Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

Local Plan
by Surrey County Council. At this time however there is not sufficient evidence to infer
whether a similar correlation exists at the other locations.
6.29 Local Plan location policies LP01-LP08, confirm the quantity and general location of
new development in the Borough over the plan period. These policies conclude that
development would largely be focussed in the Borough’s Urban Areas and at the
former DERA site in Longcross. Growth is also envisaged at RHUL. Development in all
of these areas over the plan period is likely to increase the number of residents and
businesses in the Borough using the non strategic road network. Specifically, it is
estimated that over the plan period 2011 – 2026, at least 2415 new residential units will
be provided within the general locations as set out in Table 8.
6.30 Strategic policy 9 (SP09): Sustainable Transport which should be read alongside the
location policies states however that it will be sought to reduce reliance on the private
car over the plan period. Reducing the reliance on the private car could in turn reduce
pressure on the non strategic road network (it is however acknowledged that the non
strategic road network provides a transport route for people passing through the
Borough, as well as Borough residents and businesses).
6.31 Across Surrey as a whole, it is expected that car trips will rise by some 19% between
2005 and 2026 and by approximately 15% over this same period in Runnymede. 21
Assuming that the 15% increase in car trips was applicable to the inflow numbers, this
would represent a new inflow of 5,614 per day.
6.32 The Local Plan expects major new developments (for example at the former DERA
site) to provide highway improvements to help mitigate against the transportation
impacts that such developments generate.
6.33 The effects that development in the Borough over the plan period will have on the
strategic and non-strategic road networks are currently being assessed by the SCC
Transportation Modelling team who will report their findings in the TIA for Runnymede
at the end of November 2012.
Future provision
6.34 Whilst the TIA 2012 has not yet been published, Surrey County Council’s technical
note: entitled ‘Transport measures to support growth identified in the Runnymede
Borough Core Strategy’ (June 2012) contains details of the schemes which are
proposed to come forward on the existing transport network in Runnymede over the
plan period. These schemes are summarised as follows:
• Highway improvements at Egham High Street/Church Road, Egham (to be
completed by 2015)-this specifically relates to the provision of 2 new bus
stops/shelters and a signal controlled pedestrian crossing. Further works in
the area are also being carried out on the highway by the developer at their
expense.
• Road safety scheme at Whitehall Lane, Egham
• Widening of High Street and Station Road, adjustment to Church Road and
Crouch Oak Lane, Addlestone
• Safety improvements at A318 Chertsey Road, on approach to Addlestone
Moor roundabout (to be completed by 2015)
• Road safety scheme at Guildford Road/St. Peters Way (to be completed by
2015)
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