Oxford to Cambridge expressway Corridor Assessment Report 2018 Contents 0. Executive summary .................................................................................................................................. 1 0.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 0.2 Project Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 2 0.3 Description of Corridors .............................................................................................................................. 6 0.4 Common Corridors existing conditions ....................................................................................................... 8 0.5 Corridor A existing conditions ................................................................................................................... 10 0.6 Corridor B existing conditions ................................................................................................................... 12 0.7 Corridor C Constraints and Opportunities ................................................................................................. 14 0.8 Sifting Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 16 0.9 Detailed Assessment of Corridor A ........................................................................................................... 19 0.10 Detailed Assessment of Corridor B ........................................................................................................... 20 0.11 Detailed Assessment of Corridor C .......................................................................................................... 22 0.12 Sifting Results ........................................................................................................................................... 24 0.13 Strategic Delivery Assessment ................................................................................................................. 25 0.14 Conclusions and recommendations .......................................................................................................... 28 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 32 1.1 Purpose of this report ................................................................................................................................ 32 1.2 Scheme context ........................................................................................................................................ 32 1.3 PCF Stage 1 work to date ......................................................................................................................... 35 1.4 Structure of the report ............................................................................................................................... 36 1.5 Equality, diversity and inclusion ................................................................................................................ 37 2. Project objectives ................................................................................................................................... 38 2.1 Strategic objectives ................................................................................................................................... 39 2.2 Intervention objectives .............................................................................................................................. 40 3. Description of corridor options ............................................................................................................. 46 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 46 3.2 Common Corridors .................................................................................................................................... 48 3.3 Corridor A .................................................................................................................................................. 49 3.4 Corridor B .................................................................................................................................................. 49 3.5 Corridor C.................................................................................................................................................. 50 4. Common Corridors existing conditions ............................................................................................... 52 4.1 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 52 4.2 Environment .............................................................................................................................................. 59 4.3 Other ......................................................................................................................................................... 73 5. Corridor A existing conditions .............................................................................................................. 77 5.1 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 77 5.2 Environment .............................................................................................................................................. 82 5.3 Other ......................................................................................................................................................... 90 6. Corridor B existing conditions .............................................................................................................. 93 6.1 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 93 6.2 Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 109 i 6.3 Other ....................................................................................................................................................... 135 7. Corridor C existing conditions ............................................................................................................ 140 7.1 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................... 140 7.2 Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 157 7.3 Other ....................................................................................................................................................... 181 8. Sifting methodology ............................................................................................................................. 185 8.1 Process ................................................................................................................................................... 185 8.2 Evaluation ............................................................................................................................................... 189 9. Detailed assessment of Corridor A ..................................................................................................... 219 9.1 Connectivity ............................................................................................................................................ 219 9.2 Strategic transformation .......................................................................................................................... 222 9.3 Economic growth .................................................................................................................................... 223 9.4 Skills and accessibility ............................................................................................................................ 227 9.5 Planning for the future ............................................................................................................................. 228 9.6 Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 231 9.7 Innovation ............................................................................................................................................... 234 10. Detailed assessment of Corridor B ..................................................................................................... 236 10.1 Connectivity ............................................................................................................................................ 236 10.2 Strategic transformation .......................................................................................................................... 242 10.3 Economic growth ...................................................................................................................................