Surface Access: Heathrow Airport Hub Station Option FINAL for CONSULTATION AIRPORTS COMMISSION
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Appraisal Framework Module 4. Surface Access: Heathrow Airport Hub Station Option FINAL FOR CONSULTATION AIRPORTS COMMISSION 28th October 2014 Appraisal Framework Module 4. Surface Access: Heathrow Airport Hub Station Option Document Control Sheet Project: Appraisal Framework Module 4. Client: Airports Commission Document title: Surface Access: Heathrow Airport Hub Station Option Project No: B1988000 Originated by Checked by Reviewed by NAME NAME NAME ORIGINAL Richard Hibbert Stephen Rutherford Stephen Rutherford Rajat Bose NAME As Project Manager I confirm that the above INITIALS document(s) have been subjected to Jacobs’ Approved by Check and Review procedure and that I approve Stephen Rutherford them for issue DATE July 2014 Document status: DRAFT Originated by Checked by Reviewed by NAME NAME NAME Revision 1 Jon Hale Stephen Rutherford Stephen Rutherford NAME As Project Manager I confirm that the above INITIALS document(s) have been subjected to Jacobs’ Approved by Check and Review procedure and that I approve Stephen Rutherford them for issue DATE October 2014 Document status : FINAL Jacobs U.K. Limited This document has been prepared by a division, subsidiary or affiliate of Jacobs U.K. Limited (“Jacobs”) in its professional capacity as consultants in accordance with the terms and conditions of Jacobs’ contract with the commissioning party (the “Client”). 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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Heathrow Hub surface access proposal .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Core and Extended Baselines ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Report structure .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Scheme details .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Public Transport schemes .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Highway schemes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Other schemes................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 3. Delivery and operational considerations .............................................................................................. 10 3.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Public Transport ............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.3 Highways ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.4 Strategic fit .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 4. Costs and impacts ................................................................................................................................... 17 4.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Scheme costs ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Rail access.................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Mode choice ................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 4.5 Non-airport user impacts............................................................................................................................................................... 23 4.6 Potential further benefits ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 5. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................. 25 5.1 Summary....................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.2 Positive impacts ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 5.3 Neutral impacts ............................................................................................................................................................................. 27 5.4 Negative impacts .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 1 ii Appraisal Framework Module 4. Surface Access: Heathrow Airport Hub Station Option 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1.1.1 The Airports Commission (AC) was established in 2012 by the UK Government to examine the need for additional UK airport capacity and to recommend how any additional capacity requirements can be met in the short-, medium- and long-term. The AC is due to submit a Final Report to the UK Government by summer 2015 assessing the environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of various solutions to increase airport capacity, considering operational, commercial and technical viability. 1.1.2 The AC published an Interim Report in December 2013 that short-listed three options to address the UK’s long-term aviation connectivity and capacity needs, two focussed on expanding Heathrow Airport and one on expanding Gatwick through the provision of a second runway – the work leading up to the publication of the Interim Report is described as Phase 1. The short-listed options were to be further developed and appraised during Phase 2, with further phases of work programmed in the