Supporting documents - Renfrewshire Council

10. TRAFFIC
10.1 Introduction
Dawn Developments Ltd/467374673/Queen’s Quay Masterplan EIA/KD
04/01/2012
Major Mixed Use Development, Queen's Quay, Clydebank
EIA Scoping Report
A Transport Assessment (TA) is being prepared for the proposed Development and a
report on the findings of this assessment will be submitted to WDC with the planning
application as part of a package of supplementary information. The TA report will be
submitted as a stand alone document and will not form part of the ES; however, a
summary of the findings of the TA report will be provided within the ES.
10.2 Traffic Assessment method
The purpose of the TA being undertaken is to appraise the existing site accessibility from
the surrounding road networks (over the full range of traffic modes) and will identify
impacts associated with the day-to-day traffic movements associated with the
Development.
The project team is in ongoing dialogue with the WDC Roads Officers with respect to the
development of the TA and the scope of the TA has been broadly agreed with them.
The TA will generally follow the advice set out in the Scottish Government publication
‘Transport Assessment and Implementation – a Guide’ 9 and will be developed with
reference to current national and local policies including adopted transport polices and
national Scottish Planning Policy (SPP).
The key aims of the TA will be:
• to set out the baseline conditions (including pedestrian and cycle networks, public
transport availability and local road networks) taking into account the influence
and scale of approved (committed) development in the area;
• to assess the baseline conditions and report on the impact of the development in
comparison to the ‘committed’ base situation; and
• to provide an outline Travel Plan for the scheme.
It is proposed that the approach to traffic assessment within the TA will utilise a technique
known as microsimulation modelling. A series of traffic surveys have been undertaken,
principally along the Glasgow Road corridor, and these will be used to help build the
traffic model and inform the assessment. Validation of the traffic modelling will be
undertaken in line with criteria outlined within the Department for Transport publication
‘Design Manual for Roads and Bridges’.
9 Scottish Executive. August 2005. Transport Assessment and Implementation – a Guide.
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