LTP1 Delivery Report Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan Contents 1 Contents 1 Foreword 4 2 Executive Summary 5 3 Introduction 7 3.1 Brief Description of Greater Manchester 7 3.2 Brief Summary of LTP1 Principles and Plan 9 3.3 Changes to Key Aims and Objectives 11 3.4 Delivery of the Plan 13 4 Broad Impact of the First Local Transport Plan 15 4.1 Summary of Impact 15 4.2 Contribution to Wider Objectives 18 4.2.1 Interaction with National and Regional Objectives 18 4.2.2 Contribution to Local Priority Policy Areas 23 4.3 Summary of Key Achievements 35 4.4 Main Successes 41 4.5 Lessons Learned 43 4.6 Foundations for Long Term Improvements 44 5 Programme Delivery 47 5.1 Delivery of LTP Programme 47 5.1.1 Funding 47 5.1.2 Public Transport 53 5.1.3 Road Safety 82 5.1.4 Sustainable Transport 93 5.1.5 Disability Issues and Social Inclusion 111 5.1.6 Travel to School 119 5.1.7 Cycling 128 5.2 Delivery of SEMMMS Programme 140 5.3 Delivery of Transport Infrastructure Fund Programme 146 Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan LTP1 Delivery Report 1 Contents 5.4 Summary of Main Contributions by Other Agencies and Partners 149 6 Progress Towards Targets 150 6.1 Overall Progress on Core Targets 150 6.2 Progress on Highways Maintenance 158 6.3 Overall Progress on Other Local Headline Targets 167 7 Glossary 175 8 Annex 1 Delivery of Major Schemes 177 8.1 Context 177 8.2 Schemes Under Construction at Time of LTP1 Submission 178 8.2.1 Metrolink Single Contract 178 8.2.2 Manchester-Salford Inner Relief Route 179 8.2.3 Altrincham Eastern Improvement Route 180 8.3 Schemes Accepted in LTP1 Period 181 8.3.1 GMUTC Block Replacement 181 8.3.2 QBC network 181 8.3.3 Metrolink Vehicles Increased Capacity 183 8.3.4 Cadishead Way (Brinell Drive - City Boundary) 183 8.3.5 Central Park (formerly North Manchester Business Park Interchange) 184 8.3.6 Oldham Retaining Walls 186 8.4 Schemes Proposed But Not Accepted During LTP1 Period 187 8.4.1 Leigh-Salford-Manchester QBC 187 8.4.2 Wigan Inner Relief Route (formerly Wigan Integrated Transport Scheme) 187 8.4.3 Ashton Northern Bypass Stage 2 188 8.4.4 Glossop Spur 189 8.4.5 M60 JETTS QBC 190 8.4.6 Stockport Metrolink 190 8.4.7 Yellow School Buses 190 8.4.8 Rochdale Interchange 191 LTP1 Delivery Report Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan Contents 1 8.4.9 Altrincham Interchange 191 8.4.10 A5225 Access Wigan (formerly A5225 Wigan Gateway) 191 8.4.11 Carrington - Irlam / Cadishead Link 191 8.4.12 SEMMMS New Relief Road 192 8.4.13 Shudehill Interchange 192 Index 194 4 Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan LTP1 Delivery Report 1 Foreword This report summarises the contribution that improvements to transport have made to the economic, environmental and cultural renaissance of Greater Manchester in the last five years. In this period we have seen impressive economic performance; Greater Manchester made the greatest contribution to the nation's productivity outside London, we hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and witnessed the rebirth of the Regional centre following the IRA bomb in 1996. Overall air quality has improved, and the urban fabric of many neglected deprived areas has been refurbished. Improvements made to the transport system have underpinned this activity. Public transport has led the way; we are creating a countywide network of Quality Bus Corridors, built new or improved interchanges, and have seen parts of the West Coast Main Line upgraded, including key stations. We have experienced the benefits of a completed M60 outer ring road, and benefited from a great many smaller scale schemes which have significantly reduced road accidents, increased accessibility, and limited pollution and congestion. Many of these schemes have been funded through the Local Transport Plan. The advent of five year Local Transport Plans has encouraged better long term planning and a more focused, outcome-driven approach. Most importantly, it has improved joint working both amongst the eleven authorities in Greater Manchester and also with our partners, including DfT.We have established productive working relationships which ensure that transport planning is now more integrated than ever before with other strategies such as those for economic development, land use planning, enhancing the environment and promoting better health. We have achieved some significant successes in the LTP1 period, including revitalisation of the regional centre without a corresponding increase in car use or congestion, arresting the decline of surrounding town centres, improving aspects of road safety, and engaging schools in the travel plan process. However, there were also some disappointments, including the delays experienced in expanding the Metrolink system and the failure to deliver sustained growth in bus patronage levels. We believe that our improvements in other areas, notably for pedestrians and cyclists, will start to bear fruit shortly; indeed there are recent indications of success in these areas after a long term decline. This report demonstrates the significant contribution that LTP1 has made. We are looking to build on these foundations for an even more successful LTP2 period. Councillor Peter Smith Councillor Roger Jones Leader of AGMA Chair of GMPTA LTP1 Delivery Report Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan 5 Executive Summary 2 This report describes the impact resulting from the implementation of our first Local Transport Plan (LTP1) 2001/02 to 2005/06. The LTP1 focused on five core objectives: To strengthen, modernise and diversify the local economy in environmentally sustainable ways To support urban regeneration and to bring disused and under-used urban land back into effective use To make Greater Manchester as a whole a more attractive, safer and healthier place in which to live, work and invest To focus improvements in the Regional Centre, the town centres and major employment centres To reverse the decentralisation of population and economic activity, to sustain the community and cultural life of urban centres and neighbourhoods, and to ensure that everyone can participate in the opportunities that the County has to offer It aimed to achieve this through a strategy which was: public transport-led, with additional emphases on cycling and walking for short trips, and demand management supportive of local economic objectives, including resurgence of the regional and key centres, and local regeneration areas well integrated with quality of life objectives, including air quality, safety and security, health and accessibility The Plan's delivery was achieved through Close partnership working between the highway and passenger transport authorities and numerous external organisations, agencies and transport providers Funding through the LTP system, with additional resources being secured for the South East Manchester Multi Modal Strategy local Transport Infrastructure Fund, and contributions from authorities' other funds such as regeneration budgets, and developer contributions, The establishment of a more robust monitoring framework, better consultation and improved ways of working. Key achievements of the LTP1 period include: A revitalised Regional Centre, meeting targets of increasing the number of trips to it whilst improving the modal share of non-car modes, due in part to the completion of the Manchester-Salford Inner Relief Route, a network of Quality Bus Corridors, better traffic management and Metroshuttle free bus service Reinvigorating other key and local centres, and stabilising the modal split of trips to them, by improvements in accessibility by other modes, environmental enhancements and car parking pricing policies to discourage long stays Meeting our targets to increase rail and Metrolink use, through improvements to stops and stations, and major investment in the West Coast Main Line by the rail industry Limiting the growth of traffic on local roads, through provision and reallocation of roadspace for alternative modes, parking policies and workplace and school travel plans Starting to turn round the long term decline of cycling and walking levels, by investing in routes and facilities, and promotion of these modes 6 Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan LTP1 Delivery Report 2 Executive Summary Reduction in the numbers of people killed and seriously injured on roads, following targeted investment in local safety schemes Meeting our air quality targets for nitrogen dioxide and particulates Performing better than other Metropolitan areas with regard to bus patronage, by investing in a network of radial and orbital Quality Bus Corridors in all districts, and making major improvements to public transport interchanges, journey planning and information provision Addressing specific accessibility problems in rural and deprived areas, including the introduction of arranged or demand responsive transport services Improving physical accessibility of public transport and highways, including raised kerbs at bus stops and upgraded signalised crossings Investment in the maintenance of the road network and associated structures, halting the deterioration in condition in most Councils highways The main disappointments of the period were: The delay in delivery of Metrolink Phase 3 network expansion, due to funding difficulties Technical and logistical problems which prevented the successful procurement of Metrolink capacity enhancements Problems implementing parts of the rail programme which relied on partnerships with the rail industry, due to the difficulties in dealing with its funding arrangements and fragmented nature The fact that we had insufficient control over certain areas such as bus service provision and quality The lack of sufficient revenue funding to support aspects of the capital programme In terms of progress towards targets: We achieved, or are on track to achieve, 57% of the government's core targets (note that road maintenance has been assessed separately): for bus satisfaction, number of child killed or seriously injured casualties, light rail patronage and rural accessibility.