Chapter 5: LIP Proposals Contents Page Number Introduction 121 Part One – Addressing the Policies and Proposals in the 123 Mayor’s Transport Strategy Road Maintenance 123 Principal Roads Maintenance 123 Non-Principal Roads Maintenance 124 Bridge Assessment and Strengthening 124 Local Safety Schemes 125 20 MPH Zones 126 Education, Training and Publicity Schemes 127 Walking 127 Cycling 130 London Cycle Network (LCN) + 132 Non-LCN + Network 132 Cycle Parking and Cyclist Training 132 Traffic Signals 133 Buses 133 Bus Stop Accessibility 133 Bus Priority 134 Enforcement and Management of Bus Routes 135 London Bus Priority Network (LBPN) 135 ‘A’ Roads and Busy Bus Routes and Parallel Initiatives 136 Bus Network 137 Operation of Bus Services in the Borough 137 Bus Network Development 138 Area Based Schemes 140 Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 117 Town Centres 140 Streets for People 142 Station Access 143 School Travel Plans – Safe Routes to School 146 Workplace Travel Plans 146 Travel Awareness 147 Freight 149 Regeneration Area Schemes 150 Environment 151 Air Quality Improvement 152 Ambient Noise reduction 152 Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) 152 Accessibility 153 Community Transport, Door-to-Door Transport Services, 154 Taxis, Private Hire Vehicles Monitoring 155 A13 Route Management Study 156 Airports 156 Biodiversity 156 Car Clubs 157 Consultation 157 East London Transit 157 Freight Interchange and Distribution 157 Land-Use Policies and Planning 158 London Traffic Control Centre 158 Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 118 2012 Olympic Games and Other Events 158 Parking and Enforcement 158 Park and Ride 160 Personal Safety 160 Powered Two Wheelers 160 Rail 161 Road Signs and Lines 161 School Buses 161 Shopmobility 162 Traffic Growth Reduction 162 Traffic Management Act 2004 and Network Management Duty 162 Conclusion 162 Part 2 – Proposal Forms 164 Introduction 164 Core Proposals 168 Large Capital Proposals 268 Proposals from Other TGLP Boroughs 317 Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 119 List of Tables Page Number Table 5.1: Cross-Cutting Goals 165 Table 5.2: Core Proposals 165 Table 5.3: Large Capital Proposals 166 Table 5.4: Proposals from Other TGLP Boroughs 167 Table 5.5: LIP Proposal Summary Sheet – Form 2 325 Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 120 Introduction 5.1 Section 145 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (‘GLA Act’) requires that London local authorities prepare LIPs containing their proposals to implement locally the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. This chapter sets out a five-year programme that the Council will seek to undertake between 2006/07 and 2010/11, in order to implement the Mayor’s Transport Strategy as well as deliver the Council’s own objectives and Barking and Dagenham’s Community Priorities. 5.2 Chapter 5 is made up of two parts. Part One sets out the proposals and policies in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy that the Council is required or encouraged to help deliver; sets out in broad terms how the Council intends to help deliver these; and provides contextual information. Part One of Chapter 5 uses topic headings that reflect the topic headings under which TfL invites boroughs to bid for funds on an annual basis, as well as some of the topic headings used in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy or LIP Guidance. The topic headings used are: • Road Maintenance; • Bridge Assessment and Strengthening; • Local Safety Schemes; • 20mph Zones; • Education, Training and Publicity; • Walking; • Cycling; • Buses; • Area Based Schemes; • School Travel Plans; • Workplace Travel Plans; • Travel Awareness; • Freight; • Regeneration Area Schemes; • Environment; • Controlled Parking Zones; • Accessibility; • Accessible Transport; • Integration; • Streets; • Car Use; • Monitoring; • Strategies; • International. 5.3 Part Two of Chapter 5 sets out in more detail, via a series of Proposal Forms (‘Form 1s’), how the Council intends to implement the Mayor’s Transport Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 121 Strategy, and provides an estimate of the funding that will be required on an annual basis. Read together, these Proposal Forms make up the Council’s transport programme for the next five years. 5.4 Part Two also contains a LIP Proposal Summary Sheet (‘Form 2’), which cross-references the Proposals Forms against the policies and proposals in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy that the Council is encouraged or required to deliver. Form 2 is in effect a checklist. 5.5 Funding for 2006/07 and 2007/08 has already been secured and proposals have either been implemented or are being designed and implemented. Beyond 2007/08 proposals will be implemented subject to funding being secured. For 2009/10 and 2010/11 there is less certainty as to specific proposals but an indication is given as to whether a programme or proposal is likely to require a similar level of funding, an increase or decrease in funding, or no further funding. 5.6 The Council will submit ‘LIP Funding’ submissions to Transport for London to help deliver the proposals set out in this chapter. The Council will monitor annually the delivery of its programme of proposals and report on this via its LIP Annual Progress Report (‘LIP APR’). Any slippage in implementation, new proposals, or bringing forward of proposals will be picked up by this process and reflected in a revised programme. 5.7 Chapter 3 (Borough Policy Statement) sets out LIP policies as well as ‘strategic transport schemes’ that will largely be pursued and funded by other bodies. Read together with this chapter it is possible to understand the full portfolio of proposals and transport policies that the Council believes necessary to deliver the Mayor’s Transport Strategy locally and deliver the Council’s Community Priorities. 5.8 The environmental effects of LIP policies and proposals have been assessed through a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The SEA has concluded that the LIP will not have any significant adverse environmental effects. However, the SEA made a number of recommendations to reduce negative effects and promote the opportunities within the LIP to provide added benefits. These recommendations have been incorporated into the LIP. Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 122 Part One – Addressing the Policies and Proposals in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy Road Maintenance Mayor’s Proposals: Proposal 4G.25: As the first stage in a new approach to street maintenance, Transport for London and the London boroughs will each produce three-year priority street maintenance plan to cover bridges and principal carriageways reflecting the objectives of the Transport Strategy and available resources. Proposal 4G.26: Transport for London will work with the London boroughs to develop a long-term approach to the funding and management of all aspects of street maintenance throughout London. 5.9 Highways maintenance is a high priority for the Council and has also been for the Mayor of London. It makes good economic sense to maintain infrastructure in a good state of repair rather than let it deteriorate and incur much higher costs later. Highways in a state of good condition also contribute to achieving other objectives such a personal safety (e.g. no or less tripping on pavements) and road safety (e.g. cyclists not hitting potholes and swerving). 5.10 Standard accepted methods (UKPMS surveys) are used to assess the condition of the network, resources required to bring it up to standard, and the priority locations for repair and reconstruction. Maintenance of Principal Roads 5.11 Borough principal roads are generally those linking major centres and are the main bus routes. They are the responsibility of the Council. 5.12 Their maintenance has been a high priority of the Mayor as reflected in past financial support to the boroughs. The Council will continue to bid to Transport for London for funds to make up the maintenance backlog with the aim of bringing all ‘A’ roads and busy bus routes up to serviceable standard – that is a UKPMS score of 70 or below – by 2010. Proposal Form 20 sets out detailed proposals and the level of financial support from Transport for London that the Council is seeking. 5.13 As part of a new approach to street maintenance the Council will develop by June 2008 a Highways Asset Management Plan (HAMP) for the highways under its responsibility. The asset management plan will support MTS proposals 4G.25 and 4G.26 as well as objectives in TfL’s Street Maintenance Plan. Chapter 5: LIP Proposals 123 5.14 It is proposed that the HAMP be prepared according to the following programme: • Produce HAMP Scoping Report – June to September 2007; • Report HAMP Scoping Report to Directorate Management Team – October 2007; • Prepare HAMP – November 2007 to May 2008; • Publish HAMP – June 2008. Maintenance of Non-Principal Roads 5.15 Generally, non-principal roads are the remainder of the highway network in the borough for which the Council is responsible. Their maintenance has not been financially supported in recent past years by Transport for London. With restricted resources and the scale of the maintenance backlog, support from Transport for London has had to be prioritised to the more strategic roads – the Principal Road Network. 5.16 Accordingly, works on non-principal roads have been financed out of the Council’s own capital resources and this is assumed to continue to have to be the case for the foreseeable future. The Council will continue to finance the maintenance of non-principal roads in order to reduce the backlog of work that has resulted from years of underfunding. The amount of funds that the Council will be able to spend on the maintenance of non-principal roads will depend on the priority given to this area in the context of other (competing) demands on the Council’s capital resources. Proposal Form 21 sets out the level of Council funding for the maintenance of non-principal roads.