Appendix I – Consultation Report (Pt 1/6) Planning Act 2008 Infrastructure Planning The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Regulation Number: 37(3)(c) Author: A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross Project Development Team Document EDG0769_PA_PE01_APP I_01 Reference: PI Reference TBC Document Date Version Note 23 July 2015 0 First Issue Highways England & Cornwall Council A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross Public Engagement Report Document Reference: EDG0769_PA_PE01_APP I_01 Issue & Revision Record Revision Date Author Purpose of Issue / Nature of Change 0 23/07/15 DP First Issue This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of Highways England or Cornwall Council being obtained. 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Highways England and Cornwall Council accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. 2 A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross Public Consultation Report 28 September 2004 Report no: NE02265/D129/3 A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross Public Consultation Report Author: Christina Ellis (Graduate Engineer) Christina Ellis Checker: Lyn Williams (Principal Engineer) Lyn Williams Approver: Paul Phillips (Technical Director) Paul Phillips Report no: NE02265/D129/3 Date: 28 September 2004 This report has been prepared for Highways Agency in accordance with the terms and conditions of appointment for Task Order SW42 dated June 2003. Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd (2212959) cannot accept any responsibility for any use of or reliance on the contents of this report by any third party. Contents 1 Executive Summary..................................................................................................1 2 Introduction ...............................................................................................................2 3 General.......................................................................................................................4 3.1 Consultations Prior to Exhibition .................................................................................. 4 3.2 Consultation Arrangements.......................................................................................... 6 3.3 Attendance at Exhibition............................................................................................... 7 3.4 Effectiveness of Consultation ....................................................................................... 7 4 Local Preference .......................................................................................................8 4.1 Consultation Responses and Analysis ......................................................................... 8 4.2 Local Businesses ....................................................................................................... 16 4.3 Parish Council Responses ......................................................................................... 17 Main Factors .......................................................................................................................18 4.4 Comments to Question Two....................................................................................... 18 4.5 Comments to Question Three .................................................................................... 19 4.6 Comments to Question Five....................................................................................... 22 4.7 Other Communications............................................................................................... 26 4.8 Responses from Statutory Consultees....................................................................... 28 4.9 Responses from Other Companies and Bodies ......................................................... 29 5 Special Considerations ..........................................................................................31 6 Summary of Results ...............................................................................................32 7 Conclusions and Recommendations ....................................................................33 Appendices..............................................................................................................35 Appendix 1 HA Press Notice Appendix 2 Public Consultation Leaflet Appendix 3 List of Consultees Appendix 4 Poster Appendix 5 Photographs of the Exhibition and Panels Appendix 6 Council Representatives Invited to the Exhibition Appendix 7 Figures 1 and 2 Page i A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross 1 Executive Summary A Public Consultation exercise has been held into proposals to improve and dual the A30 trunk road between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross. The section lies midway between Truro in the south and Perranporth in the north. The twelve-week consultation period commenced with a two-day exhibition held in Redruth on 7 & 8 May 2004. Consultation leaflets incorporating a questionnaire were issued to local residents and selected consultees in advance of the exhibition. Copies of the public consultation leaflet were also left at deposit points for collection by members of the public throughout the consultation period. The exhibition attracted 255 visitors and by the end of the consultation period, 336 responses were received. The vast majority of responses, some 94.3%, support in principle the improvement along the length of this trunk road. Some 89.2% of respondees found the details of the proposed route shown generally acceptable. Some 19.3% of the responses would like to see some changes to the proposals. Comments made by the public and referred to within this report have generally been reproduced with the language and terminology used by the respondees. Numerous issues were raised, however the majority of the comments were single responses. Issues raised included: Increase problem of “rat-running” through the village of Zelah; The impact of the proposed Chiverton Cross roundabout; Concerns over the closure of the Allet road; and General concerns over environmental issues. This list is by no means complete. Many others issues have been raised that are reviewed further within the report. It is recommended that the proposed route be taken forward to preferred route announcement and at detailed design stage due regard be given to the following issues that were identified during the Public Consultation: Investigate proposals to remove the possibility of exacerbating ‘rat running’ through the village of Zelah; Review the layout and design of the proposed Boxheater junction; Review the provisions for NMU’s and further consult directly with the various organisations on the proposals; and Review the proposed closure of the Allet Road. Page 1 A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross 2 Introduction Improvement studies for this section of single carriageway have been under consideration since the early 1980’s when Cornwall County Council considered improvements for two separate sections between: Carland Cross and Zelah; and Zelah and Chiverton Cross Roundabout The Carland Cross to Zelah scheme was included in the Government’s White Paper: “Roads for Prosperity” in 1989. Further reviews were undertaken as part of the London to South West and South Wales Multi- Modal Study (“SWARMMS”- South West Area Multi- Modal Study) and were reported in 2002. SWARMMS concluded that the section had a significantly higher accident rate than the national average for this type of road and reported that safety improvements be undertaken. Hyder Consulting Limited (HCL) were appointed to review the recommendations from SWARMMS and develop scheme proposals. Traffic Surveys from October 2002 identified that a greater level of traffic flows than indicated by SWARMMS. The figures justified an improvement of the A30 between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross to a dual carriageway standard. The scheme proposals were developed through a series of Value Management workshops (VMW). During the Value Management process many on-line and off-line route options were initially considered. These were subsequently assessed and several eliminated. The remaining route options were then prepared at a greater level of detail to enable the impact of each option to be assessed. Additional environmental and archaeological surveys were undertaken to identify the extent of any constraints. Following further evaluation and consultation the majority of the remaining options were rejected on either environmental, safety or engineering grounds. This left one option, which was taken to Public Consultation. The single preferred option minimises the adverse impact on local environmental and archaeological areas, whilst maintaining good highway engineering standard. In November 2003 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the addition of this scheme to the Targeted Programme of Improvements (TPI). The purpose of the Public Consultation was: To inform on the development of