DIRECTORATE OF VISIBLE SERVICES & HOUSING CULVERHOUSE CROSS TO ST ATHAN BUS PRIORITY MEASURES June 2015 Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 2 Project No: 1953 Doc Ref: VOGC/HD/101 Rev: Client : Welsh Assembly Government Client Representative : Clare Cameron, Vale of Glamorgan Council Issue Date: June 2015 Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Bus Priority Measures Name Signature Date Author J Launchbury Checker T Saleem Approver M Clogg Issue Record Rev Date Description/ Comments Author/ Prepared by: Approved for Issue by: Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 3 Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 4 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Existing Conditions 3. Bus Route Analysis 4. Junction Improvement Options - ITV Junction (in conjunction with Bellway Homes) - Quarry Rd Junction - Wenvoe to Brooklands Bus lane - St Andrews Roundabout - BDLR Roundabout Improvements - Merthyr Dyfan Junction - Meggitt Rd Junction - Colcot Road Junction 5. Conclusions 6. Spend Profile Appendices Appendix A – Project Execution Plan Appendix B – Bus Route Analysis Appendix C – Feasibility Design Drawings Appendix D – Junction Modelling Data Appendix E – Detailed Design Drawings Appendix F – Cost Estimates (Bill of Quantities) Appendix G – Statutory Service Information/ Costs. Appendix H – Programme of Construction Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 5 1. INTRODUCTION: In August 2014, the Vale of Glamorgan Council was initially awarded funding from Welsh Government for bus priority measures from Culverhouse Cross to St Athan, as part of the Metro Improvement. This funding was to undertake a feasibility study to consider bus priority measures along designated corridors between Culverhouse Cross and St Athan Enterprise Park, within the Vale of Glamorgan. Further funding was confirmed during October 2014, totalling £1,000,000 from which £225,000 was to undertake feasibility and detailed design works within the 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial year, with the remaining budget (£775,000.00) allocated to construction works being completed within 2015/16 financial year subject to Welsh Government approval of scheme options identified (as identified within the Project Execution Plan (PEP)) The study is limited to improvements within the adopted highway and/or land within the ownership of the Vale of Glamorgan Council (VoGC). However, where a proposal would benefit from an element of land purchase, it is clearly identified as requiring such. The corridors identified for this study are listed below. Figure 1 illustrates the start and end points of these corridors. The corridors are: Section 1 – Culverhouse Cross to Barry Docks Link Road (A-B) Section 2 – Barry Docks Link Road to Waycock Cross (B-C) Section 3 – Waycock Cross to St Athan (Via Airport) (C-D) Section 4 – Rhoose (E) Section 5 – St Athan (F) This report presents discussions on the existing condition on these routes, including a survey on existing bus stop facilities, as well as identifying options for infrastructure improvements that will benefit the routes. A B Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 1 Figure 1 - Study Area A – Culverhouse Cross A B – BDLR Roundabout C – Waycock Roundabout D – St Athan Junction E – Rhoose Transport Interchange F – St Athan Enterprise Park B F C D E Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 2 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.1 Section 1 - Culverhouse Cross to BDLR Junction (A to B) The route along A4050 (Port Rd) between Culverhouse Cross Retail park and Barry Docks link Road Roundabout is 3.9km long with approximately 1.0km bypassing the built up village of Wenvoe. The A4050 is the main access route to Cardiff International Airport, via Barry. There are six roundabouts on the route; i) ITV/ Brookland Tce Roundabout – Access to old ITV site and link to Wenvoe ii) Quarry Rd Roundabout – Access to VoGc Offices and link into Cardiff iii) Walston Castle Roundabout – Access to Wenvoe Village iv) Morfa Lane Roundabout – Access to Wenvoe Village v) St Andrews Roundabout – Access to St Andrews Major/ Dinas Powys vi) BDLR Roundabout – Access to Sully/ Dinas/ Barry/ Cardiff Airport i) ITV/ Brooklands Tce Roundabout. Existing four arm roundabout arrangement accessing A4050 Port Road, St Lythans Road and also Brooklands Tce. The existing speed limit at this location is currently 40mph (50mph approx. 150m in advance of the roundabout) along A4050, Derestricted along Lythans Road and 30mph Brooklands Tce . There is VoGC owned land available on one side of the roundabout. (The current layout is shown in figure 2.) There are currently four bus stops within close proximately of the junction (refer to Bus stop Route plan) along the A4050, which are also used as school collection/ drop off points. There are currently no formal crossing points on any arm of the existing roundabout, the nearest push button crossing facility is at the PC World signalised junction. There are currently no cycle provisions (on road/ off road) at this location, but there are proposals for an off road cycle route to be implemented (subject to funding) to create a link from Culverhouse Cross to Cardiff International Airport (via Barry) There are proposals by Bellway Homes, developer of the old ITV site to signalise the above junction to create improved access and flows to the new development properties. These proposals are currently in the early design stage, and therefore liaison with Bellway regarding improvements to their proposals to incorporate a bus lane facility through the junction at this point is fundamental. Any improvements to this junction would provide a substantial benefit to Public Transport users due to capacity issues at peak times, and therefore this will serve as one of the focal points for this study. Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 3 Figure 2: Existing ITV/ Brooklands Tce Layout ii) Quarry Rd Roundabout Existing three arm roundabout arrangement accessing A4050 Port Road and Quarry Road. Quarry Road provides access to VoGC offices, Cemex Quarry and also a secondary access to Cardiff. There is very limited land available due to existing hedged lined boundaries. The existing speed limit at this location is currently 50mph along A4050 and derestricted along Quarry Rd (The current layout is shown in figure 3). There are currently two bus stops within close proximately of the junction along A4050 (refer to Bus stop Route plan). There are currently no formal crossing points on any arm of the existing roundabout, which creates difficulty for user wishing to use the Northbound (Cardiff Direction) bus service. Currently there are no cycle provisions at this roundabout. Proposed provisions as per previous comments. Any improvements to this junction would provide a substantial benefit to Public Transport users due to capacity issues at peak times, and therefore this will also serve as one of the focal points for this study. Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 4 Figure 3: Quarry Rd Roundabout iii) Walston Castle Roundabout Existing four arm roundabout arrangement accessing A4050 Port Road, Old Port Road (Wenvoe) and Caerau Lane. Old Port Road, provides access to the Village of Wenvoe. There is limited land available due to existing hedged lined boundaries. The existing speed limit at this location is currently 50mph along A4050,30mph on Old Port Rd with Cearau Lane being derestricted.(The current layout is shown in figure 4). There are currently two bus laybys within close proximately of the junction along A4050 (refer to Bus stop Route plan). There are currently no formal crossing points on any arm of the existing roundabout, which creates difficulty for user wishing to use the bus service in either direction. Currently there are no cycle provisions at this roundabout. Proposed provisions as per previous comments. Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 5 This existing roundabout has a good ICD (Inscribed Circle Diameter), with reasonable defections from all directions. There are currently no capacity issues at this facility, and due to existing alignment any improvement here would not create significant improvements to users. There are currently proposals to improve the uncontrolled crossing facilities at this roundabout as part of the proposed cycleway/ footway improvement scheme (subject to funding). Figure 4: Walston Castle Roundabout iv) Morfa Lane Roundabout Existing four arm roundabout arrangement accessing A4050 Port Rd, Old Port Road (Wenvoe) and Morfa Lane. Old Port Road, provides access to the Village of Wenvoe. There is limited land available due to existing hedged lined boundaries. The existing speed limit at this location is currently 50mph along A4050, 30mph on Old Port Road.(The current layout is shown in figure 5). There are currently two bus laybys within close proximately of the junction along A4050 (refer to Bus stop Route plan). Metro – Culverhouse Cross to St Athan Page 6 Currently there are no cycle provisions at this roundabout. (new off carriageway cycleway/ footway provision along Port Road to access Wenvoe is currently being installed by housing developer) Improvement works were undertaken to the existing roundabout in 2012/13 from which the deflection was improved along with improvements to the ICD (Inscribed Circle Diameter). There are currently no capacity issues at this facility, and due to existing alignment any improvement here would not create significant improvements to users. Due to the above, no improvement works will be considered at this location. Figure 5: Morfa Lane Roundabout v) St Andrews Roundabout (Wenvoe Garden Centre) Existing three arm roundabout arrangement accessing A4050 Port Road and St Andrews Road. St Andrews Road provides access the St Andrews and also Dinas Powys. There is land available at this location within the existing highway boundary from which improvement works may be possible. The existing speed limit at this location is currently 50mph along A4050, 30mph on St Andrews Road. (The current layout is shown in figure 6). There are currently two bus laybys within close proximately of the junction along A4050 (refer to Bus stop Route plan).