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Moving North Wales Forward Our Vision for North Wales and the North East Wales Metro March 2017 Moving North Wales Forward Our Vision for North Wales and the North East Wales Metro March 2017 1 Foreword by Ken Skates AM Cabinet Secretary for Economy North Wales – and Infrastructure Opportunities for Growth There is huge potential to deliver economic Our Economy Leisure and Tourism growth in North Wales and to add value to the North Wales is well placed with access to North Wales has stunning landscapes Welsh and UK economy. A modern, high quality markets not just in the region but also to and heritage, high quality sports and transport system is fundamental to achieving markets across Wales, to the Northern cultural facilities and has been recognised this, connecting businesses to markets, Powerhouse and the Midlands, to London by the Lonely Planet Guide as one of the facilitating trade, exchange andtravel. I am and the rest of the UK. North Wales world’s top regions to visit in 2017. Tourism committed to investing in transport in North contributes almost £13 billion GVA to the annual spend for North Wales exceeds Wales to ensure this region of Wales is a UK economy1. The industrial heartland £1.2 billion, of which £659 million is from competitive and connected component of of north-east Wales with West Cheshire domestic overnight visitors, £98 million the Northern Powerhouse. and the Wirral make up the Mersey Dee from international visitors, and £481 million 3 Our investment in transport must deliver economic sub-region. Together, the from tourism day visits . Outdoor leisure in social, environmental and cultural benefits North Wales and Mersey Dee area has an particular is a growing market with recent 2 to make North Wales a great place to economy worth around £26.5 billion GVA . developments at Surf Snowdonia and at Zip live and work. Abandoning more isolated World with the longest zip wire in Europe. communities to a life that is wholly dependent Jobs and Skills on the private motor vehicle is economically, North Wales is the location of a range of 1 https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Business-Economy-and-Labour- Market/Regional-Accounts/Gross-Value-Added-GDP/gva-by-measure- ethically and environmentally unacceptable. nationally and internationally important welsheconomicregion-year I have committed an additional £50 million industrial and commercial companies, 2 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/ regionalgrossvalueaddedincomeapproach and http://gov.wales/docs/ to move forward our plans for the North East with a particular focus on advanced statistics/2016/161103-regional-economic-labour-market-profiles-november- 2016-north-wales-en.pdf Wales Metro. This is on top of the substantial manufacturing and research and 3 International Passenger Survey (https://www.visitbritain.org/nation- commitments for North Wales set out in the development. We have a highly skilled region-county-data), GB Tourism Survey (http://dservuk.tns-global.com/ GBTSWalesLightViewer/ViewTable.aspx), and GB Day Visits Survey (http://gov. National Transport Finance Plan 2015 which workforce, supported by universities at wales/docs/statistics/2016/160809-great-britain-day-visitor-2015-en.pdf) will also contribute to achieving our aims. Bangor and Wrexham and an extensive further education sector. Key development We have an ambitious vision for transport in sites at Wylfa Newydd, Wrexham and North Wales but we cannot achieve this on Deeside will contribute to the expected our own. We will engage and collaborate with doubling of the economy of the North public, private and third sector partners across Wales – Mersey Dee area by 2040. Wales and the rest of the UK to deliver on our commitments. 2 WARRINGTON IRELAND LLANDUDNO MANCHESTER & JUNCTION LIVERPOOL & HOLYHEAD LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER AIRPORT AIRPORT BANGOR CHESTER WREXHAM LONDON, CREWE & HS2 M S I E D L L A A N W D S H T U O S North Wales & and Mersey-Dee D Connecting Markets I M Rail © Crown copyright 2017 Cartographics • Welsh Government ML/95/16.17 Motorway/Trunk Road February 2017 Ferry Port Port Airport 3 Our Commitment We are committed to delivering a transport system in North Wales that is internationally focused and facilitates a region that is ambitious, engaged and connected to the wider world. It will work for: People – Enable people to live healthy and independent lives, with equality of opportunity and access to jobs and services, enabling people into employment and sustaining jobs. Businesses – Provide the conditions to maximise economic development and employment access to markets in Wales, the rest of the UK and beyond, stimulating innovation and growth for a modern economy. Communities - Connect communities to facilities, jobs and services through sustainable and resilient infrastructure that supports socially cohesive and resilient communities. Environment – Encompass sustainable development principles with a transport network that is integrated and sustainable. 4 Our Vision for an Integrated Transport Network We will create a sustainable, reliable, efficient and quality integrated transport network across the region. It will connect people, communities and businesses to jobs, facilities, and services and maximise the economic opportunities of connectivity across Wales and our borders. We will provide the policy framework and the necessary tools using the Well-being of Future Generations Act and WelTAG – the Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance – to guide the development and delivery of the most effective solutions. Our transport systems will deliver: Benefits Priority Areas Impacts Encourages use of Reduced emissions Responsive to Sustainable sustainable fuel and improved technological and materials air quality advances Active travel routes in Direct Direct and National and International Access to communities to local services frequent bus and connectivity including to key centres Connected facilities and bus and to HS2 at train services to ports and airports and services Social, rail networks Crewe employment sites Economic, Environmental Responsive to & Cultural Equitable & Accessible transport Meets rural and Provides travel High quality democratic and facilities and services urban needs opportunities for all and affordable Well-being Adaptable social changes Responsive Reduced Reliable Efficient, stable transport Safe to climate journey journey Resilient networks and services change times times New and improved Integrated, frequent Easily accessible, Park and Multi-modal Multi-modal Transport bus, rail and community reliable travel Ride / Park Integrated ticketing Interchanges transport services information for and Share all modes 5 North East Wales Metro and Cross-Border Connections There are strong links between the economy of North East Wales and that of North West England. The 2011 census recorded significant cross-border commuter flows amounting to one million journeys per month. Significant daily flows to work are from North Wales to Chester and Cheshire (17,500), to Merseyside (3,500) and to Greater Manchester (2,200). Similarly about 20,000 workers cross the border each day into Wales. There are also around 3,000 commuter trips from North East Wales to Shropshire daily highlighting the importance of cross-border links to the English Midlands4. Cross-border routes through North East Wales are important for road freight transport, particularly for freight between mainland Europe, England and Ireland. There are also important local and regional strategic transport links to and from North East Wales to North West Wales, Llangollen, Corwen and to Mid, South and West Wales. A selection of the complex cross-border commuter movements within the Mersey Dee area are illustrated here. 4 www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Commuting Patterns in the United Kingdom, 2011 Census 6 Many of the key employment sites on both The Task Force included representatives from sides of the border are not well served by the public, business and third sectors across public transport with resulting congestion and the Wales – England border. The Task Force delays on the road network as people choose work has influenced projects we are currently to drive to work and reduced employment taking forward and we will build on this work opportunities for those who rely on public as we develop in collaboration with partners transport. The potential for future job growth our plans for the North East Wales Metro. is substantial in the cross-border area with an estimated 45,000-55,000 increase in jobs over the next 20 years. Improvements to public INTEGRATED TRANSIT NETWORK VISION FOR NORTH EAST WALES transport systems and the road network will TRAVEL TO WORK AREA be needed to cater for the resulting increased TO LIVERPOOL demand on our transport networks. LIVERPOOL BIDSTON/ SITE BUS LINK LIVERPOOL BIRKENHEAD SOUTH H We will work with authorities across the CORE MATRIX BUS LINKS PARKWAY PARK & RIDE/PARK & SHARE H MANCHESTER & border, most notably Cheshire West and H HUB/INTERCHANGE AIRPORT HOOTON KEY EMPLOYMENT ZONE AIRPORT Chester Council, the Liverpool City Region M53 N.B. Other coloured lines represent key frequent RUNCORN rail corridors FRODSHAM ELLESMERE HELSBY PORT Combined Authority, the Cheshire and N M56 HAWARDEN CHESTER Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership, BRIDGE DEESIDE ZOO ENTERPRISE ZONE, AIRBUS RHYL TOWN H & INDUSTRIAL Transport for the North and Midlands PARK NORTHWEST RHYL PRESTATYN FLINT WALES CHESTER Connect. Working together, we will deliver LLANDUDNO IRELAND H HOLYHEAD SHOTTON H QUEENSFERRY/ BODELWYDDAN H H SALTNEY a joined up public transport system that
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