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Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Report Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Report May 2007 Airedale Partnership Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Study FINAL REPORT Airedale Partnership Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Study May 2007 This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility Ove Arup & Partners Ltd is undertaken to any third party Admiral House, Rose Wharf, 78 East Street, Leeds LS9 8EE Tel +44 (0)113 2428498 Fax +44 (0)113 2428573 www.arup.com Job number 122195-00 Document Verification Page 1 of 1 Job title Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Job number 122195-00 Document title Scoping Study File reference Document ref Revision Date Filename Draft 1 27/03/07 Description First draft. Circulated at the Progress Meeting on 28th March 2007 Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Mike Chadney Hilary Crowther Paul Irwin Signature Draft2 23/04/07 Filename A3 Report Draft Final V2 Report.doc Description Second Draft. Submitted to Steering Group for Comment Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Carl Chouler & Mike Hilary Crowther Paul Irwin Chadney Signature Final 14/05/07 Filename A3 Report Final v2.doc Description Changes made since Steering Group meeting on 24th April 2007 including an Executive Summary Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Carl Chouler & Mike Hilary Crowther Paul Irwin Chadney Signature Filename Description Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Signature Issue Document Verification with Document 9 J:\122000\122195-00\0 ARUP\0-11 TRANSPORTATION\0-11-8 REPORTS\A3 REPORT FINAL V2 REPORT.DOC Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Final 14 May 2007 Airedale Partnership Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Study Contents 5.4 Possible Longer Term Solutions 24 Page 6 Rail Station Proposals 25 Executive Summary i 6.1 Overview 25 1 Introduction 1 6.2 Preferred Option 25 1.1 Keighley in Context 1 6.3 Environmental Impact 26 1.2 The Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies 1 7 Costs, Funding and Delivery Mechanism 28 1.3 Report Structure 1 7.1 Overview 28 2 Aspirations and Future Development 2 8 Conclusions 30 2.1 Airedale Masterplan 2 8.1 Overview 30 2.2 Leeds City Region Transport Strategy 3 8.2 Deliverability of the Keighley Transport Vision 30 2.3 Keighley in the Leeds City Region Transport Vision 3 8.3 Further Work 30 3 The Keighley Transport Network 5 3.1 Introduction 5 Appendices 3.2 Highway Network 5 Appendix A 3.3 Bus and Coach Network 5 Issues and Opportunities Matrix 3.4 Rail 5 Appendix B 3.5 Parking 7 TRANSYT Outputs 3.6 Cycling and Walking 7 3.7 Waterways 7 4 Problem Identification 8 4.1 Introduction 8 4.2 Stakeholder Consultation 8 4.3 Traffic Patterns and Congestion Points 8 4.4 Car Parking Issues 12 4.5 Impact of New Developments 13 4.6 Keighley Rail Station 14 4.7 Bus Issues 16 4.8 Multi-Modal Integration 17 4.9 Pedestrian Movements 17 4.10 Cycling 18 4.11 Public Transport Accessibility 19 4.12 Social Inclusion/Mobility 19 4.13 Service Access Issues 19 4.14 Safety 19 4.15 Summary of Current and Future Transport Problems 20 5 Options for Improvement 21 5.1 Overview 21 5.2 Key Opportunities 21 5.3 Options for Improvement 21 J:\122000\122195-00\0 ARUP\0-11 TRANSPORTATION\0-11-8 REPORTS\A3 REPORT FINAL V2 REPORT.DOC Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Final 14 May 2007 Airedale Partnership Keighley Town Centre and Station Transport Studies Scoping Study Executive Summary worsen with future adjacent developments i.e. the new Keighley College, Asda and the regeneration of Dalton Lane. A Masterplan and Strategy for Airedale was completed in 2005 and provided a framework for sustainable economic development. Keighley, as the major town in the valley, plays a The preferred option for Keighley rail station is to remove the forecourt of the station and significant role as the retail and commercial service centre for the area and its future replace it with a new pedestrian plaza whilst at the same time widening the pedestrian success is critical for the delivery of the Masterplan. pavement on the north side of Bradford Road. The existing taxi rank and disabled parking would be relocated to a new elevated drop-off point on Low Mill Lane above the existing Traffic congestion and access to public transport were identified during consultation for the station car park. New lifts would be incorporated into the station along with improved Masterplan to be barriers to the future development of the town. This scoping report surfacing to the existing ramps. New waiting rooms and canopies would provide increased identifies the issues around transport in the town and the refurbishment of Keighley rail shelter on the platforms. The relocation of the taxi rank would provide potential opportunities station and identifies potential solutions that could make a substantial positive change to the for reconfiguring of the station buildings and for new retailing opportunities emerging from fortunes of Keighley. increased footfall past the station frontage due to the College and Dalton Lane Five priority projects were set out in the Airedale Masterplan – two of them in Keighley (one redevelopment. at each end of Cavendish Street) will form prominent new anchors of activity and footfall. The preferred options for the town centre and rail station are exciting and importantly very The redevelopment of Keighley College’s North Street site will be an opportunity to deliverable. There are a number of private and public sector developments that could transform the image and identity of the town and the refurbishment of Keighley rail station contribute towards the public realm solutions in the form of the new Asda store, Keighley will provide an improved gateway to the town for visitors and commuters using this very College and Dalton Mills. Funding for the “access for all” improvements is already busy station. The relocation of Keighley College to Dalton Lane and the opening of a new committed by Network Rail and the Department for Transport and the reconfiguring of the Asda store in 2009 will effectively shift the centre of gravity of the town towards the rail retail opportunities could provide funding for the restoration and future upkeep of the station repositioning Cavendish Street at the heart of the retail offer for the town. heritage station buildings. The introduction of new waiting rooms and canopies could be The town centre transport study has examined movements for all modes of traffic, funded by Metro on the back of the large and rapidly increasing passenger numbers. identifying where there are constraints and opportunities. Very quickly it emerged that the The timetable for delivery of these preferred options will be linked closely with and driven by road junctions at either end of Cavendish Street, at North Street and Bradford Road, are the timetables for opening of the new Asda store and Keighley College, which are currently significant bottlenecks and that buses are substantially delayed along this route. Cavendish programmed for opening in 2009. The improvements to the front of the rail station will be of Street is the main pedestrian route between the town centre and the rail station and is the direct benefit to Asda and the new Keighley College for improved aesthetics and pedestrian location for specialist retailing. During the study it became apparent that a focus on reducing access. In order to undertake this work the alterations to Cavendish Street must be in place. traffic flow along Cavendish Street could deliver substantial benefits to all modes of This creates a two year window for the design and procurement of the detailed works to transport movement in the town centre and provide the opportunity to create an attractive Cavendish Street and the railway station. The public realm and traffic flow improvements on area of public realm. Cavendish Street could be jointly funded by Bradford Council and Yorkshire Forward. This The preferred option for the transport study is to make Cavendish Street a bus and cycle investment in the attractiveness of the town could substantially raise the value of the only route for the majority of its length whilst retaining one way access to Lawkholme Lane College site on North Street and strengthen the retailing of the town in anticipation of the from North Street and two way access to Sainsbury’s car park from Bradford Road. opening of the new Asda store. Consequently, there would be a significant reduction in waiting time for vehicle movements This report recommends rapid progression towards the detailed design and procurement of along North Street and also at Bradford Road despite the likely reconfiguring of traffic the preferred options for new traffic and public realm measures on Cavendish Street and the movements to the Sainsbury’s store. This option would remove the sources of delay for staged refurbishment of Keighley Station. Maintaining momentum on these projects will buses moving between the bus station and railway station. Significantly it would allow critically enable funding through Section 106 contributions from Asda, Keighley College and widening of the pedestrian pavements creating the opportunity for improving the public Dalton Mills to be made in a co-ordinated and targeted way that will deliver significant and realm and planting trees along the length of Cavendish Street. This would dramatically early renaissance to the town centre. Keighley town centre will inevitably experience the improve the attractiveness of this prime shopping street and would join together the two effects of competition from the opening of the new Asda store but by undertaking these proposed key Masterplan projects at North Street and adjacent to the rail station.
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