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Sestran Cross Tay Sustainable Transport Study SEStran Cross Tay Sustainable Transport Study Final Report SEStran Cross Tay Sustainable Transport Study Final Report JMP Consultants Limited City House City Wharf Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DZ T 01543 440700 F 0800 066 4636 E [email protected] www.jmp.co.uk Job No. B085023 Report No. 005 Prepared by Lee White Verified Tim Steiner Approved by Iain Sherriff Status Final Issue No. 001 Date 6th April 2009 SEStran Cross Tay Sustainable Transport Study Final Report Report Contents Amendments Record This document has been issued and amended as follows: Status/Revision Revision description Issue Number Approved By Date Draft 001 Iain Sherriff 27/03/2008 Draft 002 Iain Sherriff 10/06/2008 Draft 003 Iain Sherriff 16/09/2008 Draft 004 Iain Sherriff 29/012009 04/02/2009 Draft Addition of „Landfall site‟ 005 Iain Sherriff Comments from Steering 04/03/2009 Final Draft th 006 Iain Sherriff Group Meeting 24 Feb. Final Comments from draft 007 Iain Sherriff 06/04/2009 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 2 STUDY METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 3 3 POLICY BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 6 Overview of Fife .......................................................................................................................... 6 Overview of Dundee ................................................................................................................... 6 Land Use Planning Polices ......................................................................................................... 7 Transport Policies ..................................................................................................................... 17 Other Studies and Policies ....................................................................................................... 31 4 DATA COLLECTION ................................................................................................................ 33 Census Data ............................................................................................................................. 33 Traffic Data ............................................................................................................................... 36 Discussions with the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.................................................................. 44 Bus Data ................................................................................................................................... 44 Rail Data ................................................................................................................................... 47 5 SETTING THE PLANNING OBJECTIVES ............................................................................... 51 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 51 Development of appraisal objectives ........................................................................................ 51 6 INITIAL OPTION TESTING ...................................................................................................... 55 Description of Options .............................................................................................................. 56 Results of Initial Option Assessment ........................................................................................ 63 7 STAG PART 1 APPRAISAL ..................................................................................................... 69 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 69 Tay Bridge Roundabout P+R ................................................................................................... 70 New Rail Station: A92/Rail Line intersection ............................................................................ 76 Forgan Roundabout (A92/A914 intersection) P+R ................................................................... 82 B995 site adjacent to Primary School ...................................................................................... 88 Increased parking space provision at Leuchars Rail Station ................................................... 93 Increased parking space provision at Cupar Rail Station ........................................................ 99 New Wormit Rail Station ......................................................................................................... 104 8 CONCLUSIONS FROM STAG 1 APPRAISAL ....................................................................... 111 9 DEMAND FORECASTING ..................................................................................................... 113 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 113 10 STAG 2 APPRAISAL .............................................................................................................. 117 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 117 Appraisal against Transport Planning Objectives................................................................... 117 Appraisal against STAG Criteria............................................................................................. 120 Environment............................................................................................................................ 120 Safety ...................................................................................................................................... 124 Economy ................................................................................................................................. 124 Integration ............................................................................................................................... 135 Accessibility and Social Inclusion ........................................................................................... 137 11 COST TO GOVERNMENT ..................................................................................................... 139 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 139 12 RISK AND UNCERTAINLY .................................................................................................... 141 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 141 Operational costs and operational capability .......................................................................... 142 Revenue income and the overall P+R offer ........................................................................... 142 External factors ....................................................................................................................... 143 13 PROJECT SUMMARY TABLES ............................................................................................. 145 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 145 14 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 183 Summary ................................................................................................................................ 183 Outline Delivery Strategy ........................................................................................................ 184 Tables and Figures Table 3.1 Ninewells Hospital Parking Policy Recommendations .................................................... 29 Table 4.1 Tay Road Bridge Origin and Destination Survey Data ................................................... 41 Table 5.1 Output objectives ............................................................................................................ 53 Table 6.1 High Level Options .......................................................................................................... 55 Table 6.2 Initial Option Assessment ................................................................................................ 64 Table 7.1 Capital costs .................................................................................................................... 70 Table 7.2 Operating costs ............................................................................................................... 71 Table 7.3 Tay Bridge Roundabout P+R Appraisal Summary table ................................................. 72 Table 7.4 Station capital costs ........................................................................................................ 76 Table 7.5 Station Car Park capital costs ......................................................................................... 77 Table 7.6 Station and car park annual operating costs ................................................................... 78 Table 7.7 A92/Rail intersection P+R Appraisal Summary table .....................................................
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