Economic development strategy - London Borough of Hillingdon

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TRANSPORT AND HEATHROW Transport issues Hillingdon is a transport hub transected by three motorways and the Great Western Railway; the borough is also home to two busy airports and three tube lines. Strategically Hillingdon is the ‘Gateway to the London/the West’. Despite the abundance of public transport routes through and to the borough, Hillingdon has the highest proportion of car ownership per head of population within London. All major public transport routes are radial. The majority of commuting from Hillingdon is undertaken by car with 59.7% of work journeys by borough residents made by car, the highest figure of any London borough. Non-borough residents hold 66% of jobs in Hillingdon, many of these commuters are likely to travel into the borough by car on a daily basis. Hillingdon is also perceived to be far enough out of London to be a good stopping point for people wanting to do business in central London without the hassle of commuting in or entering the central London congestion charging zone. Blockage on any one of the borough’s arterial routes causes gridlock on the other parallel arteries. Such circumstances are not unusual and raise questions about the longterm sustainability of the borough’s transportation network. The high level of commuting in and out of the borough causes considerable congestion, road safety concerns, air pollution and environmental degradation. Businesses frequently cite congestion and car parking restrictions as a major disadvantage of doing business in Hillingdon. Deliveries to businesses are particularly affected by congestion. There is a high number of warehousing, storage and logistics businesses in the borough, many of which are linked to Heathrow Airport and represent the largest business sector in the borough, providing employment to 32.2% of Hillingdon residents (Annual Business Inquiry 2002). The amount of freight on Hillingdon roads is set to grow largely as a result of trends in supermarket business and EU directives on HGV driving hours. Freight businesses need logistics parks, distribution centres and free-flowing traffic to function effectively. West London Freight Quality Partnership is currently investigating the issues around freight movement in West London. To optimise the function and efficiency of public transport and thereby encourage people out of their own cars, transport interchanges need to be effective and fully integrated. Hillingdon needs to develop a vision for effective modal interchanges and campaign to drive the vision through to implementation. The borough also has an ambitious programme to implement a green travel plan, which aims to reduce congestion on the roads and promote alternative means of travel. It is clear however, that given projections on the rising levels of car ownership and rising numbers of commuters into central London, more creative thought is needed to avoid spiralling pollution, environmental degradation, stress and dissatisfaction. Tempering ambitions for creative solutions to our transport problems is the recognition, echoed by the Mayor’s transport strategy, that for outer London boroughs such as Hillingdon, the car will remain the main mode of transport in the future and this must be reflected in future transport strategies. Easy access to affordable car parking is of vital importance to businesses in the borough. Fifty four percent of customers to Uxbridge town centre are from outside the borough and the smaller, neighbourhood shopping centres rely heavily on passing trade. It is clear that any growth in commercial floor space in Uxbridge town centre will increase pressure on current car parking provision and the road infrastructure. Other town centres pursue transport policies that are deliberately ‘unfriendly’ to cars, but in most circumstance such 9 HILLINGDON’S ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY 2005-2015 - A PROSPEROUS BOROUGH
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Foreword Hillingdon’s ec
Page 5 and 6: Hillingdon’s economy, our aspirat
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Page 9 and 10: Key economic opportunity areas © C
Page 11: Transport and Heathrow
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Page 19 and 20: EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND THE KNOWL
Page 27 and 28: EQUALITIES Equalities issues The pr
Page 29 and 30: HILLINGDON FOR BUSINESS AND THE HIL
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Page 37 and 38: HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF
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Page 41 and 42: APPENDIX 3 A prosperous borough Act
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