to this will be the investment commitments already made, recognised that alongside this we need to to reflect changes in the local economy, need to identify intelligent transport with a view to securing a greater level of embrace new and emerging innovations new innovations in technology****, as solutions to support the area’s ambitions. commitment to collective planning and in transport including the adoption of well as the need to respond to new local delivery of strategic transport across all autonomous and driverless solutions. growth opportunities that may come We have already agreed a £151.9m modes in the Solent and connecting the It is our intention that these creative forward under devolution. Solent Growth Deal with government, Solent to its markets. opportunities underpin the development funding a number of new infrastructure of our transport investment proposal as and skills capital projects starting in This document underpins the Solent we move forward. 2015. Furthermore, government has Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) and worked with Solent LEP and local should be read alongside the SEP and partners to create the Solent Strategic ** Wessex Route Specification: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ our Productivity and Growth Supplement, Network_specification_Wessex.aspx Land and Infrastructure Board (SSLIB) as well as alongside, local transport Control Period 5 Delivery Plan: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ to take a strategic view of public land publications/delivery-plans/control-period-5/cp5-delivery-plan/ *** Roads Investment Study: https://www.gov.uk/government/ * Transport Delivery Plan: http://documents.hants.gov.uk/transport- publications/road-investment-strategy-for-the-2015-to-2020- and property in the area, and to support for-south-hampshire/TransportDeliveryPlan.pdf road-period. Highways England Delivery Plan: https://www.gov. the joint planning and delivery of transport. Local Transport Plan 3 Joint Strategy for South Hampshire: http:// uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ Gary Jeffries www3.hants.gov.uk/local-transport-plan-strategy-south-hampshire file/424467/DSP2036-184_Highways_England_Delivery_Plan_ Solent LEP Chairman Island Transport Plan: https://www.iwight.com/azservices/ FINAL_low_res_280415.pdf Image: Britannia Cruise Liner documents/1190-itp-strategy-v1.pdf **** Including the adoption of driverless vechiles Credit: Associated British Ports 4 5 SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN INTRODUCTION SOLENT STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT PLAN A GROWING ECONOMY INTRODUCTION A GROWING ECONOMY In 2014, as part of the process to agree Solent’s Local Growth Deal with the UK An analysis of the Solent’s historic growth and future Government, the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) produced a Strategic forecasts show that economic, land use and transport Economic Plan (SEP) to outline a transformative vision for the future growth of the decisions are inextricably linked. The starting point local economy. for the Strategic Transport Investment Plan is a consideration of the nature, scale and potential Central to this vision is the need for a Furthermore, efficient and effective This Strategic Transport Investment of the Solent’s economy. 01 modern and resilient transport network transport infrastructure and operations Plan outlines the economic potential that can enable the region to fulfil its are fundamental to attracting and retaining and current performance of the Solent, economic potential by providing the a highly-skilled labour force which is the likely trends of future growth and A GATEWAY BASED ECONOMIC STRUCTURE conditions that enable businesses increasingly mobile in an ever more the existing transport challenges the The Solent is a significant sub-regional presence, as well as natural assets of most notably in the marine and maritime and people to thrive and productivity globalised economy. If the Solent area area faces. Drawing from available gateway economy with strengths across green infrastructure and an attractive sector, and also in defence, logistics, to increase. To this end, the LEP has aims not just to maintain but to grow its evidence, stakeholder dialogue and new a range of industries in the private sector. quality of life. and advanced manufacturing (including worked in partnership with AECOM to comparative economic strengths, they comparative benchmarking, the Plan At £25 billion GVA, the annual economic advanced materials and photonics), produce a Strategic Transport Investment must act now to produce and deliver proposes an investment framework in output of the area accounts for one sixth As a consequence of these economic aerospace, and digital (creative and Plan that can support the area and its a strategy for a transport system that which a series of investment packages of that of the whole of South East of assets, the three Solent “ports” and cyber security) are some of the principal two major economic engines, reflects the goals and ambition of have been identified. These packages England. Key economic strengths include their respective cities contain important industries which along with tourism benefit Southampton and Portsmouth, the area. could be implemented as the next high technology clusters, the SME base, clustered sectors and concentrations of from the unique economic environment in to succeed and grow in a globally steps