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4.0 Borough Transport Objectives Sutton Transport Plan London Borough of Sutton Local Implementation Plan 2011-2014 - 2 - FOREWORD This new Transport Plan for Sutton sets out how the council will make it easier for people to travel around the borough and beyond, particularly by sustainable modes of transport. The Plan forms the councils statutory Local Implementation Plan for Transport which is required by the Mayor of London to explain how the council will implement his policies for transport at a local level. Therefore the Plan sets out an investment programme for the three years from 2011-2014 listing the transport schemes that the council intends to implement over this period as well as outlining other schemes that the council will implement as funding arises. The council has a long history of promoting sustainable transport and was one of the first boroughs to publish a Sustainable Transport Strategy in 1999. This paved the way for the ground-breaking £5m Smarter Travel Sutton (STS) behavioural change project in partnership with Transport for London. The STS project, which ran for three years from 2006-2009, achieved great success in changing residents’ travel behaviour from the motor car towards more sustainable modes such as cycling and public transport. The success of the STS project has been widely recognised in the transport planning industry, winning in many national and international awards and attracting considerable interest within the UK and abroad. Following the success of the STS project the council decided to ‘mainstream’ it into its traffic and transport service and has renamed the former Transport Planning and Network Development section ‘Smarter Travel Sutton’ and amalgamated the STS team within it. The council has also decided to continue with the core work of the STS project and adopt a new approach to transport infrastructure investment to ‘lock in’ the benefits. In order to do this the council has adopted a new Sustainable Transport Policy and Action Plan called ‘Enabling Smarter Travel Choices’ which sets out how the council intends to take forward STS through a series of ‘Integrated Transport Packages’ focused on the borough’s town and district centres. This new integrated and holistic approach to transport schemes will ensure the council’s limited transport funds have maximum impact by concentrating them in one area and achieve a significant improvement in the environment of these centres in order to encourage people to make more local journeys using sustainable transport. These schemes will be designed in close consultation with the local community so that there is a sense of ‘ownership’ of them and they have popular support. The Plan also takes account of the council’s new Core Planning Strategy which sets out the long term policies and proposals for the future development of the borough. The location of this new development in relation to transport is crucial in ensuring that car dependency is reduced and sustainable transport use is maximised. The council looks forward to working with TfL and other stakeholders and residents in implementing this Plan for a better Sutton. Councillor Simon Wales Executive Member for Transport - 3 - Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................6 Purpose of the Plan ............................................................................................6 Council’s Transport Vision and Objectives......................................................7 Summary of the council’s Transport Strategy .................................................8 How the Plan was Developed.............................................................................9 Structure of the Plan.........................................................................................10 2.0 THE BOROUGH IN CONTEXT.....................................................................11 Borough Context...............................................................................................11 Sub-Regional Context.......................................................................................16 Borough Transport Context .............................................................................20 3.0 TRANSPORT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ...............................31 Local Transport Challenges and Opportunities .............................................31 Sub-Regional Transport Challenges and Opportunities ...............................32 Mayoral Goals, Challenges and Outcomes.....................................................32 4.0 BOROUGH TRANSPORT OBJECTIVES.....................................................51 How the Borough Transport Objectives were Derived ..................................51 Delivering the Borough Transport Objectives................................................54 Local Policy Influences ....................................................................................55 5.0 DELIVERY PLAN .........................................................................................59 Introduction .......................................................................................................59 LIP Programme of Investment for 2011/12 – 2013/14.....................................60 Commentary on LIP Programme of Investment .............................................66 Integrated Transport Packages .......................................................................67 Non LIP-Funded Programme of Investment ...................................................76 Commentary on Non-LIP funded Programme of Investment ........................82 Risk Management .............................................................................................83 Revenue and Maintenance Funding................................................................84 6.0 PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN .......................................................85 Introduction to Indicators and Targets ...........................................................85 Borough Indicators and Targets......................................................................86 Monitoring and Reporting ................................................................................90 Mayoral Indicators ............................................................................................90 Borough indicators...........................................................................................91 Mayor’s High Level Outputs.............................................................................92 - 4 - APPENDICIES....................................................................................................94 Appendix A – List of Consultees .....................................................................94 Appendix B – List of Unfunded Transport Schemes ....................................94 Appendix C – Local and Regional Policy Influences ...................................107 Appendix D – Enabling Smarter Travel Choices ..........................................114 Appendix E – Equality Impact Assessment................................................1148 Appendix F – Strategic Environmental Assessment ...................................119 Acronyms / Abbreviations..............................................................................120 Glossary...........................................................................................................121 Mandatory Pro-formas....................................................................................123 - 5 - 1.0 INTRODUCTION Purpose of the Plan 1.1 This document is Sutton’s Transport Plan for the borough and also serves as the second Local Implementation Plan (LIP), covering the three financial years from 2011/12 to 2013/14. It supersedes the council’s first LIP which was published in May 2007. The purpose of the Sutton Transport Plan (STP) is to: i. Provide a comprehensive statement of the council’s vision and objectives for the future of transport in the borough and how this relates to other council strategies and priorities; ii. Set out how the council intends to deliver the vision and objectives through a series of schemes and interventions aimed at enabling smarter travel choices, and how those interventions might be funded; iii. Be the council’s transport policy document to guide development and investment decisions and influence the implementation of transport schemes; iv. Demonstrate how the council will implement the Mayor’s Transport Strategy at a local level and comply with Transport for London requirements as set out in the LIP Guidance. 1.2 The Sutton Transport Plan sets out how the council’s transport vision and objectives relate to the recently adopted Core Planning Strategy, the Sustainable Transport Policy and Action Plan ‘Enabling Smarter Travel Choices’ and the One Planet Living Action Plan. These documents all demonstrate the council’s commitment to achieving environmental sustainability and one planet living, in which transport plays a major part. The Plan also shows how it links to the delivery of other council strategies. 1.3 London Boroughs must prepare a LIP containing their proposals for the implementation of the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy (MTS) in their area under Section 145 of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999. The second LIP is required to set out how London Boroughs will implement the second MTS, which was published in May 2010. 1.4 The second MTS goals for transport are: • Supporting economic
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