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Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan Local Transport Plan 2020 - 2041 A resilient transport network that enables sustainable economic growth by providing travel choices for all, making Gloucestershire a better place to live, work and visit. Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) P a g e | 1 Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) Version Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) Last Revised March 2021 Review Date Category Transport Planning Owner Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) Target Audience GCC, District/Parish/Town Councils, Developers, Stakeholders ©Gloucestershire County Council 2020 Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) P a g e | 2 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. A New Local Transport Plan to 2041 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2. Document Structure......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Our Vision to 2041.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1. Future Challenges .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Horizon Scanning ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.3. LTP Vision and Objectives .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3. LTP Policy Documents ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 3.1. Overarching Policy Document (PD0) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 3.2. Public & Community Transport Policy Document (PD1) ................................................................................................................................................ 49 3.3. Cycle Policy Document (PD2) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 3.4. Freight Policy Document (PD3) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 3.5. Highways Policy Document (PD4) .................................................................................................................................................................................. 93 3.6. Rail Policy Document (PD5).......................................................................................................................................................................................... 107 3.7. Walk Policy Document (PD6) ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 122 4. Connecting Places Strategy (CPS) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 133 4.1. Local Transport Plan – Spatial Context ........................................................................................................................................................................ 133 4.2. Connecting Places Strategy CPS1 – Central Severn Vale ............................................................................................................................................. 135 4.3. Connecting Places Strategy CPS2 – Forest of Dean ..................................................................................................................................................... 149 4.4. Connecting Places Strategy CPS3 – North Cotswold .................................................................................................................................................... 159 4.5. Connecting Places Strategy CPS4 – South Cotswold .................................................................................................................................................... 166 ©Gloucestershire County Council 2020 Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) P a g e | 3 4.6. Connecting Places Strategy CPS5 – Stroud .................................................................................................................................................................. 174 4.7. Connecting Places Strategy CPS6 – Tewkesbury .......................................................................................................................................................... 182 4.8. Transport Scenarios, looking to 2041 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 189 5. Delivering Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan ............................................................................................................................................................... 206 5.1. Delivering Scheme Priorities ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 206 5.2. Scheme Prioritisation and Appraisal ............................................................................................................................................................................ 207 5.3. Funding ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 229 5.4. Monitoring, Outcomes and Targets ............................................................................................................................................................................. 232 5.5. Governance and Review .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 234 Annex 1.0 – LTP Summary Evidence Base Annex 2.0 – LTP Logic Map Annex 3.0 – LTP Glossary of Terms Annex 4.0 – LTP Link & Place Spectrum ©Gloucestershire County Council 2020 Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) P a g e | 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ©Gloucestershire County Council 2020 Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2020-2041) P a g e | 5 1.1.4 Transport, and the decisions all of us make about how and why we travel, is key to reducing our CO2 impact. Gloucestershire recognises the urgency 1. Introduction of this issue; the County Council declared a 'climate emergency' in 2019. In the light of this the LTP has developed new policy areas and strengthened its target to reduce per capita transport carbon emissions. This LTP review has considered 1.1. A New Local Transport Plan to 2041 how to move towards a more sustainable transport delivery model and seeks to optimise the existing transport network to full capacity, while recognising that 1.1.1 Welcome to the Local Transport Plan (LTP). This LTP is an update and we cannot build our way out of projected traffic growth. sets out the transport strategy for Gloucestershire for 2020-2041, reviewed to reflect national policy updates and local priorities in the face of change. 1.1.5 As we move towards 2041, people will seek more responsive and less environmentally damaging modes of transport. The LTP is instrumental in 1.1.2 We are living in a time of unprecedented change in terms of enabling Gloucestershire to offer real transport choice and the innovations population growth, housing demand, and technological advancement. At the behind it. It will help build out the evidence base so that we can understand how same time, there are key challenges including the urgency of reducing CO2 transport impacts can be mitigated. It will lock ‘futures thinking’ into our emissions to combat climate change and the need for a more inclusive transport decision-making by updating the LTP in line with the 2050 Vision, the Gfirst LEP system. These issues demand a decisive response to how transport is planned Local Industrial Strategy, Gloucestershire’s Climate Change Strategy and the and organised, enabling the way we travel to change profoundly
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