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Norfolk Constructing Excellence

7 February 2017 David Allfrey David Cumming Giles Perkins Norfolk County Council Mouchel

Introduction

• NATS
• Transport for Norwich
• Norwich Northern Distributor Road
• Transport Future
• Growth & the importance of infrastructure

Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS)

• NATS sets out how the transport system will be developed to

accommodate growth in Norwich and address problems such as congestion

• Implementation Plan (‘Transport for Norwich’) adopted 2010

following extensive consultation and support, including from the business sector (since updated in November 2013) The Strategy:

• Tackling existing transport problems and planning ahead
• Reducing congestion and improving air quality
• Creating reliable, sustainable transport for all
• Maintaining the vitality of the city centre
• Supporting economic growth

Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (2009)

The vision (2009): – To provide the highest possible level of access to and within the strategy area to benefit people’s individual needs and enhance the economic health of the strategy area. To ensure that journeys minimise any adverse impact on people and the built and natural environment. Key issues (2009):

• Population increases and additional housing / jobs
• Minimise impacts on built and natural environment
• Increasing congestion, particularly around north of city
• City centre vitality to be maintained
• Inadequate transport links compromising investment by

industry

• Increasing travel choice and making travel easier
• Tacking social exclusion
• Address air quality issues

Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS)

City Centre circulation

• Ensure Norwich retail status

remains strong and vibrant

• Secure continuing investment
• Improve walking and cycling

access and facilities

• Improve bus service reliability

through bus priority

• Additional bus stop capacity
• Retain access to key city centre

car parks

• Maintain access for goods and

services

Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS)

Bus Rapid Transit and Core Bus Route enhancements. Dereham Road and Newmarket Road already being delivered. Published cycle network in 2012 (enabled city cycle status)

Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS)

Key NATS & TfN delivery:

• City Centre improvements currently being

delivered (Golden Ball Street, Westlegate, Ber Street/Finklegate)

• Cycle Network published 2012 and City

Cycle Ambition projects being delivered

• Bus Rapid Transit being rolled-out on key

corridors

• Postwick Junction complete & Norwich

Northern Distributor Road in construction

• Other previous schemes include -

Norwich Bus Station, St Augustine’s Gyratory, Park & Ride facilities

• City Centre already recently delivered (St

Stephens Street, Chapelfield North).

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Chapelfield North Before and after

Opened up new public transport route from city centre to west of city avoiding lengthy, congested route via ring road Before:

• One way route outbound only

for all traffic After:

• Two way route
• All traffic but to limited

destinations (city-centre through-routes closed)

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Westlegate Before and after

Route pedestrianised (except for deliveries / access) Key pedestrian route between John Lewis and city centre retail core

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Westlegate Completed section

Infrastructure is more than just engineering

• Smart Ticketing
• Park and Ride
• Air Quality
• AtoBetter
• Bus Charter
• Business Travel Pack

Strategic Rail Connections

Great Eastern Main Line

• New Greater Anglia franchise

– Replacement of entire train fleet – Commitment from operator to run Norwich in 90 – Commitment to infrastructure improvements required Ely Area Enhancement

• Key bottleneck for King’s Lynn to London and east west

(passenger and freight) services

• Ely Task Force formed to progress and seek funds for study
• Commitment to infrastructure improvements required

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Rail Journey times

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Destination Distance (miles) Rail time (mins) Rail mph York 210 1-50 115 Manchester 200 2-08 92 Leeds 195 2-13 87 Bristol 118 1-25 83 Birmingham 118 1-25 83 Ipswich 77 1-10 66 Norwich 115 1-50 63

Northern Distributor Road is a key element of NATS:

• Transport plans for Norwich are dependent on delivering the

Northern Distributor Road. Main aims of the Northern Distributor Road are to:

• Bring much needed traffic relief for communities to the north and east
• f Norwich and the city centre, and improve accessibility
• Free up road space enabling the implementation of NATS
• Help support and encourage economic growth outlined in the

adopted Joint Core Strategy (employment and housing).

• Provide direct access to Norwich International Airport

Northern Distributor Road

• NDR forms part of adopted Joint Core Strategy
• JCS includes 10000 new homes (Norwich North East Growth

Triangle) – and up to 12000 long term jobs

• Postwick directly releases potential for 1600 new homes

(planning consent already in place – but delayed by Network Rail approvals relating to access road)

• It provides a direct connection to/from an international airport

to the Strategic Road Network

• Improves connection to/from the GY Enterprise Zone which

supports the offshore energy industry and supply chain.

Northern Distributor Road

Northern Distributor Road

Development Consent Order – Process

Northern Distributor Road

Pre- application Acceptance Pre- examination Examination Decision Post- decision

The Inspectorate has 28 days to decide whether the application meets the required standards to proceed to examination including whether the developer’s consultation has been adequate. Look out for information in local media and in public places near the location of the proposed project, such as your library. The developer will be developing their proposals and will consult widely. You can now register as an interested party; you will be kept informed of progress and opportunities to put your case. Inspectors will hold a Preliminary Meeting and set the timetable for examination. You can send in your comments in writing. You can request to speak at a public hearing. The Inspectorate has 6 months to carry out the examination. A recommendation to the relevant Secretary of State will be issued by the Inspectorate within 3

• months. The Secretary of State

then has a further 3 months to issue a decision on the proposal . There is the

• pportunity for

legal challenge. . Timescales shown in bold are the legal maximum.

Northern Distributor Road NSIP Application

Construction Progress

• Mobilisation from 26 November 2015
• Works started 4 January 2016
• Programme completion date is February 2018
• Target road opening date is December 2017
• Challenging timescales given scale of project
• Safety record – Year 1 completed with over 570,000 man

hours with no recorded incident (target now is 1,000,000)

• Key risk is now winter weather
• So far so good……………….

Northern Distributor Road

Environment

• Archaeological investigation complete on 22ha

(including a wartime Mustang crash site in Rackheath)

• Over 300ha of site clearance (5000 trees)
• 7km of newt fence installed and maintained
• Over 2,000 amphibians, including 587 great

crested newts, 488 smooth newts, 885 toads and 103 frogs, trapped and moved. Newt dog Rocky helped clear sites.

• Tree, shrub and hedge planting underway
• Four newt habitat ponds created
• 81 bat roost boxes installed
• Two bat roost barns built
• Over 100 bird boxes put up

Northern Distributor Road

Fencing and drainage

• 42km of fencing complete - 2km

remaining

• 10 km of drainage installed so far-

23km remaining

• 20 Drainage lagoons created – 7

remaining

• Ditch and lagoon excavated to

protect Wensum Valley Utility Service diversions

• 50 Utility service diversions changed
• ver or ready – 30 remaining
• High Pressure gas main (right)

diversion completed

Northern Distributor Road

Earthworks

• 512,000 cubic metres of topsoil strip

(almost complete)

• 1.2 million cubic metres of bulk

excavation – 0.3 cubic metres remaining Completed roundabouts

• The stretch of the NDR from the A1067

Fakenham Road to the A140 Cromer Road junction is furthest advanced.

• Fakenham Road, Fir Covert Road and

Reepham Road roundabouts are complete and already being used by traffic.

Northern Distributor Road

Bridges

• Marriott’s Way and Bell Farm Track -

Concrete bases, columns and central pier poured, reinforced earth walls complete

• Cromer Road (A140) - Bases and columns
• poured. Reinforced earth walls on-going
• Buxton Rd - Bases, columns and central

pier poured. Reinforced earth walls complete. Crosshead beams and deck very soon

• Newman Road - Excavated, with works to

structure to commence soon

• Plumstead Road (right) - Piling, and bases

completed, walls and deck beams soon

• Rackheath Railway - piling works
• completed. North and south abutment bases

poured: Bridge beams on by Easter 2017

• Middle Road Piling complete.

Northern Distributor Road

Future Transport Infrastructure

Infrastructure and Growth

Norfolk’s Economy

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Previous Growth

Since the early 90s –25,000 new dwellings have been built across the NATS area –The population has increased by 40,000 –The number of jobs has grown by up to 30,000

Planned Growth

Bucking national footfall trends, Norwich saw footfall figures +2.7 against national figures of

• 2% in 2015

(Source: Norwich Business Prospectus 2015, Norwich BID)

Planned Growth

The Joint Core Strategy targets: –The delivery of 30,000 new houses, and –A similar number of new jobs between 2012 and 2026

Future Development Plan

• Current review of the Joint Local Plan
• Norwich Area Transportation Strategy

review will be undertaken in tandem with the Local Plan review

• The majority of the work, including

modelling and consultation will be carried

• ut during 2017.

What else is going on across Norfolk?

Norwich Western Link

A47 Trunk Road

• Crucial east west trunk road route across northern East Anglia
• Connects to A1 at Peterborough for journeys to the north and the

Midlands

• Largely single-carriageway
• Road does not fulfil its role as part of the strategic network
• Further major growth is planned along the whole route

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A47 Trunk Road

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Roads Investment Strategy 1:

• A47 Alliance: successful advocacy to

secure £300m investment

• Working with Highways England to

enable successful delivery

• Pushing for early delivery

Roads Investment Strategy 2:

• Working with A47 Alliance on case for

priorities from A1 to Lowestoft

• Norfolk’s priorities:
• Acle Straight dualling
• Tilney to East Winch dualling

Gt Yarmouth Third River Crossing

New river bridge to connect trunk road to Port and Enterprise Zone area:

• Economic growth hub in the South Denes

peninsula

• Enterprise Zone, Great Yarmouth Energy

Park, the South Denes Business Park and the deep water outer harbour, operated by Peel Ports Lack of connectivity severely inhibits movement in Great Yarmouth resulting in congestion and ultimately limiting the economic potential of the Great Yarmouth

Gt Yarmouth Third River Crossing

• County Council already committed close

to £4m

• Successful bid for Large Local Major

Transport Scheme funding

• Outline Business Case being developed

for March 2017

• £2m Growth Deal commitment to further

develop scheme

• Potential delivery start 2021

Your challenge!

Thank you – Any questions?