Seeing Issues Clearly Peebles Transport Study – STAG Report Final Report for Scottish Borders Council August 2012 Document Control Project Title: Peebles Transport Study MVA Project Number: C3A434-00 Document Type: Report Directory & File Name: D:\Peebles Stag2\July 2012\20120831 Peebles-STAG2-Report-V5.0.Doc Document Approval Primary Author: Scott Leitham Other Author(s): Scottish Borders Council Reviewer(s): Paul McCartney Formatted by: Nicola Milne Distribution Issue Date Distribution Comments 1 11/12/12 Graeme Johnstone / SBC Draft Final Report 2 31/07/12 Graeme Johnstone / SBC Draft Final Report 3 14/08/12 Graeme Johnstone / SBC Draft Final Report 4 31/08/12 Graeme Johnstone / SBC Final Report This report, and information or advice which it contains, is provided by MVA Consultancy Ltd solely for internal use and reliance by its Client in performance of MVA Consultancy Ltd’s duties and liabilities under its contract with the Client. 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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 1.1 Introduction 1.1 1.2 Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance 1.1 1.3 Overview of this Report 1.2 2 Analysis of Problems and Opportunities 2.1 2.1 Introduction 2.1 2.2 Future Plans for Peebles 2.2 2.3 Transport in Peebles 2.3 2.4 Traffic in Peebles 2.8 2.5 Opportunities 2.16 3 Objective Setting 3.1 3.1 Introduction 3.1 3.2 Transport Planning Objectives 3.1 3.3 Established Policy Directives 3.1 4 Option Generation, Sifting and Development 4.1 4.1 Introduction 4.1 4.2 Consultation 4.1 4.3 Overview of Options 4.5 4.4 Option Sifting 4.8 4.5 Options to be Taken Forward 4.10 5 Part 1 Appraisal 5.1 5.1 Introduction 5.1 5.2 Bridge Options – Time Savings and Traffic Impacts 5.1 5.3 Transport Planning Objectives 5.4 5.4 STAG Criteria 5.9 5.5 Feasibility, Affordability and Public Acceptability 5.3 5.6 Summary of Options 5.4 5.7 Options to be Taken Forward 5.7 6 Developments Since STAG Part 1 6.1 6.1 Introduction 6.1 6.2 Consultation - Public Exhibition 6.1 6.3 Further developments & alternative routes 6.4 6.4 Options Taken Forward 6.6 7 Part 2 Appraisal 7.1 7.1 Introduction 7.1 Peebles Transport Study – STAG Report 1 Contents 7.2 Peebles Traffic Model 7.1 7.3 The Reference Case Scenario 7.7 7.4 Modelled Traffic Impacts of New Bridge Alignments 7.12 7.5 STAG Criteria - Environment 7.16 7.6 STAG Criteria - Economy 7.28 7.7 STAG Criteria - Safety 7.36 7.8 STAG Criteria - Integration 7.37 7.9 STAG Criteria - Accessibility and Social Inclusion 7.38 7.10 Risk and Uncertainty 7.40 7.11 Monitoring and Evaluation 7.41 7.12 Overview of Part 2 Appraisal 7.41 7.13 Overall Assessment of Options 7.46 8 Summary, Conclusions and Next Steps 8.1 8.1 Summary and Conclusions 8.1 8.2 Next Steps 8.1 Tables Table 2.1 Development in Peebles South of Tweed 2.3 Table 2.2 Proportions of ‘strategic’ traffic flow around Peebles 2.10 Table 4.1 Key Consultees 4.2 Table 5.1 Overview of New Bridge Alignment Impacts 5.2 Table 5.2 Estimated impact on Tweed Bridge flows 5.3 Table 5.3 Summary of Impacts Against Transport Planning Objectives 5.8 Table 5.4 Summary of Impacts Against STAG Criteria 5.9 Table 5.5 STAG Part 1 Recommendations 5.5 Table 5.6 Options to be Taken Forward 5.7 Table 5.7 Potential Combinations of Options for STAG 2 5.8 Table 6.1 Revised options for consideration in Part 2 6.6 Table 7.1 Tweed Bridge Traffic 7.5 Table 7.2 Summary of study-specific environmental impacts 7.25 Table 7.3 Overall STAG Assessment - Environment 7.28 Table 7.4 Estimated bridge construction costs (£, 2005 prices) 7.29 Table 7.5 Estimated road construction costs (£, 2005 prices) 7.30 Table 7.6 Estimated junction construction costs (£, 2005 prices) 7.30 Table 7.7 Estimated total construction costs (£, 2005 prices) 7.31 Table 7.8 TEE results - ‘Standard’ Scenario (£’000) 7.32 Table 7.9 TEE results - ‘High Growth’ Scenario (£’000) 7.33 Table 7.10 TEE results - ‘No Growth’ Scenario (£’000) 7.34 Table 7.11 Overall STAG Assessment - Economy 7.36 Table 7.12 Accident reduction benefits (60 years, discounted) 7.37 Table 7.13 Overall STAG Assessment – Safety 7.37 Table 7.14 Overall STAG Assessment - Integration 7.38 Table 7.15 Residents potentially benefitting from improved access to no. 62 7.39 Table 7.16 Overall STAG Assessment – Accessibility and Social Inclusion 7.40 Table 7.17 Performance of Options Against Transport Planning Objectives 7.43 Peebles Transport Study – STAG Report 2 Contents Table 7.18 Performance of Options Against STAG Criteria 7.44 Table 7.19 STAG Part 2 Appraisal Against Transport Planning Objectives & STAG Criteria7.45 Figures Figure 2.1 Location map of Peebles 2.1 Figure 2.2 Peebles Street Map 2.5 Figure 2.3 Typical travel times from Peebles by Public Transport and Car 2.8 Figure 2.4 Tweed Bridge in Peebles 2.10 Figure 2.5 Views of roundabout to the north of Tweed Bridge 2.12 Figure 2.6 Tweed Bridge Northbound Traffic Profiles 2.13 Figure 2.7 Tweed Bridge Southbound Traffic Profiles 2.13 Figure 2.8 High Street Eastbound Traffic Profiles 2.14 Figure 2.9 High Street Westbound Traffic Profiles 2.14 Figure 2.10 Location of Peebles Air Quality Monitoring Sites 2.16 Figure 4.1 Potential Bridge Crossings Location Plan 4.7 Figure 4.2 Existing footbridge and proposed location of crossing B1 (to right) 4.11 Figure 4.3 Existing A72 / A703 roundabout looking south from Edinburgh Road 4.12 Figure 4.4 View south from A72 / A703 roundabout along proposed alignment 4.12 Figure 4.5 Looking west along Kingsmeadows Road with B2 Southern Access on right 4.13 Figure 4.6 Location of B2 Northern Access on A72 4.13 Figure 4.7 Whitestone Park looking South from A72 4.14 Figure 4.8 Looking east - Kingsmeadows Road, B3 Access on Left (from Kingsway) 4.14 Figure 4.9 Looking west along A72 – B3 access on left at cottage 4.15 Figure 4.10 Existing entrance to Cavalry Park business park 4.15 Figure 4.11 Looking west along the A72 – B4 / B5 / B6 Access on left 4.16 Figure 4.12 Proposed southern access point for B6 (looking north west) 4.17 Figure 5.1 Environmental Constraints (B1 & B2) 5.11 Figure 5.2 Environmental Constraints (B4 – B6) 5.12 Figure 5.3 Location of Fatal, Serious and Slight Road Traffic Accidents in Peebles 5.1 Figure 6.1 Importance of traffic and transport issues 6.2 Figure 6.2 Need for a new road bridge crossing 6.2 Figure 6.3 Desire for a new road bridge crossing 6.3 Figure 6.4 Bridge alignment preferences 6.3 Figure 6.5 Indicative Location Plan for Potential Alignments 6.5 Figure 6.6 Northern A72 Access point to Option B8 6.6 Figure 7.1 Model Zone System – Area 7.2 Figure 7.2 Model Zone System – Town 7.3 Figure 7.3 Model Network - Town 7.3 Figure 7.4 Change in Traffic – GB, Scotland and Scottish Borders 7.4 Figure 7.5 Modelled vehicle kilometres, and % change from 2011 7.8 Figure 7.6 Modelled delay (vehicle hours) and % change from 2011 7.8 Figure 7.7 Reference Case Forecast Growth on Peebles Network (AM Peak) 7.9 Figure 7.8 Forecast Traffic Flows on Tweed Bridge – Reference Case 7.11 Figure 7.9 Forecast Changes in Cross River Journey Times 7.11 Figure 7.10 Modelled change in total travel time, % change versus Reference Case 7.13 Figure 7.11 Modelled change in total delay, % change versus Reference Case 7.14 Figure 7.12 Predicted Tweed Bridge traffic flows (12-hour) 7.15 Figure 7.13 Cross river traffic forecasts by bridge (2019, 12-hour) 7.15 Peebles Transport Study – STAG Report 3 Contents Figure 7.14 Cross river traffic forecasts by bridge (2019, %) 7.15 Figure 7.15 Impact of options on key links (2019, 12-hour) 7.16 Figure 7.16 Potential new bridge road alignments 7.17 Figure 7.17 Peebles flood risk map (SEPA website) 7.23 Figure 7.18 Summary of Benefit Cost Ratio results 7.35 Figure 7.19 Estimated change in walk time to access no.