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Access to Witney - TAG Options Appraisal Report Final Access to Witney - TAG Options Appraisal Report Final Oxfordshire County Council Project number: 60611611 July 2021 Access to Witney - TAG Report Project number: 60611611 Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by Fakhar Alam/ Rohit Sharma/ Gabi Mcerlane/ Jameel Hayat/ Sakhi Sumaria/ Lizzie Cornwell Engineer/ Jameel Hayat Mark Stapley Mark Stapley Senior Regional Director Associate Director Associate Director Consultant/ Graduate Consultant/ Regional Director/ Consultant/ Consultant Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position 0 10/03/2020 TAG Stage 1 Item 1-4 MS Mark Stapley Associate Director 1 14/04/2020 TAG Stage 1 Items 1-6 MS Mark Stapley Associate Director 2 12/05/2020 TAG Stage 1 Items 1-6 - MS Mark Stapley Associate Updated Director 3 28/05/2020 TAG Stage 1 Items 1-6 - MS Mark Stapley Associate Updated Director 4 05/08/2020 EqIA update; draft Step 7 JH Jameel Hayat Regional shortlisting Director 5 16/09/2020 TAG Stage 1 Items 1-7 - MS Mark Stapley Associate Updated Director 6 26/10/2020 Draft OAR MS Mark Stapley Associate Director 7 13/01/2021 Draft OAR JH Jameel Hayat Regional Director 8 02/07/2021 Final Draft OAR MS Mark Stapley Associate Director 9 05/07/2021 Final OAR MS Mark Stapley Associate Director Prepared for: Oxfordshire County Council AECOM Access to Witney - TAG Report Project number: 60611611 Distribution List # Hard PDF Required Association / Company Name Copies - Yes Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) Prepared for: Oxfordshire County Council Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited AECOM House 63-77 Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3ER United Kingdom T: +44(0)1727 535000 aecom.com © 2021 AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) for sole use of our client (the “Client”) in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. No third party may rely upon this document without the prior and express written agreement of AECOM. Prepared for: Oxfordshire County Council AECOM Access to Witney - TAG Report Project number: 60611611 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Background.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 Report Purpose .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.3 Report Structure................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 2 Current and Future Context ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Local Context ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Existing strategies and studies .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.4 Context and conditions in Witney ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 2.5 Current Traffic Congestion Issues ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 2.6 Future Traffic Congestion Issues ............................................................................................................................................................. 39 2.7 Cycle Network Improvements .................................................................................................................................................................... 45 2.8 Future A40 Corridor Improvements Schemes (Witney to Oxford) .......................................................................................... 46 2.9 Identifying the Need for an Intervention ............................................................................................................................................... 49 3 Policy Context and Objectives .................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 3.2 Policy Context .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 3.3 Local Transport and Planning Policy Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 62 3.4 Recommendations and Next Steps ......................................................................................................................................................... 71 4 Option Generation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 4.2 Context and Precis of Key Challenges................................................................................................................................................... 75 4.3 Option Development ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 76 4.4 Option 0: Do Minimum scenario ................................................................................................................................................................ 80 4.5 Option 1: West facing slip roads at Stanton Harcourt Road ....................................................................................................... 80 4.6 Option 2: West facing slip roads at Shores Green ........................................................................................................................... 82 4.7 Option 3: Roundabout North and South of Shores Green ........................................................................................................... 88 4.8 Option 4: A40 access to the east of Shores Green ......................................................................................................................... 90 4.9 Option 5: West End Link Road .................................................................................................................................................................... 93 4.10 Option 6: Church Lane link from B4022 to Witan Way via Church Lane upgraded to general traffic .................... 95 4.11 Option 7: Jubilee Way to A40 - Bypass ................................................................................................................................................. 97 4.12 Option 8: Upgrading Downs Road to improve access to the A40 ........................................................................................... 99 4.13 Option 9: New Link Road Connecting B4022 with B4047 ..........................................................................................................100 4.14 Option 10: Cogges Link Road ...................................................................................................................................................................102 4.15 Option 11: New PT link between Witney and Oxford ....................................................................................................................104 4.16 Option 12: New PT link between Witney and Long Hanborough ............................................................................................111 4.17 Option 13: New PT links between Jubilee Way/A4095 junction – Windrush Industrial Park – Two Rivers Industrial
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