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Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 Foreword Thank you for taking the time to read Wiltshire’s consultation document for the draft Local Transport Plan (LTP3). The draft sets out our transport strategy for the period 2011 to 2026, and is primarily targeted to achieve environmental and financial sustainability. We have produced this draft at a time of huge national and local uncertainty, including: The effect on local transport funding as a consequence of the coalition government’s actions to reduce the national budget deficit and Major changes to the way in which spatial planning is carried out insofar as it determines levels of housing and employment growth across Wiltshire It is no exaggeration to say that modern transport has transformed our society and economy. The private car has enabled us to take advantage of a wide range of opportunities and to more easily keep in face-to-face contact with family and friends. And, advances in road haulage and distribution methods have stimulated economic growth by helping to provide us with unparalleled consumer choices, 24-hour shopping and just-in-time deliveries. At the same time, however, our reliance on the private car and heavy vehicles has led to busier and more congested roads. This in turn has resulted in fewer people walking and cycling, increased concerns with regard to noise and other community aspects, difficulties for people who rely on public transport, and environmental impacts such as air pollution and the threat of climate change. We face difficult times. Hard decisions will need to be made given the strong likelihood that funding for local transport will be significantly reduced. The draft LTP3 sets out the relevance of Wiltshire’s transport system across a wide range of services, and describes how we will achieve local outcomes as far as we can within the financial constraints that are likely to exist for some years to come. Priorities are geared towards economic recovery, road safety, road maintenance, public transport and addressing climate change. Following the initial consultation earlier this year, this draft sets out a range of challenges and opportunities which seek to set specific priorities for action. I’m keen to have your comments on the content, these will be carefully considered. Thank you again for taking the time to help. Dick Tonge Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport. • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft • Page 1 Page 2 • • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft Executive Summary v 1 Introduction 23 2 Wider Context 27 3 Opportunities and Challenges 35 4 Consultation 55 5 Overall Strategy 65 6 Approaches to Goals 79 7 Implementation Plan 97 A Freight Strategy 115 B Public Transport Strategy 137 C Road Safety Strategy 167 D Strategic Environmental Assessment 179 E Equality Impact Assessment 207 • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft Executive Summary Introduction We would welcome your views on the draft Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 (LTP3). There are four questions in this executive summary and others are included in the executive summaries of the freight strategy, public transport strategy and road safety strategy. In addition or instead, you can make comments on any aspect of the draft LTP3. Our preferred method of communication is for comments to be submitted online at http://consult.wiltshire.gov.uk/portal where electronic copies of all the LTP3 documents are available. Paper copies of this document, the summary document and associated questionnaire are also available from all libraries and main council offices. Alternatively, comments can be emailed to [email protected] or in writing to Sustainable Transport Group, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8JD. For further contact information and details of other available formats and languages, please see the back cover. The consultation period runs from 4 October to 26 November 2010. Please be aware that all responses will be publicly available and cannot be treated as confidential. Transport - what's the big deal? Modern transport has transformed our society and economy. The private car has enabled us to take advantage of many opportunities, and advances in road haulage have given us more consumer choices. At the same time, however, our reliance on cars, vans and lorries has led to more congested roads, fewer people walking and cycling, and a variety of environmental impacts. So, while transport can be viewed as simply a 'means to an end', in reality it is a key element of a modern society. Ideally, our transport system needs to be sustainable and achieve the following: support our economic growth benefit all members of society reduce its adverse environmental impacts. Role of the local transport plan Local Transport Plans (LTPs) steer the implementation of transport policies at the local level. As a strategic document, the LTP does not contain details of individual schemes. Rather, it sets out a long-term transport strategy, a shorter-term implementation plan and a number of supporting strategies. The Wiltshire LTP3 has been developed in line with government guidance and is published here in draft form for consultation. • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft • Page v Current realities Recent changes made by the new coalition government have contributed to a period of significant uncertainty particularly with regard to future housing growth and funding levels. Given this, the council has taken the pragmatic decision to reduce the scale and scope of this LTP3 by: producing only a one-year implementation plan not including any area transport strategies producing just four theme strategies: parking, freight, public transport and road safety. Once clarity has been restored, the council will produce a three/four year implementation plan, area transport strategies for Chippenham, Devizes, Salisbury and Trowbridge, and the remaining theme strategies. All of these will be subject to public consultation in 2011/12. The amount of funding available for transport is likely to be significantly lower than in previous years. Given this, the council's focus will be on maintaining and making best use of Wiltshire's existing transport infrastructure, and in fulfilling its statutory duties. In view of the above, the council and its partners will have to look to do more for less, and local communities, with assistance from public organisations, will need to do more to help themselves. Question 1 Do you agree that if funding for transport is significantly cut as a result of the government's spending review, the council's focus should be on maintaining and making best use of Wiltshire's existing transport infrastructure, and in fulfilling its statutory duties? The wider context Transport needs to be 'joined up' with wider economic, social and environmental objectives. The LTP3 has therefore been developed within the context provided by a range of policy documents, including the emerging Wiltshire Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy and Wiltshire Community Plan. Page vi • • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft Challenges in delivering a sustainable transport system Delivering a sustainable transport system in Wiltshire is a challenging task: the county is largely rural in nature there are many historic towns and villages with narrow streets car ownership levels are relatively high there are small, isolated pockets of access deprivation. And it's probably not going to get easier over the next 15 years: the changing climate will detrimentally impact on air quality and cause more flooding funding for transport in the short to medium term is likely to be substantially lower the increasingly elderly population will present significant access challenges to service providers fuel prices may increase considerably if 'peak oil' becomes a reality. Consultation The council understands that a good LTP cannot be developed without extensive consultation. The consultation programme used to inform the development of the LTP3 is shown in Table 1. Table 1 LTP3 consultation programme Period Consultation event Ongoing Meetings with the government office, neighbouring authorities and others March - May 2009 Issues Paper consultation October 2009 - January 2010 Consultation on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Scoping Reports November - December 2009 Joint LDF/LTP3 Area Boards Consultation (not Salisbury, South West Wiltshire, Southern Wiltshire and Amesbury) July - September 2010 Consultation on draft LTP3 Car Parking Strategy September 2010 Presentation of draft LTP3 to Wiltshire Transport Alliance September - November 2010 Feedback to area boards on parking strategy consultation October - November 2010 Consultation on draft LTP3 (incl. associated SEA, EqIA and Habitats Regulation Assessment) Long-term transport strategy All transport authorities are required to develop, maintain and review a transport strategy which sets out long-term goals, objectives and approaches. • Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 • Consultation Draft • Page vii Goals The Government's guidance sets out five national transport goals which are expected to act as the over-arching priorities for LTPs. The DfT also expects local transport authorities to assess the relative importance of each of these goals to their area (see Table 2). In looking at these priorities, it is important
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