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WORCESTERSH RE SOL HULL Figure 1 12 A5 A38, A38(M), A47, A435, A441, A4400, A4540, A5127, B4138, M6 L CHF ELD Cross City B4144, B4145, B4148, B4154 11a Birmingham Outer Circle A4030, A4040, B4145, B4146 Key Route Network A5 11 Birmingham to A34 Route A454(W), A463, A4444 3 2 1 BROWNH LLS Black Country to Birmingham A41 M54 A5 10a Coventry to Birmingham A45, A4114(N), B4106 A4124 A452 East of Coventry A428, A4082, A4600, B4082 STAFFORDSH RE East of A454(E), B4151, B4152 OXLEY A449 M6 A461 to A459, A4101 A38

WEDNESF ELD A34 to Wednesbury A461, A4148 A41 A460 North and South Coventry A429, A444, A4053, A4114(S), B4098, B4110, B4113 A4124 A462 A454 Northfield to Wolverhampton A4123, B4121 10 WALSALL A454 A454 to Oldbury A461, A4034, A4100, B4179 WOLVERHAMPTON to Birmingham A457, A4030, A4033, A4034, A4092, A4182, A4252, B4125, B4135

SUTTON T3 to Birmingham A34(S), A41, A4167, B4145 A4038 A4148 COLDF ELD PENN B LSTON 9 A449 Stourbridge to Wednesbury A461, A4036, A4037, A4098 A4123 M6 Stourbridge to A449, A460, A491 A463 8 7 WEDNESBURY M6 Toll North of Wolverhampton A4041 A452

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4a 1 2 3 3a 0 1km 2km 3km 4km 5km M42 M40 West Midlands Key Route Network (KRN) Map, Version 1.0, August 2017 2 0 1m 2m 3m 4m 5m M5 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2017) 3 A461 Birmingham Road/A4123 Birmingham Road/A4123 A461 Birmingham Road New Birmingham Road/A4123 A4037 Road New East Road Sedgley Port/A457 A461 Dudley Road Sedgley Road/A457 A4037 Dudley West Ring Road Road/A4150 A41 Ring Road Ash/A4150 A41 Chapel • • • • • • Northfield to Wolverhampton to Northfield Birmingham to Sedgley Birmingham Country to Black With the exception of sections around Dudley Dudley around of sections With the exception comprises largely the route Centre, Town In most cases roads. of single carriageway the carriageway back from properties set well are parking. with off-street A4036 Ham Lane/A491 Hagley Road Hagley Lane/A491 Ham A4036 Stourbridge Road/A458 Pedmore A4036 Road High Street MerryA4036 Hill/A4100 Way/A459 Edwards A461 Duncan Cinder Bank A4101 Road A461 Stourbridge Road Kingswinford Road B4171 Street/B4171 Trindle Hall Birmingham Road Road/A461 A4037 Tipton • • • • • • • West of Birmingham West Oldbury to Pensnett Halesowen to Kingswinford Halesowen to Wolverhampton Stourbridge of Wolverhampton North to The route does not connect to the Strategic Road Road Strategic the to connect not does route The crucial it does form (SRN). However, Network Route the Key on routes with seven connections locations:- at the following Network Stourbridge Hill Brierley Centre Town Dudley Tipton Wednesbury Wednesfield • • • • • • The Stourbridge to Wednesbury route is a route Wednesbury to Stourbridge The Midlands of the West section 14 mile/22km strategic providing Network (KRN), Route Key Midlands. the West cross connectivity regional the to links strategic provides The route and of Dudley areas suburban key following commuters, for essential which are to access and attractions tourist regional freight, opportunities:-employment The route provides access to the Merry to Hill access provides The route Museum and the Black Country Centre Shopping importantwhich are destinations for leisure It also and the wider region. the Black Country Hospital Hall Russells to access enables direct in Dudley. A4037, A461, of the A4036, is formed The route communities and B4171A4098 that runs through Centre, Town Hill, Dudley within Brierley for essential which are and Wednesbury Tipton employment to and access freight, commuters, opportunities.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION L CHF ELD Key Facts Route Length: 14 miles/22km STAFFORDSH RE Volume of Traffic in 2016: *167.09 million vehicle kilometres Main Centres served: Stourbridge, Wednesbury, Dudley, Tipton and WALSALL WOLVERHAMPTON Coordinating Highway Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority

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Figure 2 4 5 Direction Northbound Northbound Southbound Southbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound Northbound Northbound Southbound Southbound Southbound Location Ham Lane, A491 Hagley Road Island to Island to Road Hagley A491 Lane, Ham Stourbridge Grange Road, B4186 Pedmore Road/Dudley Road/Thorns Road, Road/Thorns Road, Road/Dudley Pedmore Street, High A4100 to Caledonia Merry Hill, The Boulevard to A4100 High Street, Quarry Bank A4100 High Street, to Merry The Boulevard Hill, Duncan Edwards Way, Flood Street Island to to Island Flood Street Way, Edwards Duncan Island, Dudley Cinder Bank Burnt Tree/Dudley Port, Birmingham Canal Bridge to to Bridge Canal Birmingham Port, Tree/Dudley Burnt Dudley Road, A4123 Birmingham New Dudley Port/Horseley Heath, Fisher Lane, Dudley to to Dudley Lane, Fisher Heath, Port/Horseley Dudley Tipton Road, Horseley Great Western Road/Horseley Heath/Dudley Port, A41 Black Port, Heath/Dudley Road/Horseley Western Great Tipton East, Road A457 Sedgley to Road New Country Tipton Road, Black Country Living Museum Access to to Access Living Museum Black Country Road, Tipton Dudley Road, A4123 Birmingham New Dudley Road, B4517 High Street, Tipton, to to Tipton, B4517 High Street, Road, Dudley Dudley Road, A4123 Birmingham New Bloomfield Road, William Barrows Way to Way Barrows Road, William Bloomfield Bloomfield Lane, B4163 Bradleys Wednesbury Oak Road, Wake Green Road to to Road Green Wake Oak Road, Wednesbury Wednesbury Road, Bilston A4098 Gospel Oak Road, Road to Ocker Hill Roundabout Ocker to Hill Road Ocker Gospel Oak Road, Gospel Oak Road, Ocker Hill Roundabout to to Hill Roundabout Ocker Gospel Oak Road, Access Hill Academy Ocker Gospel Oak Road approach to A4098 Bilston Road, Wednesbury Road, Bilston A4098 to approach Gospel Oak Road Bilston Road, approach to A4037 Wednesbury A4037 to Wednesbury approach Road, Bilston Wednesbury Oak Road, Road A4036 A4036 A4036 A4036 A461 A461 A461 A461 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4098 Table 1: AM Peak Congestion Related Delays Related Congestion 1: AM Peak Table The A461 between Castle Gate Island Gate Castle The A461 between and Road; New the A41 Black Country Island Gate The A4037 Castle between the A4037 Gospel Oak Road. • • Congestion, Delay, Reliability Delay, Congestion, length of the total 4% represents This route Network. Route Key Midlands of the West 2016, from data available the latest to According daily average annual minimum had a this route of a maximum vehicles, 9,200 (AADF)flow of AADF. of 20,700 with an average 39,200 of traffic, volumes large experiences The route particularly on: The locations of the most significant of the most significant The locations (>60 sec/km) delays congestion-related 1 and 2: in Tables out set are

ROUTE PERFORMANCE 6 Direction Southbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound and Southbound Location Merry Hill, Nottingham Way to A4100 High Street, Quarry Bank High Street, A4100 to Merry Way Hill, Nottingham Oakleigh Road, Road/Pedmore Road/Highgate Stourbridge Merry Hill Hurst Lane, to Dudley, Road), (Stourbridge Lodge School Community Woodside Road, Road/Stourbridge Highgate Dudley Island, Green Scotts to Island, Dudley Green Scotts to approach Way, Edwards Duncan A4123 to Bridge Canal Birmingham Port, Tree/Dudley Burnt Dudley Road, Birmingham New A457 Sedgley Way, Western Heath/Great Port/Horseley Dudley End Toll Road, New A41 Black Country to Tipton East, Road New Heath, A41 Black Country Road/Horseley Western Great Tipton Lane, Johns to Road Access Living Museum Black Country Road, Road/Dudley Tipton Tipton Road, A457to Sedgley to A4123 Road Barnfield Road/Hurst Lane, Bloomfield Tipton Road, Birmingham New Lane, Bradleys to B4163 Road Factory Road, Bloomfield Bloomfield to Access Tipton Street, Oak Road/High Wednesbury End Princes Lane, Church Upper Leabrook Avenue, Lea to Roundabout Parkway Road, Leabrook Road A4036 A4036 A4036 A4036 A461 A461 A461 A461 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 A4037 Table 2: PM Peak Congestion-Related Delays Congestion-Related Peak PM 2: Table Peak hour journey time on the sections of the of the sections on the time journey hour Peak been has delays the highest experiencing route 2½ times) the (i.e. higher than be 150% to found the on which is based time, flow free equivalent 06:00. – 22:00 time between journey average A particular on this impact of the congestion to with access problems create is to route General Sandwell Junction Station, Stourbridge Guest Hospital and Dudley Hall Hospital, Russells Business as Hurst such areas Hospital. Industrial Business Anchor Park, Grazebook Industrial Park, Industrial Coneygre areas, industrial Dudley Park, Bridge Great Estate, Trading Vaughan Estate, and the Tipton, areas, and Goldshill industrial where areas industrial and Wednesbury Bilston on just-in-time or rely supply may businesses affected. also are deliveries impact on access has adverse also Congestion as the Merry such Hill attractions major visitor to and the and Castle Zoo Dudley Centre, Shopping Museum. Living Black Country

ROUTE PERFORMANCE 7 A4036 Merry Hill/A4100 High Street High Street MerryA4036 Hill/A4100 Road Kingswinford Road/A4101 A461 Stourbridge Road Birmingham New A461 Birmingham Road/A4123 East Road Sedgley Port/A457 A461 Dudley Road New Black Country Way/A41 Western A461 Great Road Leabrook Road/A4037 New A41 Black Country Road New Birmingham Road/A4123 A4037 Tipton West Road Sedgley Road/A457 A4037 Tipton High Street Road/A41 Bridge Great A4098 A461 Duncan Edwards Way: B4177 Blower’s Green Road to Flood Street to Road Green B4177 Blower’s Way: Edwards A461 Duncan Birmingham Road New to Island Gate A461: Castle East Road Sedgley to Birmingham Road A461: New A457 to Living Museum Black Country A4037: • • • • • • • • • • • • • There are currently several junctions along the route where the evidence suggest there are capacity capacity are there suggest the evidence where junctions along the route several currently are There are:- hours; these traffic in peak of flow the free restricting issues Junction Capacity Issues Capacity Junction Average Speeds Average its busiest 10-20 between in the AM peak is mph throughout route this for speed The average peaks. particularly evening the morning and are during slow Tipton approaching The areas sections. 10 as follows: are mph below are speeds average where performing sections The worst

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4a 1 2 3 3a M42 M40 M5 9 Killed: 1 (0.6% of all casualties, down by 2%) by down of all casualties, Killed: 1 (0.6% 4%) up by of all casualties, 25 (15% injured: Seriously The Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) ratio for this group is 21% being the biggest is 21% being the this group ratio for (KSI) Injured and Seriously The Killed group. this to being attributed at 20% collisions serious to contributor Slippery road (due to weather) (7% weather) to of all collisions) Slippery (due road (7% or In a hurry (Driver) or Reckless of all collisions) Careless o o o o o Total casualties: 162 casualties: Total 26 Injured: Killed and Seriously of 20 of 126) figure 2015 to up 2% when compared (16% of all casualties, o o 121 collisions, involving 229 vehicles 121 involving collisions, all collisions) of (16% (pedestrian) look properly to Failed factor: contributory Main o Pedestrians: 20 (a reduction of 12% compared to 2015) to of 12% compared reduction 20 (a Pedestrians: 2015) to compared of 3% 16 reduction (a wheel vehicles: Two Powered 2015) to compared of 1% reduction 12 (a cyclists: Pedal 2015) to of 16% compared increase 113 (an occupants: Car Slights: 136 (84% of all casualties) Slights: 136 (84% Main contributory factors contributory Main o o • • • • • • • • • • The main cluster of serious collisions is on the A461 between the A4123 is on the A461 between the A41. and collisions of serious The main cluster near the Road Pedmore on the A4036 collision, a fatal which included cluster, KSI is another There bridge. canal its with the A457 to its along the A4037 intersection from clusters of KSI a series are there Also and residential. is a mix of commercial locations these for The environment junction with A4098. Casualties Types Casualty specific groups: into falling casualties to in relation statistics key the following noted We Clusters KSI Collisions Improving Road Safety is critical to the overall overall the to is critical Safety Road Improving Transport Strategic Midlands the West vision of The development Growth. for Movement – Plan Strategy Safety Road Midlands West of a new the to reference will make Plan and Action a achieve to Midlands forecasts West current injury and serious in fatalities reduction 40% baseline. the 2015 from 2020, by casualties the noted we year, calendar During the 2016 this route: statistics on key following

ROUTE SAFETY 10 Within Dudley, there is a shared used path along the along the path used shared is a there Dudley, Within of presence is the A particularLye in A4036. issue for proposed area within an facility, a poor crossing on-road some The A461 has growth. housing additional In the vicinity of Clee cycling. for lanes segregated accessibility for issues poses also severance road Road users road vulnerable for lanes in has advisory cycle Road The A4037/Tipton with speed narrow are the lanes where directions both limits of 30mph. in the Sandwell cycling for provision is limited There of the A4037. section

CYCLING 11 Route No. Route 74 276 X96 11 13 42 229 23 74A 24 311 Frequency Every 10 mins Every 20 mins Every 20 mins Every 20 mins Every 20 mins Every 10-20 mins Every 30 mins Every mins 30 Every mins 60 Every mins 60 Every mins 20-30 Every Road(s) Served Road(s) Bridge Great - A461 Dudley A4036 Pedmore - Wollescote and Lye – Merry Hill – Lye and Wollescote - Pedmore A4036 Dudley - MerryA4036 Hill Wednesbury - Hill and Ocker End Princes - A4037 Dudley Wednesbury - Gospel Oak - A4037 Dudley Port Dudley - A461 Dudley Tipton - A4037 Dudley - Gospel Oak A4098 Bridge Great - A461 Dudley West Road Sedgley - A4037 Dudley Wednesbury - Hill and Ocker End Princes - A4037 Dudley *Note- All daily averages have been obtained by analysing 15 days data (Mon-Fri) during the month of March 2017. the month of March during data (Mon-Fri) 15 days analysing by been obtained have All daily averages *Note- Table 3: Main Bus Routes Bus Main 3: Table The various sections of the route are reasonably reasonably are of the route sections various The services of bus a number by served well intervals. minute generally at 10-20-30 operating the local to access services provide These and Hill, Stourbridge Brierley at Dudley, centre Black destinations including leisure Wednesbury, and Castle and Dudley Living Museum Country the Merry including Hill facilities retail Zoo, the and sites employment Centre, Shopping communities. surrounding is speed along this route bus The average route). the 11 bus from taken (data 10.9mph is trips of daily bus number total The average 43,121. identified are links in this corridor Bus Various Midlands in the West Network Bus in the Core Growth, for Movement - Plan Transport Strategic Sprint investment. for identified not are but stations on the crossing are of rail there In terms Stourbridge – Birmingham on rail lines focused on the route Junction and Lye Stourbridge Town, and Dudley Hill, Tipton Birmingham Snow to and Wolverhampton the line between on Port Street. Birmingham New

PUBLIC TRANSPORT 12 Stourbridge Town Town Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Lye Old Hill Regis Rowley Green Langley Bridge Galton The Hawthorns Wolverhampton Tipton Port Dudley & Dudley Sandwell • • • • • • • • • • • • • The following stations on this line have park line have on this stations following The facilities: and ride There are no current rail services in the direction of rail services in the direction no current are There Transport Midlands Strategic the West but the route combined a identifies Growth for Movement – Plan on the route and Midland Metro tram-train/rail The Midland Lichfield Line. – abandoned Stourbridge Hill and Brierley Wednesbury between extension Metro Package. Connectivity is identified in the HS2 via Dudley

PUBLIC TRANSPORT 13 A4036 High Street to Dudley Road (section (section Road Dudley to High Street A4036 Merry Hill is importantthrough deliveries) for its B4177 junction with A461 from its junction to with A4123 its A457 junction with A461 from junction at its to junction with A41 Port Dudley • • • The AADF data for 2016 has been used to analyse HGV HGV analyse to used has been 2016 for AADF data The of number The average route. respective on each flows daily basis on a route using the Heavy Goods Vehicles traffic. vehicular of all 5% which represents 990, was is important freight, route that this for It is evident along the per day 1,000 exceeding flows with freight sections: following The Black Country Enterprise Zone led by the Black the Black led by Zone Enterprise The Black Country has identified Partnership Enterprise Local Country Enterprise and Innovation Business Dudley’s ‘DY5’, that this It is estimated development. for as a site Zone, industrial to manufacturing advanced will connect site 25 years. jobs over 7,000 generating over sites,

FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS 14 A458 - Quarry Bank - A458 Upper - West Road A457 Sedgley A4037: Lane Church A41 Black Country - Rd End Toll A4037: Road New Port A461 Dudley • • • • Flooding Flooding on this route impacts on the overall impactsthe overall on Floodingthis route on and affects the users road of safety performance, evidence The in the vicinity. living of those lives on areas four are that there indicates gathered some are flood risk. There that pose this route route: along this flooding zones identified Diversion Route Diversion This route does not form part of the Emergency part form of the Emergency not does This route England. Highways used Routes Diversion Resilience within the route roads parallel strategic are There means by North the to of the route and South is There A459/B4173. and A491/A461 of the M5, contained resilience of degree a considerable network. highway within the Black Country certain cause can sections critical However, converge gridlock particularly routes where the Merry around and Hill Dudley around Centre. Shopping network resilience is a lack of intermodal There transport the lack of rail based along through Midlands Strategic the West However, the route. Growth proposes for Movement – Plan Transport services on the rail or tram-train reintroducing former Brownhills – Wednesbury – Stourbridge station parking) sufficient line which (with freight network intermodal improved will provide extending proposes also The Plan resilience. Hill Brierley to Wednesbury from Midland Metro in the resilience intermodal which will improve within the is contained This north of the route. be delivered could so Package HS2 Connectivity 2026. around in the constraints capacity existing the Given network, a restriction peaks in the Black Country considerable will have on any of the roads on the times journey for implications adverse routes. and surrounding of this route remainder

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4a 1 2 3 3a M42 M40 M5 16 There are inequalities in health between the local local the health between in inequalities are There at local – Midlands West within the authorities at expectancy life healthy the lowest level authority the highest is 63.8 and years, birth men is 56.4 for and is 59 years lowest the women Amongst years. in inequalities are there Similarly years. highest 67.9 authority. within each local expectancies healthy life and increasing in health inequalities gap this Closing of an objective is 2030 by expectancy the healthy life Plan. Economic Strategic the WMCA’s healthy life of low areas runs through This route Dudley men living around for particularly, expectancy; of the junctions south and in Tipton, Centre Town These and A457. and the A4098 between this route the national below falls expectancy life where areas of the most with some of 83 coincide average some are There area. in the WMCA areas deprived of high childhood obesity at the northareas of the end between particularly and Sandwell in Dudley route, boundary. the A4037 and Wolverhampton Air Quality and Dudley within Sandwell falls The route of which are both (AQMAs), Zones Management Oxide (NO2). Nitrogen for declared air quality Midlands has significant The West and 2,000 between are there year Every problems. This is a huge air pollution. by deaths caused 2,400 the increasing people in the region, for health issue parts are There and heart disease risk of lung disease. as the action such considerable where region of our by is required (CAZs) Air Zones of Clean introduction air quality. improve to Government

PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 17 There are 5 highway structures consisting of 4 bridges consisting structures 5 highway are There Wednesbury to on the Stourbridge and 1 aqueduct and inspected systematically which are route, is structures of these condition maintained. The overall good. to fair in the be found can assets above details on the Further annex. technical Structures Footway Condition Footway Wednesbury to the Stourbridge across The footways poor condition. to fair in a generally are route of capital planned programme is no systematic There on the A461 and A4037. out carried maintenance The carriageway across this route is in a fair and safe and safe is in a fair this route across The carriageway has been a years there the past five Over condition. maintenance of capital planned programme systematic sections Some on the A461 and A4037. out carried for planned are in condition fair that are along the route years. the next three over treatment remedial Carriageway Condition Carriageway Across the West Midlands the local authorities have have authorities local the Midlands West the Across a network in a statutory maintain its highway to duty carrying routine out includes also This condition. safe include which could assets of highway maintenance Plan is Management An Asset 12 groups. up to specific issues that any future ensure aims to which produced way. in a proactive be address could with the assets

ASSET CONDITION 18 Stallings Lane 272 dwellings (2017–20) Lane 272 dwellings Stallings Lane 210 (2017–20) dwellings Woods (2020–25) dwellings 375 Road Portway jobs (2017–20) 170 Road Dreadnought Brierley Hill Enterprise Zone 7000 jobs (2017–20) jobs 7000 Zone Hill Enterprise Brierley (2017–30) Jobs 10500 Centre Town Dudley jobs (2017–30) 4800 Area Wider Wednesbury Coseley Ecopark 925 dwellings (2017–20) dwellings 925 Ecopark Coseley (2017–25) 530 dwellings Area Wider Lye (2020–25) dwellings 2000 Area Wider Tipton (2025–30) 350 dwellings Estate Trading Vaughan (2025–30) 160 dwellings Road Shaw (2025–30) dwellings 175 Road Budden • • • • • • • • • • • • • Employment Housing Development proposals indirectly affecting this route this affecting indirectly proposals Development Employment Development proposals directly affecting this route this affecting directly proposals Development Housing

REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 19 New Station and improvements- Brierley Hill Brierley improvements- and Station New enhancement) back local Turn Regis Rowley & Works and Signalling 4 Reinstatement (Platform Hill Lines Snow Birmingham Road) Birmingham (A461 to Dudley SPRINT: • • • Committed Transport Improvements Improvements Transport Committed Transport) Delivery for 2026 Plan - Growth for Movement in outlined (as

REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 20 – Middle Layer Super Output Areas Areas Output Super Middle Layer – – MDS Transmodal Transmodal MDS – – Lower Layer Super Output Areas Output Super Layer Lower – – Heavy Vehicles Goods – – Tactical Co-ordination Group Group Co-ordination Tactical – – Personal injury accidents Personal – injured Killed or seriously – MSOA – Annual average daily flow daily flow average Annual – AADF Areas Air Quality Management – AQMA Transport Department for – DfT Route Diversion Emergency – EDR HGV expectancy Healthy life – HLE Two Rail High Speed – HS2 Systems Measurement Time Journey – JTMS Network Route Key – KRN KSI expectancy Life – LE Partnership Enterprise Local – LEP LSOA MDST PIA Network Road Strategic – SRN Programme Delivery Excellence Transport Sustainable – STDEP Midlands West the for Transport – TfWM TCG and Investment UK Trade – UKTI Control Management Traffic Urban – UTMC Sign Message Variable – VMS Midlands West – WM Authority Midlands Combined West – WMCA

GLOSSARY 21 Living with a Disability: Living with data. Households aggregate Census ONS: 2011 living with a disability, with at least one person LSOA. by of all households as a percentage Unemployment: in data. No adults aggregate Census ONS: 2011 of all as a percentage in household, employment LSOA. by households Charter: Cycling Midlands West https://bit.ly/2xbg4oK Childhood Obesity: Childhood Child National England. Health Public to 2012/13 from data Programme Measurement 2016 Published MSOA. by aggregated 2014/15, https://bit.ly/2p3ocVV Population: Younger data. Population aggregate Census ONS: 2011 population of total as a percentage aged 0-17, LSOA. by Population: Older data. Population aggregate Census ONS: 2011 population of total aged 65+, as a percentage LSOA. by Office for National Statistics. Life Expectancy Expectancy Statistics. Life National for Office (HLE) Expectancy at birth(LE) Healthy Life and Areas Output Super Middle Layer males by for Published 2013. to 2009 in England, (MSOAs) https://bit.ly/2vwtxd1 2015. Average Speeds and Congestion Data: and Congestion Speeds Average 2: Phase Highways Strategic Midlands West Definition and Outline Network Route Key for Macdonald Mott by Produced Performance. Authority. Transport Integrated Midlands West 2016. March Safety: Route Reported Road Transport. Department for report: annual Britain, 2015. Great Casualties https://bit.ly/2hrcIdb Air Quality Areas: Management and Rural Food Environment, Department for AQMA Dataset. 2017 March Affairs, https://bit.ly/2fEdulf Life Healthy and Female Male Expectancy: National Cycle Routes, Sustrans: Routes, Cycle National https://bit.ly/18FFBsT Package: HS2 Connectivity Programme. Connectivity Strategy, HS2 Growth https://bit.ly/2woBqxp GBSLEP. Road Haulage Companies: Companies: Haulage Road Industry, Haulage Road Investment & UK Trade for in Confidence Provided Midlands Hauliers. Study. Freight Midlands Connect Enterprise Zones: Enterprise https://bit.ly/2uZLDTe https://bit.ly/2u7DCN1 Freight Information: Freight in Confidence Data. Provided Transmodal MDS Study. Freight Midlands Connect for West Midlands Strategic Cycle Strategic Cycle Midlands West Network: Board Authority Midlands Combined West Strategic - 4.3 item Report, 20 January 2017, Network Cycle https://bit.ly/2hrrCAi Committed Schemes: Schemes: Committed Movement Authority. Combined Midlands West Midlands Strategic The West Growth: for plan. Transport Route Safety: Route urban by rates and accident Reported casualty type, user class, road road and rural roads, Great involvement, and pedestrian severity 2015. Britain, AADF Data: AADF each route: on A roads for AADF counts https://bit.ly/2fbapuc

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