REPORT NO 70001991-038-04 PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD OPTIONS ASSESSMENT REPORT Confidential September 2017 REPORT NO 70001991-038-04 PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD OPTIONS ASSESSMENT REPORT Type of document (Final) Confidential Project no: 70001991-038 Date: September 2017 WSP 1 Queens Drive Birmingham West Midlands B5 4PJ Tel: +44 (0)121 352 4700 Fax: +44 (0)121 352 4701 www.wsp.com QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISSUE/REVISION FIRST ISSUE REVISION 1 REVISION 2 REVISION 3 Remarks Date July 2017 August 2017 September 2017 September 2017 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx Prepared by xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx Signature xxxxxxxxx Checked by xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signature Authorised by xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx Signature Project number 70001991-038 70001991-038 70001991-038 70001991-038 Report number File reference ii PRODUCTION TEAM CLIENT 1.1.1 Project Manager 1.1.2 xxxxxxxxxxx (Coventry City Council) 1.1.3 1.1.4 xxxxxxx (Warwickshire County Council) 1.1.5 1.1.6 xxxxxxxxxxx (Warwickshire County Council) WSP 1.1.7 Technical Director 1.1.8 xxxxxxxxxxxxx 1.1.9 Associate Director 1.1.10 xxxxxxxxx 1.1.11 Consultant Transport Planner1.1.12 xxxxxxxxxxxx 1.1.13 Consultant Transport Planner1.1.14 xxxxxxxxxxxx Phase 2 A46 Link Road WSP Coventry City Council Project No 70001991-038 August 2017 Confidential iii CONTENTS PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD .........................................................................1 PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD .........................................................................2 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..............................................................8 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 8 1.2 VISION ................................................................................................................ 9 1.3 FUTURE SITUATION ......................................................................................... 9 1.4 THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE OBJECTIVES ............................................... 10 1.5 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INVOLVED IN THE INTERVENTION ..................... 11 1.6 GENERATING OPTIONS ................................................................................. 13 1.7 INITIAL SIFTING .............................................................................................. 15 1.8 PREFERRED OPTION ..................................................................................... 19 2 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 21 2.1 BACKGROUND................................................................................................ 21 2.2 STRUCTURE OF OAR ..................................................................................... 22 3 VISION ........................................................................................ 23 3.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 23 3.2 DEVELOPING THE VISION ............................................................................. 23 3.3 VISION .............................................................................................................. 27 4 UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION ...................... 28 4.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 28 4.2 TRANSPORT STRATEGY AND POLICY ....................................................... 28 4.3 CURRENT TRAVEL DEMAND ........................................................................ 33 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE ....................................................................... 69 4.5 ACCIDENTS ..................................................................................................... 77 Phase 2 A46 Link Road WSP Coventry City Council Project No 70001991-038 August 2017 Confidential iv 4.6 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 79 5 UNDERSTANDING THE FUTURE SITUATION ......................... 80 5.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 80 5.2 FUTURE PLANNED CHANGES TO LAND USE ............................................ 80 5.3 FUTURE CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM................................... 83 5.4 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 92 6 ESTABLISHING THE NEED FOR INTERVENTION .................. 93 6.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 93 6.2 CURRENT TRANSPORT-RELATED OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS ................................................................................................ 93 6.3 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 97 7 SCHEME OBJECTIVES ............................................................. 98 7.1 OBJECTIVES OVERVIEW ............................................................................... 98 7.2 LOGIC PROCESS ............................................................................................ 98 7.3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 99 7.4 VISION ............................................................................................................ 100 7.5 CURRENT AND FUTURE PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES ................. 100 7.6 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.................................................................. 101 7.7 SCHEME SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................... 101 7.8 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 105 8 GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF SCOPE ........................................... 106 8.1 DEFINING THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE ....................................................... 106 8.2 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 106 8.3 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 108 9 GENERATING OPTIONS ......................................................... 109 9.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 109 9.2 METHODOLOGY FOR GENERATION OF OPTIONS .................................. 109 Phase 2 A46 Link Road WSP Coventry City Council Project No 70001991-038 Confidential August 2017 v 9.3 OPTIONS GENERATED ................................................................................ 109 9.4 VALIDATION OF INITIAL OPTIONS AGAINST THE OBJECTIVES ........... 111 9.5 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 112 10 INITIAL SIFTING ...................................................................... 114 10.1 INITIAL SIFTING METHODOLOGY .............................................................. 114 10.2 INITIAL SIFTING ............................................................................................ 114 10.3 EVALUATION OF INITIAL SIFTING ............................................................. 117 10.4 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 125 11 PREFERRED OPTION ............................................................. 126 11.1 PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD ............................................................................ 126 11.2 PHASE 2 A46 LINK ROAD IN FUTURE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT ....................................................................................................... 126 11.3 A46 LINK ROAD SUPPORT TO STRATEGIC HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY ............................................................................................. 127 12 SUMMARY....................................................................................1 12.1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 1 TABLES TABLE 1-1 APPRAISAL CRITERIA .................................................................................. 16 TABLE 4-4-1 TRANSPORT POLICY AND STRATEGY ................................................... 28 TABLE 4-4-2 THEMES VS STRATEGIC CONTEXT ........................................................ 33 TABLE 4-4-3 ORIGIN DESTINATION DATA .................................................................... 37 TABLE 4-4 PROPOSED OBJECTIVES ............................................................................ 46 TABLE 4-5 PROPOSED OBJECTIVE .............................................................................. 50 TABLE 4-6 KEY COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE BUS SERVICES ......................... 53 TABLE 4-7 COVENTRY CORDON COUNTS FOR BUS AND RAIL – 2011 TO 2015 .... 53 TABLE 4-8 TOP FIVE RAILWAY STATIONS IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE... 55 TABLE 4-9 PROPOSED OBJECTIVE .............................................................................. 76 TABLE 5-1 EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT AT KEY STRATEGIC LAND USE SITES 80 TABLE 5-2 PROPOSED HOUSING GROWTH FOR LOCAL AREAS ............................. 81 TABLE 5-3 SURROUNDING KEY EXISTING AND PROPOSED SCHEMES ................. 84 Phase 2 A46 Link Road WSP Coventry City Council Project No 70001991-038 Confidential August 2017 vi TABLE 5-4 AM PEAK HIGHWAY NETWORK STATISTICS - COVENTRY LOCAL