London Borough of Richmond upon Thames SECOND LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CONTENTS 1. Introduction and Overview............................................................................................. 6 1.1 Richmond in Context............................................................................................. 6 1.2 Richmond’s Environment...................................................................................... 8 1.3 Richmond’s People............................................................................................... 9 1.4 Richmond’s Economy ......................................................................................... 10 1.5 Transport in Richmond........................................................................................ 11 1.5.1 Road ................................................................................................................... 11 1.5.2 Rail and Underground......................................................................................... 12 1.5.3 Buses.................................................................................................................. 13 1.5.4 Cycles ................................................................................................................. 14 1.5.5 Walking ............................................................................................................... 15 1.5.6 Bridges and Structures ....................................................................................... 15 1.5.7 Noise and Air pollution........................................................................................ 15 1.5.8 Freight, Distribution and Network Management Duty ......................................... 16 2. Links to other plans and policy influences ................................................................ 17 2.1 Our Transport Objectives................................................................................... 17 2.2 National Policy Context ...................................................................................... 17 2.3 Sub - Regional and London Wide Policy Influence............................................ 17 2.4 Objectives in Context......................................................................................... 23 2.5 Relationship Between Richmond’s LIP2 Objectives and the Pan London Plans and Strategies................................................................................................................ 28 2.6 The Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy....................................................... 30 2.7 The Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy for London............................... 34 2.8 The Mayor’s Draft London Plan ........................................................................ 35 2.9 The Outer London Commission ........................................................................ 36 2.10 Local Policy Influences..................................................................................... 37 2.10.1 Core Strategy................................................................................................... 37 2.10.2 Core Strategy Objectives ................................................................................. 38 2.11 Community Plan............................................................................................... 39 2.12 Uplift Strategy................................................................................................... 40 2.12.1 Suggested Timescales and Priority.................................................................. 41 2.13 Air Quality ........................................................................................................ 41 2.14 The SEA Process ............................................................................................ 44 2.15 The ENIA Process ........................................................................................... 45 2.16 South London Partnership ............................................................................... 45 2.17 Cross Border Working ..................................................................................... 46 2.18 National / international Transport Issues ......................................................... 46 3 Moving transport forward in Richmond...................................................................... 48 3.1.1 Listening to the Communities ............................................................................ 48 3.1.2 All Modes of Transport are Important................................................................ 48 3.1.3 Staying Within our Means ................................................................................. 48 3.1.4 Working in Partnership ...................................................................................... 48 3.2 Our Transport Objectives .................................................................................. 48 3.3. Community Engagement .................................................................................. 49 3.3.1 Residents All in One Survey.............................................................................. 49 3.3.2 Businesses All in One Survey ........................................................................... 50 3.3.3 All in One – ‘Your Area, Your say’, “My Richmond Village”............................... 51 3.3.4 All in Ones Influence of the Formulation of New Transport Objectives and Objectives ......................................................................................................................52 1 3.4 Draft LIP2 Consultation ..................................................................................... 52 3.5 Highways Works Prioritisation .......................................................................... 53 3.6 Support delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games and its Legacy ........................................................................................................................... 54 4. Delivery Plan 2011 – 2014............................................................................................. 55 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 55 4.2 Sources of Funding............................................................................................ 55 4.3 Securing Contributions from Developers ........................................................... 55 4.4 Refreshment ...................................................................................................... 56 4.5 Prioritisation Process ......................................................................................... 56 4.6 Financial Settlement .......................................................................................... 57 4.7 Delivery Actions ................................................................................................. 57 4.9 Mayor’s High Priority Outputs ............................................................................ 61 4.10 Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 62 4.10.1 Highway Asset Management Plan (HAMP) ...................................................... 64 4.10.2 Permit Schemes ............................................................................................... 65 4.10.3 Bridges and Structures ..................................................................................... 65 4.11 Major Schemes................................................................................................. 66 4.11.1 Richmond Town Centre .................................................................................... 66 4.11.2 Twickenham Town Centre ................................................................................ 67 4.11.3 Whitton Town centre (High Street).................................................................... 67 4.12 Risk Management and Assessment ................................................................. 68 4.13 Delivery Plan..................................................................................................... 70 5 Performance Monitoring Plan..................................................................................... 90 5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................90 5.2 Target Setting.................................................................................................... 90 5.2.1 Mode Share ...................................................................................................... 91 5.2.2 Bus Service Reliability ...................................................................................... 94 5.2.3 Road traffic casualties ...................................................................................... 95 5.2.4 CO2 Emissions ................................................................................................. 98 5.2.5 Asset Condition ................................................................................................ 99 5.3 Indicators........................................................................................................ 101 5.4 Risk Assessment of KPIs ............................................................................... 101 5.5 Monitoring LIP2 Progress..............................................................................