ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK PREFERRED OPTIONS ASSESSMENT REPORT CONFIDENTIAL MARCH 2017 ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK PREFERRED OPTIONS ASSESSMENT REPORT Cormac Solutions Draft Confidential Project no: 70024617 Date: March 2017 – WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff The Forum Barnfield Road Exeter EX1 1QR Tel: +0 (0) 1392 229 700 Fax: +0 (0) 1392 229 701 www.wsp-pb.com QUAL IT Y MANAG EMENT ISSUE/REVISION FIRST ISSUE REVISION 1 REVISION 2 REVISION 3 Remarks Date 30/03/17 Ross Pascoe Prepared by Will Sanderson Signature Checked by Lydia Palmer Signature Authorised by Katherine Bright Signature Project number 70024617 Report number 1 File reference ii P R O D U C T I O N T E A M CLIENT Team Leader Cormac Rick Clayton WSP | PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF Graduate Transport Planner Will Sanderson Assistant Transport Planner Ross Pascoe Principal Transport Planner Lydia Palmer Principal Transport Planner Thea Wattam ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cormac Solutions Project No 70024617 March 2017 Confidential iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK ....................................................................... 1 CONFIDENTIAL MARCH 2017 ................................................... 1 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 STUDY AREA .................................................................................................... 1 1.3 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ................................................................................. 3 1.4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 3 1.5 OTHER REPORTS ............................................................................................. 4 2 UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION: POLICY CONTEXT .................................................................................... 5 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 5 2.2 DFT ACTION FOR ROADS – A NETWORK FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (JULY 2013) ....................................................................................................... 5 2.3 DEFRA – TOWARDS A ONE NATION ECONOMY: A 10-POINT PLAN FOR BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY IN RURAL AREAS (AUGUST 2015) ......... 7 2.4 CORNWALL & ISLES OF SCILLY LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP -STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PLAN 2014-2020 (DRAFT) .......... 7 2.5 CONNECTING CORNWALL: 2030 MOVING TOWARDS A GREEN PENINSULA (MARCH 2011) ............................................................................. 7 2.6 CORNWALL COUNCIL – ECONOMY AND CULTURE STRATEGY 2013-2020 (SEPTEMBER 2013) ........................................................................ 8 2.7 CORNWALL LOCAL PLAN: STRATEGIC POLICIES 2010-2030 (NOVEMBER 2016) ............................................................................................ 8 2.8 ST AUSTELL BAY ECONOMIC FORUM - AREA INVESTMENT PLAN FINAL REPORT (SEPTEMBER 2015) ............................................................... 9 2.9 SUMMARY POLICY CONTEXT ......................................................................... 9 3 UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION: LOCAL CONTEXT AND ISSUES ........................................................... 10 3.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 10 ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cormac Solutions Project No 70024617 Confidential March 2017 iv 3.2 ST AUSTELL LOCAL ECONOMY ................................................................... 10 3.3 HIGHWAY NETWORK AND ISSUES .............................................................. 15 3.4 ST AUSTELL TO A30 – A391 .............................................................................. 15 3.5 ST AUSTELL TO A30 – B3274........................................................................ 15 3.6 ST DENNIS ....................................................................................................... 18 3.7 ACCESS TO THE EDEN PROJECT .................................................................... 18 3.8 RSI DATA ......................................................................................................... 20 3.9 TRAFFIC FLOWS ............................................................................................. 20 3.10 TRAFFIC SPEEDS ........................................................................................... 26 3.11 JOURNEY TIMES............................................................................................. 28 3.12 ACCIDENT DATA ............................................................................................ 29 3.13 RAIL .................................................................................................................. 32 3.14 BUS .................................................................................................................. 33 3.15 SUMMARY OF EXISTING ISSUES ................................................................. 34 4 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH ....................................... 35 4.1 LOCAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 35 4.2 COMMITTED SCHEMES ................................................................................. 37 5 ESTABLISHING THE NEED FOR INTERVENTION ................. 38 6 OBJECTIVES FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ....................... 39 6.1 OVERARCHING STRATEGIC AIMS ............................................................... 39 6.2 SCHEME OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 39 7 FUNDING ................................................................................... 40 8 POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ................................................. 41 8.1 OPTION GENERATION ................................................................................... 41 8.2 HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS – OPTION 1 – BUGLE – GOONBARROW ROUTE WITH HARMONY ROAD LINK (HIGH SPEC) ....... 42 ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cormac Solutions Project No 70024617 Confidential March 2017 v 8.3 HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS – OPTION 1A – BUGLE – GOONBARROW ROUTE WITH HARMONY ROAD LINK (LOW SPEC) ....... 42 8.4 HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS – OPTION 2 – ROCHE ROUTE WITH PENWITHICK LINK .................................................................. 42 8.5 HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS – PARKANDILLICK LINK ........... 42 9 ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS USING THE OPTIONS APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 43 9.1 APPROACH ............................................................................................................ 43 9.2 STRATEGIC FIT ..................................................................................................... 43 9.3 ECONOMIC CASE ........................................................................................... 46 9.4 FINANCIAL CASE ........................................................................................... 48 9.5 DELIVERY CASE ............................................................................................. 48 9.6 COMMERCIAL CASE ...................................................................................... 49 9.7 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 50 10 CONSULTATION ....................................................................... 51 10.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 51 10.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................................... 51 10.3 POST CONSULTATION SCHEME REVISIONS ............................................. 51 10.4 BUSINESS SURVEY CONSULTATION .......................................................... 52 10.5 CONSULTATION SUMMARY .......................................................................... 52 11 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ............................................... 53 11.1 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 53 11.2 THE NEED FOR INTERVENTION ................................................................... 53 11.3 SCHEME OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 53 11.4 OPTIONS APPRAISAL .......................................................................................... 53 11.5 CONSULTATION ............................................................................................. 54 11.6 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................. 54 ST AUSTELL TO A30 LINK WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cormac Solutions Project No 70024617 Confidential March 2017 vi T ABLES TABLE 3-1: PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WORKING IN MINING AND QUARRYING SECTORS ....................................................................................... 10 TABLE 3-2: POPULATION UNEMPLOYED ..................................................................... 11 TABLE 3-3: PEOPLE IN PROFESSIONAL AND ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS ......... 12 TABLE 3-4: AVERAGE IMD RANKING BETWEEN 2014 AND 2015 ............................... 14 TABLE 3-5: ST AUSTELL TO A30 JOURNEY TIMES 1ST FEBRUARY – 31ST MAY 2015