ENERGY WORKING FOR BRITAIN FOR WORKING ENERGY Wylfa Newydd Project 6.3.14 ES Volume C - Road traffic-related effects (project-wide) App C2-4 - DCO Transport Assessment PINS Reference Number: EN010007 Application Reference Number: 6.3.14 June 2018 Revision 1.0 Regulation Number: 5(2)(a) Planning Act 2008 Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Horizon Internal DCRM Number: WN0902-JAC-PAC-REP-00012 [This page is intentionally blank] Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Policy Context .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Pre-Application Consultation ............................................................................ 1 1.4 Existing Situation ............................................................................................. 2 1.5 Proposed Development .................................................................................... 2 1.6 Integrated Traffic and Transport Strategy ........................................................ 3 1.7 Trip Generation and Trip Distribution – Construction Workers ......................... 4 1.8 Trip Generation and Trip Distribution – Construction Materials ........................ 5 1.9 Trip Generation and Trip Distribution – Operational Phase.............................. 5 1.10 Assessment Methods and Scenarios ............................................................... 5 1.11 Assessment Results......................................................................................... 6 1.12 Mitigation .......................................................................................................... 6 1.13 Key Assumptions ........................................................................................... 11 1.14 Code of Construction Practice and Code of Operational Practice .................. 15 2 Introduction .................................................................................................... 18 2.1 Overview and Purpose of this Transport Assessment.................................... 18 2.2 Background .................................................................................................... 20 2.3 Structure of this Transport Assessment ......................................................... 21 3 Policy Context ................................................................................................ 25 3.1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 25 3.2 National (UK) Policy ....................................................................................... 25 3.3 National (Wales) Policy and Guidance ........................................................... 27 Introduction .................................................................................................... 27 Planning Policy Wales .................................................................................... 27 Wales Transport Strategy .............................................................................. 28 Building a more Prosperous Wales: Infrastructure for a Modern Economy .... 29 Technical Advice Note 18 .............................................................................. 29 3.4 Regional and Local Policy .............................................................................. 30 North Wales Regional Transport Plan ............................................................ 30 North Wales Joint Local Transport Plan ......................................................... 30 Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan ................................. 30 The New Nuclear Build (NNB) at Wylfa Supplementary Planning Guidance . 36 Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Guidance ................................. 37 3.5 Policy Compliance ......................................................................................... 38 National Planning Policy ................................................................................ 38 Regional, Local and Site-Specific Planning Policy ......................................... 39 3.6 Guidance ........................................................................................................ 40 3.7 Summary ........................................................................................................ 40 4 Existing Situation ........................................................................................... 41 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 41 4.2 Development Site Locations .......................................................................... 41 Page i 4.3 Strategic Road Network ................................................................................. 41 Anglesey ........................................................................................................ 41 Links to Mainland Wales ................................................................................ 44 4.4 Local Road Network – Anglesey .................................................................... 46 A5................................................................................................................... 46 A5025 – Overview .......................................................................................... 46 A5025 Valley to Tregele ................................................................................. 46 A5025 Tregele to Llanfairpwll ......................................................................... 47 A4080 ............................................................................................................. 48 Other Roads ................................................................................................... 48 4.5 Road Network – North Wales ......................................................................... 49 A55................................................................................................................. 49 A487............................................................................................................... 52 A5................................................................................................................... 52 4.6 Road Traffic Surveys...................................................................................... 52 Video Surveys ................................................................................................ 55 4.7 Traffic Surveys – Main Results ...................................................................... 56 4.8 Summary of Traffic Surveys ........................................................................... 58 4.9 Accident Analysis ........................................................................................... 58 4.10 Sea................................................................................................................. 58 4.11 Rail ................................................................................................................. 59 Holyhead ........................................................................................................ 61 Valley ............................................................................................................. 61 Bangor ........................................................................................................... 61 Llandudno Junction ........................................................................................ 62 Chester .......................................................................................................... 62 Gaerwen – Amlwch Disused Railway ............................................................. 62 Rail Freight ..................................................................................................... 63 Strategic Rail Plans ........................................................................................ 63 4.12 Bus ................................................................................................................. 64 4.13 Coach ............................................................................................................. 64 4.14 Walking and Cycling ....................................................................................... 66 4.15 Air................................................................................................................... 70 Anglesey Airport ............................................................................................. 70 Other Airports ................................................................................................. 70 5 Proposed Development ................................................................................. 72 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 72 Site Campus .................................................................................................. 74 Off-Site Power Station Facilities ..................................................................... 76 Shuttle Buses ................................................................................................