Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

6.89 In addition, the Egham Sustainable Transport package is proposed by Surrey County
Council which amongst other measures will seek to:
• provide bus priority and traffic management measures for three routes at up
to 27 locations
• make bus stops accessible and dwell improvements at up to 105 stops on
these routes
• provide multi-modal transport hubs at two key locations
• improve promotion of bus to train interchange opportunities
• provide Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) displays at a minimum of
five key stop pairs and SMS stop plates at all stops within the area
• develop a smartcard product and any associated technological infrastructure
and support, to allow travel on all bus routes.
6.90 As part of the Egham Sustainable Transport package, cycle parking will also be
installed at bus stops which are located close to formal cycle routes, so that they
become multi-modal transport hubs. SCC considers that improving bus patronage on
routes to Heathrow and adjacent areas will support economic growth in Surrey. The
bus routes would connect people to Heathrow and employment sites in Surrey,
including Weybridge and Egham.
6.91 In addition, as part of the development at the former DERA site, an additional bus
service (s) will need to be provided. It is expected that the initial capital cost of the
additional service(s) will be met by the developer, although there is currently no
mechanism in place to ensure that the longer term revenue costs are met by the
developer. It is considered unreasonable to expect the developer to pay for the ongoing
running costs of the bus service. As a result, there is a potential funding shortfall in this
regard.
6.92 The Council also has an aspiration to continue running the Runnymede Yellow Bus
service.
Costs and funding sources
6.93 The Runnymede Business Partnership Yellow School Bus scheme operated by First
Group will continue to require funding to survive over the plan period. It is estimated
that a subsidy of at least £200,000 will be required to run the service annually from
2014. This figure will increase on an annual basis with inflation.
6.94 As noted in the above section, the cost of additional service(s) from the former DERA
site is expected to be initially be met by the developer although the funding source(s)
for the long term running of such a service(s) has not yet been identified.
6.95 The bus stop improvements at the Rowtown junction, and the bus service which is
proposed to be introduced in the Causeway Employment Area are proposed to be
funded by developer contributions although the actual cost of providing these schemes
is unknown.
6.96 The Egham Sustainable Transport package is estimated to cost in the region of £3.7
million and work is proposed to commence in 2015. The funding sources can be seen
in the table below:
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Runnymede IDP DRAFT – February 2013