The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992 TRANSPORT AND WORKS (APPLICATIONS AND OBJECTIONS PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2006 THE NETWORK RAIL (WERRINGTON GRADE SEPARATION) ORDER Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken Rule 10(2)(d) 140365-NWR-CNT- Document Reference EEN-000007 Author Network Rail Date December 2016 The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken [Page intentionally blank] The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 2 1.1 Background ........................................................................................ 2 1.2 The Consent Process and Consultation ............................................. 4 2. THE CONSULTATION STRATEGY ............................................................... 6 2.1 Community Consultation..................................................................... 6 2.2 Stakeholder Consultation.................................................................... 6 2.3 Overall Consultation: Approach .......................................................... 7 2.4 Consultation - Stage 1: Two Engineering options ............................... 9 2.5 Consultation - Stage 2: Pre-application consultation: Single preferred option ................................................................................ 12 2.6 Stage 2b: Information round - Helpston APSP ................................. 14 2.7 Additional consultation ...................................................................... 15 3. CONSULTATION FEEDBACK ..................................................................... 16 3.1 Background ...................................................................................... 16 3.2 Stage 1: Two engineering options consultation ................................ 16 Community Consultation Feedback .............................................................. 16 3.3 Stage 2: Pre-application consultation: Single preferred option ......... 18 Stakeholder Consultation feedback .............................................................. 18 Community Consultation feedback ............................................................... 18 3.4 Stage 2b: Information round - Helpston APSP ................................. 19 4. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 20 Appendices .............................................................................................................. 22 Appendix 1a: Consultation Report Schedule 5 Appendix 1b: Consultation Report Schedule 6 Appendix 1c: Best Practice and Annex 4 Appendix 2: List of Consultees – Stakeholder and Community Appendix 3: Pre-Application Approach to Community Consultation (June 2014 and August 2016) Appendix 4: 2014 Stakeholder and Community Consultation – Comments and Responses Appendix 5a: 2016 Stakeholder Consultation – Comments and Responses Appendix 5b: 2016 Community Consultation – Comments and Responses Appendix 6: Consultation Materials 0 The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviation Definition APSP Auxiliary Power Supply Point CDERC Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Environmental Record Centre CoCP Code of Construction Practice CoPA Control of Pollution Act DEFRA Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DfT Department for Transport ECML East Coast Main Line EA Environment Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ES Environmental Statement GNGE Great Northern Great Eastern railway HPC Helpston Parish Council IEP Intercity Express Programme LDHS Long distance high speed (services) NMU Non-motorised user NVMP Noise and vibration monitoring plan ORR Office of Rail Regulation PAACC Pre-Application Approach to Community Consultation PCC Peterborough City Council PRoW Public Rights of Way SSSI Site of Specific Scientific Interest TWA Transport and Works Act TWAO Transport and Works Act Order 1 The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Network Rail intends to submit an application for an Order (TWAO) under the Transport and Works Act (TWA) 1992 for a new grade separated junction at Werrington (“the Proposed Scheme”). Werrington Grade Separation (WGS) is part of Network Rail’s East Coast Main Line (ECML) Connectivity Programme which seeks to relieve congestion and increase capacity on the ECML. 1.1.2 The ECML is the high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh. Network Rail, which owns and operates Britain’s rail infrastructure, has worked with industry stakeholders to develop plans to deliver projects that will improve the capacity and reduce journey times on the ECML. The provision of a new dive under at Werrington Junction to separate high speed and freight traffic is a key enabler to provide additional capacity on the ECML. This will allow the introduction of additional Long Distance High Speed (LDHS) Paths to be available for the new timetable to be introduced in 2021. The project is identified as being funded in Network Rail’s Delivery Plan1 for the ECML. 1.1.3 The Peterborough area was one of a number of locations originally identified as a constraint to growth in the Department for Transport’s High Level Output Specification, first published July 2012, and the London North Eastern Route Summary Plan 2013. A significant constraint identified in that report was the operational conflict which currently exists between freight and LDHS services to the north of Peterborough station, where freight services running between London, East Anglia and the Great Northern/Great Eastern line (GNGE) to Spalding are required to make a very slow crossing (15mph) of the ECML from the Stamford lines which run parallel to the ECML. 1.1.4 The Proposed Scheme provides a new twin track railway and ancillary works at Werrington, linking the GNGE to the lines between Peterborough and Stamford (the ‘Stamford lines’). These works would enable slow moving freight trains to travel on a dedicated route under the ECML and then onto the GNGE and vice versa, as opposed to crossing the ECML at the same level (at grade), thus allowing for an increase in capacity for additional trains on the ECML. This type of junction is known as a grade-separated junction, i.e. tracks are separated by their grade, or level. Figure 1 illustrates the Proposed Scheme in its geographical context. 1 http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Hendy-review/ 2 The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken Figure 1 – The Proposed Scheme plan 1.1.6 The addition of an auxiliary power supply point (APSP) and permanent compound area at the village of Helpston is required to maintain the power supply for signalling equipment and act as a back-up system in case of power supply failure. 3 The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order December 2016 Report Summarising Consultation Undertaken 1.1.7 The Proposed Scheme comprises a number of other works including the following: Cock Lane Footbridge will be demolished and replacement with a longer, steel, ramped foot/cycle bridge approximately 20-30m to the north, to include alterations to the approach public footpath/cycleway; Brook Drain North will be relocated to the west side of the national grid pylons between Cock Lane Footbridge and the existing syphon under the ECML just north of the existing Werrington Junction; Gasworks Lane will be widened to a 3.7m wide public highway, with passing places, between Hurn Road (just to the west of the A15) and up to the existing entrance to National Grid’s facility.; A new multi-purpose bridge will be provided over both the existing GNGE lines and the new dive under lines, positioned just to the east side of the existing A15 highway bridge, to carry diverted utility services and a public footpath; and A temporary bridge will be installed spanning Marholm Brook providing access into the west work site from Stirling Way. 1.2 The Consent Process and Consultation 1.2.1 Consultation on the proposals for the Proposed Scheme was ongoing between summer 2014 and December 2016. This has involved Network Rail engaging with the local community (termed ‘community consultation’ for the purpose of this Report) and statutory consultees (‘stakeholder consultation’). 1.2.2 Community consultation took place at two stages during the development and design of the Proposed Scheme and has provided the opportunity for interested parties to provide feedback whilst the proposals were evolving. The stages of consultation with the community and stakeholders are as follows: Stage 1 – Summer 2014 Early community consultation was carried out which involved local residents, land owners living in the vicinity of the Proposed Scheme and other interested parties from the wider area. Two engineering options for the project, a flyover and dive under, were presented at this stage. Stage 2 – August-December 2016 A second stage of community consultation took place to gain further feedback on the single preferred option. 1.2.3 During August to December 2016, formal stakeholder