October 2018 “The A38 is key to our connection to the M5, Support for a programme as well as south to Plymouth and beyond. We of improvements to will continue to support strategic network A38 Case for Action enhancements outside of Torbay that better the A38 enable businesses, visitors, and residents to get The A38 between and Exeter is a key strategic route within the to and from Torbay easily and conveniently, on Peninsula connecting , Plymouth, Torbay and Devon with the rest of the UK. “ has long-campaigned for resilient and reliable routes.” strategic improvements to the trunk road Gordon Oliver, Elected Mayor of Torbay network in Cornwall. Improvements to the A38 will allow South East Cornwall to achieve “Strategic connectivity is crucially important for its economic growth potential and improve improving the productivity of the economy in The problem productivity. I welcome this ‘Case for Action’ the Heart of the South West. Business depends The current A38 is of varying standard with and look forward to improvements to the A38 upon routes like the A38 offering consistent between Bodmin and Plymouth.” journey times, and high levels of safety, to avoid a number of safety, reliability, severance Adam Paynter, Leader of Cornwall Council unexpected delay or disruption.” and air quality issues. Several sections Steve Hindley, Chair, Heart of the South are prone to congestion and a lack of “The A38 is an important life-line for Plymouth West LEP network resilience means that our towns and in its current state, it just can’t cope with and cities become cut off in the event of an the increased demand. The ask of Government “In order to develop the recently refreshed to invest in improving Plymouth’s road links Strategic Economic Plan we have consulted incident. The region needs an A38 that can commands support from all sides of the Council with a large number of businesses and other accommodate our growth ambitions. and we are therefore committing to working interested parties and it is very clear that with Government, our neighbouring authorities strategic routes are essential for Cornwall’s The story so far The benefits: and Highways England to ensure Plymouth gets development. We welcome any improvement to the roads it deserves. I am looking forward to the A38 between Bodmin and Plymouth.” Councils, Local Enterprise Partnerships, road The A38 Wider Economic Case shows that the next steps in the campaign and making the Mark Duddridge, Chair, Cornwall and Isles of safety campaigners, and MPs in Cornwall nearly £900m of productivity growth and case to improve Plymouth’s connectivity.” Scilly LEP and Devon are providing a collective voice to investment would be gained by improving Councillor Tudor Evans OBE, Leader, improve the A38 through the Government’s the A38 between Bodmin and Exeter. Plymouth City Council “Cornwall Chamber of Commerce has long- campaigned for improvements to the A38 in Road Investment Programme. “The A38 is a key transport corridor for Devon, South East Cornwall. The lack of reliability of linking the county to Cornwall, Plymouth, journey time on the existing road is a serious several market towns and the rest of the block to businesses setting up in the area or country via the wider strategic road network. to flourishing if they are there already. The This corridor will continue to be vital to the inability to determine journey times is a serious connectivity of businesses and people in Devon, hindrance to prosperity in the area as people with large amounts of growth planned along the cannot get to work, goods cannot be delivered route. I agree, the current corridor is in need of promptly and contracts are not awarded or are safety, reliability and resilience improvements lost because of perceived unreliability. A thriving to ensure the continued prosperity of the SW economy needs connectivity, certainty and Peninsula.” consistency” Councillor John Hart, Leader, Devon County Kim Conchie, Chief Executive, Cornwall Council Chamber of Commerce

An expressway standard road will result in many lives being saved. We wholeheartedly support the need for this Secretary of State for Transport the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP with local MP’s and representatives reviewing proposals for the A38 at recent Westminster Briefing long overdue investment in the South West infrastructure. James Millidge, Chair SAFE38 (RIS 3) + 2025 Strategy period 3 Investment Road 2020 - 2025 2(RIS 2)period Strategy Investment Road 2020 period up to (RIS1) Strategy Investment Road Current Proposed programme Exeter and Bodmin between of improvements A38 to the A30

Traffic flows No of Average daily Route characteristics Bodmin lanes two-way flows A38 West –Bodmin West to TamarA38 Bridge ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ Major route upgrades ¼ Series of speed and safety measures, and of safety Series speed including ¼ ¼ ¼ Key improvements junction 2 1 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ - nearly 3 times higher than the national than the average higher 3times -nearly record accident Poor communities of local severance crossings, reserve central with dual carriageway accesses, direct and multiple junctions side road Variable limits standard and speed north over the last 5 years resulting in poor journey time reliability time journey resulting in poor 5years last the over north High level of closures unplanned at Tideford Management declared (AQMA) Area Quality an Air with air quality poor on local impact communities Significant offline dualling offline –combination of and on to Trerulefoot A38 key findings key implement and junctions side road and lanes of overtaking Review Introduce use of average speed cameras on key sections key on cameras speed of average use Introduce Provide crossing facilities for pedestrians in built up areas for pedestrians facilities crossing Provide site to increase commuting by rail – est. £14.2Msite to commuting increase –est. rail by Ride and Park link and to crossings proposed reserve 3 central to remove junction separated –grade Quarry Menheniot/Lean £10.1M mainlineCornish –est. the on of trains frequency increased to support station parkway ParkwayBodmin 1 Comprehensive Route Based Study during RIS2 to develop for future implementation projects in RIS3 period and beyond

Bodmin to Dobswalls 18,000 Lisk – improved capacity, safety and access to access and safety capacity, –improved eard 2 Tideford AQMA Dobswalls to Trerulefoot - 1,100 more than the A30 to the to the -1,100 A30 than the more 20,000 - single carriageway sections, sections, -single carriageway A38 - issues of severance and and of severance -issues Develop key for implementation projects in RIS2 period

Trerulefoot to Saltash 23,600 Key improvements junction Route upgrades ¼ ¼ A38 Plymouth A38 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ Major route upgrades ¼ 4 ¼ ¼ 3 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ management system demand and information driver 2020 Mayflower implement key findings key implement and review safety Undertake areas areas on residential impact Significant the national average national the Higher accident rate Congestion and peak period delays period peak and Congestion south of the A38 of the south and areas toemployment north -to key demand level of High widening to increase capacity increase to widening – Lane Deep to Mill Weston A38 and Ride. – est £16M Ride.and –est plus Park Park, Business Langage and communities new Sherford Deep Lane £40M –est. Plymouth collisionreducing through rates Corridor, and Northern Derriford Manadon Saltash to Manadon Roundabout 56,000 noise traffic and air quality - poor

improved access to access –improved Manadon Roundabout 3 improved access to access –improved Plymouth to Marsh Mills 56,400

– introduce initial initial introduce – Marsh Mills to Deep Lane

56,400 above -20% 4

Deep Lane to Ivybridge 53,000 5 A38 Plymouth toA38 Exeter ¼ ¼ ¼ Major route upgrades ¼ Key improvements junction upgrades Route ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ 5 6 with Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) declared at Dean Prior Management declared (AQMA) Area Quality Air with on local impact communities Significant reliability and adding significant additional costs to business adding and reliability significant additional costs time journey -reducing delays hour peak and Congestion alignment and side road junctions on some sections some on alignment junctions side road and Variable standard ¼ ¼ ¼ – 31 west’. ‘gateway the south to to form the 29 Junction –M5 A30 and M5 the with integration Improved demand management measures between Saltash and Exeter and Saltash managementdemand between measures information and –introduce driver Expressway Smart A38 Exeter and Saltash between Expressway Smart for proposals –develop A38 of performance Review community severance to major development area to major development severance community –address Mill Lee at off-slip eastbound Improved development planned significant facilitate to constraints existing –address Langage and Sherford to access Improved 6

Ivybridge to A385 38,000 - dual carriageway with inconsistent inconsistent with -dual carriageway Dean PriorAQMA A385 to Lower Dean 36,500

Lower Dean to A383

47,400 air quality -poor

A383 to A382 38,900 T orbay

A38 A382 to A380 56,200 RIS 2Programme: 2020-2025 RIS 1Programme: up to 2020 Outcomes RIS 3Programme: 2025-2030 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ Programme 3 RIS in delivery for developed Schemes at key locations provision pedestrian Severance reduced issues sites Ride and to Park access improved Increased use of rail for commuting strengthening resilience network reliability, increasing times, journey reducing technology Expressway’ of ‘Smart introduction planned growth Supports improvements junction through removed spots black Accident Programme 2 RIS in delivery for developed Schemes A38 on system management demand and information of initial driver introduction through supported fully 2020 Mayflower measures of safety introduction through reduced rates accident High investment induced and productivity of increased £890M in resulting realised potential Full economic addressed fully issues severance and quality Air

A380 to A379

through upgrade of A38 upgrade through 97,500 Ex et er through increased through the full full the through through M5