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Volume 7.0 M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway TR010019 Safe roads, reliable journeys, informed travellers M4 junctions 3 to 12 smart motorway TR010019 7.2 Socio-economic report 5(2) (q) Revision 0 March 2015 Planning Act 2008 Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Volume 7.0 Volume An executive agency of the Department for Transport HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY CONTENTS: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................ 1 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 2 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT 2 1.2 METHODOLOGY 2 1.3 REPORT STRUCTURE 4 2 SCHEME DESCRIPTION .................................................... 5 2.1 THE SCHEME 5 2.2 SCHEME OBJECTIVES 6 3 STRATEGIC CONTEXT ...................................................... 7 3.1 INTRODUCTION 7 3.2 REGULATORY /POLICY FRAMEWORK 7 3.3 SOCIO -ECONOMIC CONTEXT 8 4 Baseline features and future conditions ....................... 25 4.1 INTRODUCTION 25 4.2 JUNCTION 12 TO JUNCTION 11 25 4.3 JUNCTION 11 TO JUNCTION 10 30 4.4 JUNCTION 10 TO JUNCTION 8/9 36 4.5 JUNCTION 8/9 TO JUNCTION 7 39 4.6 JUNCTION 7 TO JUNCTION 6 42 4.7 JUNCTION 6 TO JUNCTION 5 47 4.8 JUNCTION 5 TO JUNCTION 4B 52 4.9 JUNCTION 4B TO JUNCTION 4 56 4.10 JUNCTION 4 TO JUNCTION 3 60 5 MITIGATION ...................................................................... 65 5.2 SCHEME -WIDE MITIGATION MEASURES 65 5.3 JUNCTION 12 TO 11 67 5.4 JUNCTION 11 TO 10 67 5.5 JUNCTION 10 TO 8/9 67 5.6 JUNCTION 8/9 TO 7 68 5.7 JUNCTION 7 TO 6 69 5.8 JUNCTION 6 TO 5 70 5.9 JUNCTION 5 TO 4B 71 5.10 JUNCTION 4B TO 4 72 5.11 JUNCTION 4 TO 3 72 6 Residual Effects of the scheme ..................................... 73 6.2 SCHEME -WIDE ASSESSMENT 73 6.3 JUNCTION 12 TO 11 76 6.4 JUNCTION 11 TO 10 80 M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE I HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY 6.5 JUNCTION 10 TO 8/9 84 6.6 JUNCTION 8/9 TO 7 87 6.7 JUNCTION 7 TO 6 97 6.8 JUNCTION 6 TO 5 102 6.9 JUNCTION 5 TO 4B 111 6.10 JUNCTION 4B TO 4 114 6.11 JUNCTION 4 TO 3 119 7 CONCLUSIONS .............................................................. 123 APPENDIX: A. SUMMARY OF REGULATORY/POLICY FRAMEWORK B. APPRAISAL SUMMARY TABLE M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE II HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ALC Agricultural Land Classification CEMP Construction and Environmental Master Plan DCO Development Consent Order DfT Department for Transport ES Environmental Statement GDP Gross Domestic Product GVA Gross Value Added JSA Job Seekers Allowance ICT Information and Communications Technology LEA Local Economic Assessment LEP Local Enterprise Partnership MSA Motorway Service Area NCN National Cycle Network NPPF National Planning Policy Framework NN NPS National Policy Statement for National Networks NUTS Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ONS Office for National Statistics PROW Public Rights of Way RA Regeneration Areas SDI Social and Distributional Impacts SER Socio-Economic Report SPZ Simplified Planning Zone TEE Transport Economic Efficiency TTWA Travel To Work Area VMSL Variable mandatory speed limits M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE 1 HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of the report 1.1.1 This Socio-Economic Report (“SER”) comprises part of a suite of supporting documentation which accompanies the Environmental Statement (“ES”) forming part of the application for the M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order (“DCO”). It relates to proposals by the Highways Agency (the "Agency") to improve the M4 motorway ("M4") between junction 12 (Theale) and junction 3 (Hayes) (the "Scheme"). 1.1.2 The purposes of the SER are to set out the strategic socio-economic context, provide a detailed socio-economic profile of the area through which the Scheme passes and undertake detailed consideration of the construction and operational effects of the Scheme as they relate to community and private assets. The umbrella term “community” includes community facilities, areas of formal and informal open space (such as recreation grounds), and community land uses (such as allotments). Private assets relate to residential and commercial land uses, including infrastructure. 1.1.3 This SER supports the assessment of the Scheme reported in the ES, with a summary of the main findings from the SER contained in chapter 14 of the ES (Community and Private Assets). The SER constitutes environmental information relating to the application for development consent in respect of the Scheme. 1.2 Methodology 1.2.1 The SER has considered socio-economic data at both regional and local level. At the regional level, local authorities and the wider areas of East and West Berkshire, the Thames Valley and the outer London area have been considered (shown on Figure 1.1 below). M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE 2 HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY Source: Thames Valley LEP Figure 1.1 Thames Valley sub-region 1.2.2 For an assessment of impacts at the local level, a study area of 0.5km from the Order limits has been used in order to identify relevant facilities that may be directly affected by the Scheme. This distance is considered to be sufficient to ascertain linkages between facilities and areas to the north and south of the M4, in order to be able to identify impacts including community severance. Where an asset of particular importance has been identified outside this defined study area, this has been included in the assessment on the basis of professional judgement. This combination of approaches is considered to provide an appropriate assessment area from which to consider the various elements required by an assessment of community and private assets. Drawing 1.1 (Sheets 1 to 17) shows the extent of the 0.5km study area along the length of the Scheme. 1.2.3 Establishing baseline data (both existing and future) has drawn on a range of secondary information sources including: a) identification of private and community assets within the proposed Order limits, including proposed areas of land-take, based on remote sensing imagery and verified by site visits where necessary; M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE 3 HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY b) collection and analysis of socio-economic statistics including: data from a range of sources such as the Office for National Statistics (“ONS”); Local Economic Assessments and Economic Development Strategies; Local Plans for individual local authority areas, and definitive rights of way mapping; and c) identification of existing economic, tourism and recreation land uses within the defined study area to help identify potential activity changes resulting from the Scheme based on remote sensing imagery and verified by site visits where necessary. 1.3 Report structure 1.3.1 This report is set out as follows: Section 1 summarises the purposes of the report, the methodology undertaken and the structure of the report; Section 2 provides a description of the Scheme, including relevant socio- economic objectives; Section 3 sets out the strategic context, including the regulatory/policy framework and a socio-economic profile of the area through which the Scheme passes; Section 4 describes socio-economic features on a link by link basis, including information relating to the future baseline where relevant; Section 5 describes mitigation measures for the Scheme as a whole and on a link by link basis; Section 6 comprises an assessment of the residual construction and operational effects of the Scheme as a whole and on a link by link basis. M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE 4 HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY 2 SCHEME DESCRIPTION 2.1 The Scheme 2.1.1 The M4 is the main strategic route between London, the West of England and Wales, connecting directly to the M25 and Heathrow Airport. Between junctions 3 and 12, the M4 typically carries over 130,000 vehicles per day and currently suffers from heavy congestion making journey times unreliable. Traffic flows on this section of the M4 are forecast to increase to an average of 160,000 vehicles per day over the next 20 years, which will result in more severe congestion without road improvements. 2.1.2 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has previously highlighted that the current road transport infrastructure network is one of three key barriers to UK growth requiring action from government (Ref 2-1). 2.1.3 The Agency is proposing to improve an approximately 51km (32 mile) stretch of the M4 between junction 3 (Hayes) and junction 12 (Theale) (Figure 2.1). The Scheme will result in the conversion of the hard shoulder of the M4 to a permanent running lane, and will provide the necessary signing and technology to manage traffic using variable mandatory speed limits ("VMSL"). This will require the construction of gantries with lane specific, variable message signs. A motorway with these features is referred to as a “smart motorway”. Figure 2.1: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 smart motorway Scheme M4 J3-12 SMART MOTORWAY VOLUME 7 MARCH 2015 7.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT PAGE 5 HIGHWAYS AGENCY – M4 JUNCTIONS 3 TO 12 SMART MOTORWAY 2.2 Scheme objectives 2.2.1 The Government’s National Policy Statement for National Networks ("NN NPS"), designated in January 2015 (Ref 2-2), states that the Government’s policy is to bring forward improvements and enhancements to the existing Strategic Road Network to address the country’s long-term needs; supporting a prosperous and competitive economy and improving overall quality of life, as part of a wider transport system.
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