Document 6.2 7KHWest Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 201X Technical Appendix 15.1 - Transport Assessment Regulation 5(2)(a) WSP - July 2018 Four Ashes Ltd The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 201x Document 6.2 Regulation 5(2)(a) Environmental Statement Technical Appendix 15.1 Transport Assessment July 2018 WSP Revision Date Author Draft for Stage 23 June 2017 WSP Two Consultation Draft for DCO 9 March 2018 WSP Submission Submission 23 July 2018 WSP West Midlands Interchange Transport Assessment Page 1 DCO Submission Contents GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................. 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 11 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................................. 14 1.2. Background ........................................................................................................................ 15 1.3. Stakeholder Consultation .................................................................................................. 17 1.4. Report Structure ................................................................................................................ 19 2. PLANNING POLICY REVIEW.......................................................................................................... 21 2.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................................. 21 2.2. National Planning ................................................................................................................. 21 2.3. Regional Policy - Transport ................................................................................................... 25 2.4. Regional Policy – Economic Growth ...................................................................................... 26 2.5. Black Country and Southern Staffordshire Regional Logistics Site Study (URS, 2013) ............ 27 2.6. Local Policy .......................................................................................................................... 27 2.7. Policy Summary.................................................................................................................... 28 3. SITE LOCATION AND EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................... 29 3.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.2. Site Location & Existing Use ................................................................................................. 29 3.3. Highway Network................................................................................................................. 30 3.4. Pedestrian and Cycle Network.............................................................................................. 32 3.5. Public Transport Network ..................................................................................................... 34 3.6. Accessibility to Local Facilities .............................................................................................. 39 3.7. Baseline Traffic Flows ........................................................................................................... 41 3.8. Personal Injury Accident Data............................................................................................... 45 3.9. Personal Injury Accident Data – (1/7/2016 – 30/06/2017) .................................................... 50 3.10. M6 Junction 12 Road Closures .............................................................................................. 50 3.11. Summary.............................................................................................................................. 51 4. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ........................................................................................................ 53 West Midlands Interchange Transport Assessment Page 2 DCO Submission 4.1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 53 4.2. Access and Highways Works ................................................................................................. 56 4.3. Indicative Phasing of Works ................................................................................................. 58 4.4. Operation............................................................................................................................. 58 4.5. Parking ................................................................................................................................. 58 5. TRANSPORT STRATEGY ................................................................................................................ 59 5.1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 59 5.2. Highway Infrastructure......................................................................................................... 59 5.3. Departures from Design Standard and Stage One Road Safety Audits ................................... 69 5.4. Sustainable Transport Strategy ............................................................................................. 69 5.5. Transport Steering Group ..................................................................................................... 74 5.6. Site Wide Travel Plan............................................................................................................ 74 5.7. Site Wide HGV Management Plan ........................................................................................ 77 5.8. Contingent Traffic Management Fund .................................................................................. 80 5.9. Intermodal Terminal ............................................................................................................ 81 5.10. Summary of Benefits of Transport Strategy .......................................................................... 83 6. TRIP CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................... 85 6.1. Background .......................................................................................................................... 85 6.2. Trip Rates & Generation ....................................................................................................... 86 6.3. Trip Distribution ................................................................................................................... 94 6.4. Summary.............................................................................................................................. 97 7. CONSTRUCTION AND PHASING ................................................................................................... 98 7.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................................. 98 7.2. Construction Programme ..................................................................................................... 98 7.3. Construction Working Hours ................................................................................................ 98 7.4. Demolition and Construction Traffic Management Plan........................................................ 99 7.5. Construction Access Points ................................................................................................. 100 7.6. Construction Traffic ............................................................................................................ 101 7.7. Access to Surrounding Industrial Estates ............................................................................ 101 8. MODELLING BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................... 102 8.1. Preamble ........................................................................................................................... 102 8.2. M54 / M6 / M6 Toll Link Saturn Model ............................................................................... 103 West Midlands Interchange Transport Assessment Page 3 DCO Submission 8.3. South Staffordshire VISSIM Model...................................................................................... 106 9. TRANSPORT IMPACT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................. 109 9.2. VISSIM Network Performance ............................................................................................ 110 9.3. Site Access Operation ......................................................................................................... 115 9.4. Internal WMI Road Network Operation .............................................................................. 117 9.5. SATURN & VISSIM Traffic Flow Output ............................................................................... 118 9.6. VISSIM Analysis - Complete WMI