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Stakeholder Conference May 2018

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Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Stakeholder Conference

• 1. Welcome & Introductions

Context

Agenda

Item Subject Lead 1

Welcome & introductions

• Objectives and format of the event

Matt Stafford

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Keynote Address

• Keynote Address by Iain Stewart

Iain Stewart MP

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Strategic Case for the Expressway

• Strategic Case for the Scheme

Philip Andrews Department for Transport

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Driving Growth in the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

• Ministry of Housing, Communities, & Local Government

Ben Whitlock MHCLG

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Factors Informing Corridor Decision and an update on Current Work

• Introduction
• Aim of Stage 1
• Corridor Options and Assessment
• Constraints and Opportunities
• Growth Potential
• Traffic Modelling
• Stakeholder Engagement

Matt Stafford

Agenda

Item Subject Lead 6

East West Rail Chris Nicholson (EWR)

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Question and Answers DfT/ MHCLG/ HE/EWR

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A14 Case Study- Lessons Learnt through Working with Stakeholders to Deliver Wider Benefits

• Process the team went through
• What could be applied to Ox-Cam

Emily Dawson Gerard Smith

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Looking Ahead- How Stakeholders Can Shape the Legacy for the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

• Incorporating Legacy into the Ox-Cam Project

Matt Stafford

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Informal Workshops Sessions and Market Stalls All

Iain Stewart MP

Milton Keynes South

Keynote Address

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 2. Keynote Address by Iain Stewart MP

Philip Andrews Deputy Director Futures Road Investment Strategy Department for Transport

Strategic Case for the Expressway

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 4. Strategic Case for the Expressway Missing Link

and the Wider Context

Policy Context

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The Strategic Case

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 There is a lack of strategic east-west transport connectivity within the Oxford-Milton Keynes- Cambridge region  Without intervention east-west connectivity issues will likely constrain growth and exacerbate congestion, delays and journey time reliability issues  There is shortage of affordable homes across the region, investment in infrastructure would help unlock development sites for new homes  An Expressway could bring knowledge-intensive firms closer together, creating larger labour and product markets, boost the technology and knowledge economy through agglomeration.

November 2016

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National Infrastructure Commission – Partnering for Prosperity

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‘The proposed East West Rail and Expressway schemes must be built as quickly as possible to unlock land for new homes and provide a better service for those who already live across the arc. They must also be futureproofed with the capacity to expand. Local areas must work collaboratively to make the most of these new opportunities, thinking more boldly than before, both now and in the long- term’.

Our Investment Decisions Are Evidence Based

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Appraisal and evaluation provides objective analysis to support government decision making in five areas: Strategic case:

• does it make an impact and match policy ambitions?

Economic case:

• is this Value for Money, and a good use of taxpayers

money for benefits delivered? Financial case:

• can we afford it?

Management case:

• can we deliver it and on time?

Commercial case:

• have we procured the best deal from supply chain?

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Strategic Objectives

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Connectivity Strategic Transformation Economic Growth Environment Skills and Accessibility Planning for the Future Innovation

Working with partners

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DfT will commission and fund a connectivity study, led by England’s Economic Heartland, on how communities not on the Expressway itself can still benefit

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What next?

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Completion of analytical work and technical assurance – May / June Development of the Corridor Assessment Report – June 2018 Ministerial Decision on corridor choice – summer 2018 Corridor Announcement – summer 2018 Commission the wider connectivity study – autumn 2018

Thank you

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Philip Andrews Deputy Director Future Road Investment Strategy Department for Transport

Ben Whitlock Ministry of Housing, Communities, & Local Government

Driving Growth in the Cambridge- Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 4. Driving Growth in the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-

Oxford Corridor

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Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor Delivering our shared ambition

B e n W h i t l o c k , H e a d o f I n f r a s t r u c t u r e C i t i e s a n d L o c a l G r o w t h U n i t M a y 2 0 1 8

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CAMBRIDGE MILTON KEYNES OXFORD CORRIDOR WHY IT IS IMPORTANT

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• The Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor is globally significant.
• Two of its universities are ranked in the global top four.
• It competes on an international scale for science investment.
• There are key industry concentrations such as IT, life sciences,

automotive, engineering and professional services.

• The National Infrastructure Commission found that, with the right

interventions, annual output from the corridor in 2050 could be £254bn – an increase of £163bn on 2014 figures, approximately doubling the growth expected without intervention.

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CAMBRIDGE-MILTON KEYNES-OXFORD CORRIDOR GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE – AUTUMN BUDGET 2017

• Inviting the corridor to work with the Government on

a vision to 2050.

• Support for the NIC’s ambition for 1 million new

homes in the corridor by 2050; including working with places on housing deals, and considering new settlements and development corporations.

• A Housing deal with Oxfordshire committing to a

target of 100,000 homes by 2031.

• Inviting Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to

become trailblazers for the development of ambitious Local Industrial Strategies.

• Inviting local partners to work with DIT with the aim
• f boosting inward investment and exports.
• Urging local authorities in the corridor to use existing

land value capture mechanisms and new mechanisms being consulted upon, and to consider a Strategic Infrastructure Tariff, to ensure local communities benefit from investments.

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CAMBRIDGE-MILTON KEYNES-OXFORD CORRIDOR GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE – AUTUMN BUDGET 2017

• Funding confirmation for completing the Western

Section of East-West Rail (EWR) from Oxford to Bedford and Aylesbury to Milton Keynes by 2024.

• Creating a new EWR company, who can also

accelerate the delivery of the Central Section of EWR between Bedford and Cambridge.

• Development funding for a potential Cambridge

South station and for studies looking at rail connectivity in Cambridgeshire/East Anglia and Oxfordshire.

• Commitment to an Expressway ‘missing link’

between the M1 and Oxford for opening by 2030.

• Commissioning England’s Economic Heartland to

study how areas not on the Expressway can still benefit.

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CAMBRIDGE MILTON KEYNES OXFORD CORRIDOR GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE – WORK UNDERWAY During 2018, Government has developed an across-department programme to ensure decisions on connectivity, place-making and economic growth are made in a joined-up way:

• A cross Whitehall governance structure – ensuring a single point of oversight across

Government at the most senior levels.

• Inviting local partners to shape a cross corridor vision to 2050 – bringing together

connectivity, place making and economic growth.

• Ensuring Highways England, EWR Company and other delivery partners continue to

develop the transport commitments made at Autumn Budget 2017, providing confidence to local partners and investors about the Government’s commitment to the corridor.

• Working through housing deal options across the corridor, and exploring ways to achieving

the 1 million new homes ambition. This will be a long term endeavour, requiring an uplift in delivery of high quality, sustainable homes and settlements over many decades, if the corridor’s full potential it to be met and its built and natural capital enhanced.

• Working with individual LEPs to shape their trailblazer Local Industrial Strategies.

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Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Project Team

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 5. Factors Informing Corridor Decision and an

update on Current Work

Matt Stafford Project Director Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Introduction and Aim of Stage 1

Introduction

• Aim of Stage 1
• Project Intervention Objectives
• Corridor Assessment Process
• Corridor Options
• Constraints and Opportunities
• Growth Potential
• Stakeholder Engagement

Background

Strategic Study Interim Report. Established the case for intervention Strategic Study Stage 3 Report. Shortlisted 3 corridor options

Overall aim of stage 1

• Select a corridor
• Develop route options
• Prepare for non-statutory consultation
• Split into two sub-stages:

– Stage 1a – corridor selection – Stage 1b – route option development

Aim of Stage 1A

• Identification of the corridor which performs best

against the project strategic objectives

• Collect data to allow for an evidenced based

assessment of each corridor’s performance

• Engage with stakeholders to develop an

appreciation of their views

• Identify known problems and opportunities within

the expressway corridor

• Produce a Corridor Assessment Report to

recommend a preferred corridor to take forward

Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle

Simon Beaney Technical Project Manager Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Corridor Options and Assessment

Study Area

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Corridor A

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Corridor B

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Corridor C

All Corridors

Factors Informing Corridor Recommendation

Strategic Delivery Assessment Strategic Outline Business Case Assessment against Strategic Objectives

Assessment against Strategic Objectives

• Connectivity
• Strategic Transformation
• Economic Growth
• Skills and Accessibility
• Planning for the Future
• Environment
• Innovation

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Ox-Cam Strategic Objective - Example

• 1. Connectivity

Connectivity DfT Strategic Objective

• Provide an east-west strategic road link between

Milton Keynes and Oxford that delivers enhanced connectivity through faster, safer and more reliable connections across the corridor in the broad arc from Oxford to Cambridge via Milton Keynes

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Ox-Cam Intervention Objectives- Example

• 1. Connectivity

Connectivity Intervention Objectives

• Reduce journey times
• Improve journey time reliability
• Promote resilience
• Safety performance of the project delivery
• Safety performance of the finished product

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Corridor Assessment Framework Each objective is assessed against a 7 point scale:

Highly Advantageous Moderately Advantageous Slightly Advantageous Neutral Slightly Disadvantageous Moderately Disadvantageous Highly Disadvantageous

Sifting – assessing the performance of each corridor

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Intervention objective Assessment Overall Strategic Objective Assessment

The performance of each corridor against each strategic objective using a 7-point scale and the performance of each corridor against each sub-

• bjective informs this

Corridor Assessment Summary Table

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Project

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Adrian Dawes Environment Lead Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Constraints and Opportunities

Project Mapper

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Environment

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Rory Brooke Growth Lead Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Growth Potential

Growth

• High level ambition for transformative growth

across the arc

• Expressway can support and assist in delivery of

this growth

• Capacity of each corridor to facilitate

expressway dependent growth is assessed

• Performance assessment of each corridor is

based on current available information

Data from:

• Glennigan Database
• Published Local Plans

Total of 1,600 sites mapped

Map of Existing Planned Development

Mechanics – additional growth / allocated sites

Additional growth: development that the provision of Oxford to Cambridge Expressway could support Permitted and allocated Sites: Developments which are already permitted or allocated in local plans Capacity of expressway to support development

Emerging Growth Considerations

• Housing numbers
• Balance of jobs and workers
• Sustainable development
• Productivity

Ian Dudgeon Traffic and Economics Lead Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Traffic Modelling

• Development of traffic model
• Data collection – March
• Volumetric traffic counts at over

240 locations

• Turning movement counts at 12

locations

• Preparation for traffic

forecasting

• Discussions with Local

authorities

• Collation of Local Plan

information for creation of Reference Growth Forecast

Traffic, Appraisal and Economics – ongoing work

Journey Time Savings

Corridor Indicative Journey Time Savings in 2041 A 31 to 40 minutes B1 25 to 32 minutes B2/B3 31 to 40 minutes C1 20 to 29 minutes C2/C3 25 to 33 minutes M4 J13 at Chieveley to M1 J13 at Milton Keynes

Lisa Levy and Siobhan Adeleke Stakeholder Engagement Team Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement Strategic level recommendation so we have targeted key stakeholders to engage and inform the process

• Ongoing engagement since project inception in

2015

• Intensification of engagement over the last 6

months in the run up to corridor choice

• Through SRG’s, Members Forums, one-to-one

and written representations

Engagement in Stage 1A

• December 2017 – 5 SRG meetings
• January 2018 – APPG
• February – Members’ Forum, Request for

Written Representations & start of technical engagement

• March – SSG & 6 SRG meetings
• April – requested meetings
• May – Members’ Forum & Conference
• June – 1st Parliamentary Forum
• July - SSG & SRG meetings
• Requested meetings where feasible

Request for written representations – February 2018

• Stakeholders asked to provide feedback on the

corridors to inform the analysis

• Designed to draw out the issues, concerns and
• pportunities associated with each of the

corridors, without asking for technical detail on specific locations

Key points from March SRG Workshops

• Theme 1- Connectivity
• Theme 2- Growth
• Theme 3- Environment

Feedback from sessions

• Happy with structure and organisation
• Next time ask stakeholders to submit questions

in advance

• Quality range of comments on corridors received

Environment including Biodiviersity and Water Planning, Growth and Strategy Congestion, Connectivity and Accessibility Safety Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Design, Construction and Cost

Key Themes from the Stakeholder Representations

Key Themes from Representations

Engagement next steps

• Regular meetings with stakeholders during route
• ption development
• Non-statutory consultation in Stage 2 – expected

Autumn 2019

• Statutory consultation in Stage 3

How can we engage better? Welcome suggestions on engagement, talk to the team or attend the engagement workshop after lunch

Break

• 15 mins

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Chris Nicholson East West Railway

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• 6. East West Railway

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East West Railway

Chris Nicholson

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East West Railway

Agenda

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• Context
• Progress to date
• Integration Highways England and EWR Co.

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East West Railway

Introductory Context

“A contestable market has few barriers to entry and a threat of competition to incumbents. Increased contestability can lead to greater innovation, better value for money and deliver more for customers.”

Hansford Review June 2017

“I am determined to create an environment where innovative third party companies can compete for and directly deliver railway projects.”

Mark Carne (Network Rail) responding to the Hansford Review

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Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge Corridor

• 3.3m population
• 175,000

businesses

• 1.6m jobs
• Contributes

£90bn to GDP

• Hosts high-tech /

life sciences / space / engineering

• World leading

universities

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National Infrastructure Commission Report 2017

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Key transport messages:

• Commit £1bn for delivery of the

EWR Western Section by 2023

• By 2030 deliver EWR Central

Section

• Deliver the Oxford-Cambridge

Expressway by 2030

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East West Railway

Autumn 2017 Budget

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Funding for transport across England: Transport links along the Cambridge- Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor will be improved by:

• Completing the rail link between Oxford

and Bedford, and Aylesbury and Milton Keynes

• Setting up a new East West Rail

Company to speed up work on the rail link between Bedford and Cambridge

• £5 million to help develop plans for

Cambridge South Station

• Building the Expressway road between

Oxford and Cambridge

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East West Railway

Strategic Vision for Rail:

‘…By 2024 the western section of East West Rail will be complete, allowing services between Oxford and Bedford, and Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. We are also establishing a new East West Rail company to accelerate delivery of the central section between Bedford and Cambridge, aiming for completion by the mid-2020s, and to explore securing private-sector involvement to design, build and operate the route as an integrated organisation…’

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Our Objectives

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“….I will begin by looking at the reopening

• f the link from Oxford to Cambridge, to

support a range of opportunities including housing, science, technology and innovation. I am going to establish East West Rail as a new and separate organisation, to accelerate the permissions needed to reopen the route, and to secure private sector involvement to design, build and

• perate the route as an integrated
• rganisation….”

Rt Hon Chris Grayling

EWRco

Customer focus Effective Delivery Private Sector Involvement Agent for growth

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Delivering Our Objectives

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• Alignment of objectives into an integrated business case
• Support the socio and economic objectives of the entire

corridor

• Right train service, route selection and delivery methodology

Growth

• Opportunity to test vertical integration
• Will still be interfaces to manages
• Clear line of sight to the customer

Customer focus

• Clarity of purpose, objectives and scope
• Singularly focused team
• Right procurement

Effective Delivery

• Empowered scheme promotors
• Land value capture
• Remove barriers and be accessible

Private Sector involvement

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Oxford Aylesbury

Western Section

Bedford Bletchley / Milton Keynes

Route Sections

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Ipswich Norwich

Eastern Section

Cambridge

Central Section

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The Western Section

Oxford – Bicester (Phase 1)

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Bicester – Claydon Jn.

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Claydon Jn. - Bletchley

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Claydon Jn. - Aylesbury

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HS2 Interface

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Bletchley - Bedford

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• Design work ongoing
• Ecological mitigation works in progress
• Transport & Works Act Order application Q2, 2018
• Enabling works commence September 2018
• Target service commencement dates:
• 2022: Oxford – Bicester – Milton Keynes / Bedford
• 2024: Aylesbury – Milton Keynes

Western Section Timescales

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The Central Section

Bedford – Cambridge

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Three Key Areas of focus

1 3

• Route selection
• Economic modelling and business case
• Facilitating economic growth
• Consents
• Delivery model
• Contestability and innovation through private sector involvement (Back

to Hansford)

• Alignment of incentives / Customer first
• Off balance sheet
• Value for money
• Deliver more for customers
• Land value capture

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Route Options

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• Range of costs (c.£2.0bn - £3.5bn+)
• Differing journey times (c.24 – 30 mins Bedford –

Cambridge)

• Differing growth and development potential
• Differing impacts (ecology, environment etc.)

Route choices

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5-Apr-17

• Option testing and refinement ongoing
• Public consultation Q4, 2018
• Development Consent Order application mid 2021
• Start of services late 2027

Central Section Timescales

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Integration between Highways England & EWR Co.

• Western Section EWR route fixed: Expressway choice.
• Central Section EWR route choice: Expressway fixed.
• Both using as far as possible common advisors Savills, Jacobs, KPMG and

approaches.

• Work with Homes England to ensure decisions on development location, rail and

road aligned.

• Considering development of common transport economic model to ensure

consistency and avoid double – counting.

• Cross - Whitehall Programme Board to ensure housing and economic

development, road and rail properly integrated.

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Ox-Cam Stakeholder Conference

• 7. Questions and Answers Panel

DfT, Highways England, MHCLG and EWR

Emily Dawson & Gerard Smith

A14 Case Study- Lessons Learnt through Working with Stakeholders to Deliver Wider Benefits

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 8. A14 Case Study- Lessons Learnt through Working

with Stakeholders to Deliver Wider Benefits

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme

Leaving a lasting legacy

Gerard Smith & Emily Dawson

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme - Headlines

• £1.5b improvement to A14 and A1
• 25 miles of Dual 3 and Dual 4 Carriageway
• Construction commenced – end 2016
• Main works due by December 2020
• Over 2000 construction Jobs
• 10 million cubic metres of material to be moved

Context

The Scheme

• 85,000 vehicles per

day

• 25% HGVs
• Traffic Growth of 25%

by 2025

Why do we need to improve the A14

Why Do we Need the A14  Combating congestion  Journey time improvements

• Journey reliability improvements

 Unlocking growth  Connecting People  Improving Safety  Building a Legacy

The Legacy of the A14 scheme

Our approach to legacy

• Maximising broader outcomes of investment in

infrastructure

• Delivering benefits to communities along the

A14 corridor

• Working in partnership with local stakeholders to

delivery shared priorities

Local and community benefits

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Local and community benefits

Local and community benefits Helping address local flooding

Local and community benefits

A vision for the borrow pits

Local and community benefits

Encouraging leisure

Local and community benefits

Huntingdon – removal of the railway viaduct

Local and community benefits

Huntingdon – a town transformed

Video

https://we.tl/TobHd4aG2M

Local and community benefits

Real jobs for local people Encouraging diversity in construction

Thank you

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Matt Stafford Project Director Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Looking Ahead- How Stakeholders Can Shape the Legacy for the Cambridge- Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stakeholder Conference

• 9. Looking Ahead- How Stakeholders Can Shape the

Legacy for the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor

Informal Workshops

• Environment, Growth & Economic Development –

providing an opportunity to view mapping and discuss the different considerations analysed as part of the corridor sifting process.

• Wider benefits - generating a discussion on the wider

benefits of the scheme including the potential to access Designated Funds.

• Stakeholder engagement - the opportunity to contribute

to the planned engagement process for Stage 1B.

Market Stalls

• Expressway concept
• Innovation in HE
• Designated Funds team
• HE Operations
• A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet team
• A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon team
• 2050 Long Term View
• England’s Economic Heartland
• Homes England
• Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust

Lunch Break

• 40 mins

Informal Workshops and Market Stall