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TRANSPORTATION 8 CONTENTS Introduction .............................................................................................................. 8-1 Consultation ............................................................................................................. 8-1 Staffordshire County Council ................................................................................ 8-1 Highways Agency ................................................................................................. 8-2 Methodology ............................................................................................................ 8-2 Accessibility by a Choice of Transport Modes ....................................................... 8-2 Study Area ........................................................................................................... 8-2 Traffic Effects ....................................................................................................... 8-3 Road Safety ......................................................................................................... 8-3 Policy Context .......................................................................................................... 8-3 Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Structure Plan 1996-2011 (Adopted May 2001) 8-4 Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) 13: Transport .................................................... 8-6 Site Location and Highway Context .......................................................................... 8-6 Proposed Development ............................................................................................ 8-6 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 8-6 Operating Periods ................................................................................................ 8-7 Life of Operation ................................................................................................... 8-7 Site Access .......................................................................................................... 8-7 Parking ................................................................................................................. 8-7 HGV Movements .................................................................................................. 8-8 Staff Working Patterns .......................................................................................... 8-9 Baseline Situation .................................................................................................... 8-9 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 8-9 Existing Planning Permission ............................................................................... 8-9 Poplars Landfill ................................................................................................... 8-10 Traffic Movements .............................................................................................. 8-10 Description of Local Road Network ..................................................................... 8-13 Accident Analysis ............................................................................................... 8-14 Traffice Impact Assessment ................................................................................... 8-15 Construction Phase ............................................................................................ 8-15 Operational Phase .............................................................................................. 8-20 Enviornmental Impact ............................................................................................ 8-30 Fugitive Material ................................................................................................. 8-30 Vehicle Operation ............................................................................................... 8-31 Construction Traffic Management Plan ............................................................... 8-31 Sustainability .......................................................................................................... 8-31 Bus ..................................................................................................................... 8-31 Train ................................................................................................................... 8-32 Walking and Cycling ........................................................................................... 8-32 Car Sharing ........................................................................................................ 8-32 Travel Plan ......................................................................................................... 8-32 Summary and Conclusion ...................................................................................... 8-33 TRANSPORTATION 8 INTRODUCTION 8.1 This Section of the ES is a Transport Assessment (TA) which considers the impact, in traffic terms, on the adjacent highway network. It considers all of the issues relating to transport impact, including a review of the baseline situation, details of existing trips generation, baseline traffic levels and recorded accidents. 8.2 The TA assesses likely future trip generation and the likely impact caused by these trips on the transport network. Junction capacity assessments have been carries out to confirm the future operation of local junctions. 8.3 The TA is based on traffic and accident data which has been collected to provide a baseline situation. It also assesses the options for sustainable travel to the site. 8.4 This chapter takes advice from the document Guidance on Transport Assessment (GTA), published by the Department for Transport in March 2007 and Staffordshire County Council‟s A-Z Guide to Planning Applications Submitted to Staffordshire County Council, March 2008 and Guidance for Transport Assessment and Travel Plans, January 2008. 8.5 Also, advice has been taken from the Supplementary Guidance1 to the Approved Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Structure Plan 1996-2011. 8.6 It should be noted that the application site already has outline planning consent for the development of industry and warehousing, which would generate more traffic than the proposed development CONSULTATION Staffordshire County Council 8.7 SLR met with Staffordshire County Council on 29 April 2010 where the following scope was agreed for undertaking the TA. TA will be based on a facility accepting 400,000 tonnes of waste per annum; 100,000 tonnes of waste from the Poplars landfill would be diverted to the new ERF site access and this would be taken into account; years to be surveyed are year of opening (2014) and five years after opening (2019); traffic growth to be forecast using NRTF adjusted using Tempro; junctions to be assessed are Kingswood Lakeside roundabout, roundabout at Orbital Way/A460 Eastern Way and traffic signals at A5 Watling Street / Washbrook Lane; 1 Code of Practise for the Assessment of the Impact and Determination of Mitigation Measures arising from Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCVs) generated from Mineral and Waste Developments Kingswood ERF – Volume 3 8-1 SLR Consulting Limited TRANSPORTATION 8 Construction and Operational phases of development to be assessed. ARCADY to be used for assessing roundabouts, LINSIG to be used for assessing traffic signals. Highways Agency 8.8 The proposed development would generate a number of new HGV trips on the primary highway network under the management of the Highways Agency (HA), namely the A5 Watling Street and the A460 Eastern Way. However, the application site already has planning consent for industry and warehousing (B2 and B8 uses), which would typically generate more traffic than now proposed and therefore the impact on the A5 will be no greater than already consented. The HA were consulted on this matter through a letter from SLR dated 14 May 2010 which detailed the proposals and the subsequent impact on HA maintained roads. 8.9 No response has been received at the time of writing this Section of the ES. METHODOLOGY Accessibility by a Choice of Transport Modes 8.10 A review of the provision and quality of existing transport infrastructure for all modes of travel has been undertaken to assess the accessibility of the application site against what might be considered to be a realistic standard of provision for the type of development. 8.11 The accessibility of the application site by non-car modes of travel has been assessed against the following three criteria:- the proximity of the nearest serviced interchanges to the application site and the opportunities for interconnecting links between the site and these interchanges; the frequency of services available from the transport interchanges; and the destinations served by the services. 8.12 The accessibility of the site by car has been considered by reference to its geographical location in the context of infrastructure serving the immediate locality as well as the wider area. Study Area 8.13 An assessment has been made of the local highway network to determine the impact that the proposed ERF could have on key junctions in the locality during the period over which the ERF would be constructed and operational. The junctions included in the assessments are:- Orbital Way / A460 Eastern Way Roundabout; Kingswood Lakeside Roundabout; and Kingswood ERF – Volume 3 8-2 SLR Consulting