Neachells Lanes – Flow Diagram
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City East Gateway Phase 3 Issues and Options Report Project Number: 60564983 December 2018 City East Gateway Phase 3 Issues and Options Report Quality information Prepared by Checked by Approved by Antonio Aguilera Paula Paez Alan Boyce Graduate Consultant Senior Consultant Project Manager Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position 1 Feb 18 Draft Issues Report RH Richard Hill Project Manager 2 April 18 Draft Issues and Option Report 3 August 18 Draft Issues and LB Lydia Barnstable Project Director Option Report 4 December 18 Final Report AB Alan Boyce Project Manager Issues and Option Report- Including Model Outputs Prepared for: City of Wolverhampton Council AECOM Limited The Colmore Building Colmore Circus Queensway Birmingham B4 6AT UK T: +44 (121) 710 1100 aecom.com © 2016 AECOM Limited. All Rights Reserved. AECOM 2 City East Gateway Phase 3 Issues and Options Report This document has been prepared by AECOM 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. AECOM 3 City East Gateway Phase 3 Issues and Options Report Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Project Overview and Objective ................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Structure ..................................................................................................................................... 9 2. Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Issues identified ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 12 2.4 Option Generation ..................................................................................................................... 12 2.5 EAST Assessment ..................................................................................................................... 12 2.6 Prioritisation .............................................................................................................................. 12 3. Current Situation and Issues................................................................................................................. 14 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 Current Situation and Issues ...................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Future Situation and Issues ....................................................................................................... 41 3.4 Summary of Issues .................................................................................................................... 45 4. Scheme Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 48 5. Option Generation ................................................................................................................................ 50 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 Proformas ................................................................................................................................. 50 6. Stakeholder Consultation ..................................................................................................................... 66 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 66 6.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 66 6.3 Findings .................................................................................................................................... 66 6.4 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 66 7. Option Sifting ....................................................................................................................................... 70 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 70 7.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 70 7.3 EAST Outputs ........................................................................................................................... 70 7.4 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 70 8. Scheme Prioritisation and Programme .................................................................................................. 72 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 72 8.2 Prioritisation Framework ............................................................................................................ 72 8.3 Results of Prioritisation .............................................................................................................. 72 9. Preferred Options ................................................................................................................................. 75 9.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 75 9.2 Modelling Scenarios .................................................................................................................. 75 9.3 Flow Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 76 9.4 Journey Time Analysis ............................................................................................................... 79 9.5 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 87 10. Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 89 11. List of Appendices ................................................................................................................................ 92 Figures Figure 1. Location of Neachells Lane Junction ................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Turning counts.................................................................................................................................. 14 Figure 3. Neachells Junction Flows during AM peak ......................................................................................... 15 Figure 4. Neachells Junction Flows during PM peak ......................................................................................... 15 Figure 5. Deans Road Junction - Neachells Lane Junction Traffic Flows During AM Peak.................................. 16 Figure 6. Flows Deans Road Junction - Neachells Lane Junction During PM Peak............................................ 17 AECOM 4 City East Gateway Phase 3 Issues and Options Report Figure 7. Journey Times Routes ...................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 8. Delay Journey Times – From Moseley Road...................................................................................... 18 Figure 9. Delay Journey Times – From Neachells Lane .................................................................................... 19 Figure 10. Delay Journey Times – From Willenhall Road West ......................................................................... 19 Figure 11. Delay Journey Times – From Willenhall Road East .......................................................................... 20 Figure 12. Percentage of delay at Neachells Junction during AM peak .............................................................. 21 Figure 13. Percentage of delay at Neachells Junction during PM peak ............................................................. 22 Figure 14. Delay at Neachells Junction during the AM peak .............................................................................. 22 Figure 15. Delay at Neachells Junction during the PM