East End Transport Scheme

Community Infrastructure Fund bid

In March 2009 Plymouth was awarded £9.78million to improve transport in the East End area of the city.

We submitted a bid to the Department for Transport and the Department of Communities and Local Government in April 2008 for a share of the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). This funding is designed to support the transport infrastructure costs required to enable faster housing development in areas identified for a substantial growth in the population.

The CIF bid provides options for managing the increased traffic along the Eastern Corridor which is expected to be generated by the significant developments proposed at Langage, Sherford and Plymstock Quarry. The Eastern Corridor includes the main routes into the city from Plymstock over Laira Bridge and through the East End. The construction of the East End part of the scheme will now be brought forward to 2010 to 2011 and will be delivered before the Eastern Corridor developments are built.

Transport improvements for the East End will include:

• widening of Gdynia Way to provide an additional lane to flow in the eastbound (opposite) direction and future option for tidal flow operation (similar to that used at the Tamar Bridge) to maximise the efficiency of road space
• re-routing of cycle lane facilities to provide a more direct and safer route
• relocation of Marsh Mills bound traffic from Embankment Road onto the new capacity on Gdynia Way
• Plymstock bound traffic from Marsh Mills relocated from Hele’s Terrace to a new link on Embankment Lane
• creation of a new public transport priority route between Cattedown Roundabout, continuing along Laira Bridge Road to Hele’s Terrace
• public transport and local traffic-only link on Embankment Road between Florence Place and Lucas Terrace with a bus gate at Hele’s Terrace
• improvements to the public realm along Embankment Road
• improvements to pedestrian crossing facilities at Hele’s Terrace
• improvements in local highway safety for Prince Rock school
• improvements to air quality, noise, road safety and congestion along Embankment Road

The full business case can be downloaded from the documents table below.

Documents

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	Section one - promoter information - executive summary, contents page and promoter information. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 236.6KB
	Section two - strategic fit - how the CIF proposals contribute to the City Council's longer term regeneration and economic objectives for the city. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 721.2KB
	Section three - project development - the development of the project and the options considered. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1MB
	Section four - project proposal - the preferred option for the project, the improvements that will result and the key outcomes and objectives that will be delivered. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.8MB
	Section five - project delivery - how the project will be delivered, the organisations involved and the timescales proposed. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 393KB
	Section six - risk management - risks to the project, their assessment and how they will be managed. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 61.9KB
	Section seven (part one) assessment - fixed land use appraisal - economic appraisal of the project including environmental, heritage, landscape, townscape, visual, accident , security, accessibility, walking, cycling and traffic assessments. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 2MB
	Section eight (part two) assessment - impacts of scheme dependent development - assessment of the level of housing that the CIF proposals could release. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 210.2KB
	Section nine - references - list of references contained within the document. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 36.5KB
	Section ten - appendix A (letters of support) - copies of letters received in support of the CIF bid. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 455.8KB
	CIF bid proposals plan - plan showing the main transport improvements proposed within the CIF bid. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 2MB
	CIF general arrangement plan - plan showing the outline highway design proposed within the CIF bid. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 2MB
	Cycle network improvements plan - plan showing the improvements for cyclists proposed within the CIF bid. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1MB
	Public realm improvements plan - plan showing the public realm improvements proposed within the CIF bid. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 2.1MB

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