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POPE Five Years After Evaluation: A10 Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End BypassHistory of the Scheme2.11 The history of the scheme and key events within the area can be summarised as follows:DateEventOctober 1988 Public ConsultationJanuary 1989 Preferred Route AnnouncedSeptember 1991 Public InquiryFebruary 1993 Secretary of State decision1994 Priority 2 scheme in Trunk Roads in England 1994 Review1995/1996 Scheme removed from Programme1997 Strong support for scheme in 1997 Roads Review ConsultationJuly 1998Scheme included in Targeted Programme of Improvements (TPI)January 2001 Secretary of State decisionMay 2001Orders madeFebruary 2002 Contract awardedApril 2002Start of scheme construction8 th October 2004 Scheme opened and old Road de-trunkedOctober 2006 A10 Bypass de-trunked2.12 The bypass was originally due to open in December 2003, but was delayed due to acarriageway construction problem.Scheme Support2.13 The bypass had long standing support in the local community, businesses and localcouncillors.2.14 The FYA evaluation included a survey of residents (see section 3 for further details) in thefour bypassed villages and this included a question to ascertain residents’ level of support forthe scheme. A summary of the responses to the question are shown for each village below:Table 2.1 – Scheme SupportVillage In favour Opposed Don't KnowThundridge 37 (93%) 2 (5%) 1 (2%)Wadesmill 48 (94%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%)High Cross 30 (79%) 6 (16%) 2 (5%)Colliers End 7 (100%) 0 0Overall 122 (90%) 10 (7%) 4 (3%)2.15 Table 2.1 shows:Overall, 90% of residents were in favour of the bypass;Strong support for the bypass in all villages; andAlthough, 16% of residents in High Cross were opposed to the bypass, of the 6 whowere opposed 5 were in the part of the village closest to the new road (zone 6 on Figure3.3).2.16 Most of the residents who were in favour of the bypass and provided comments citedexpected reductions in traffic and congestion and improved safety on the old A10 as the5093835/POPE A10 Wadesmill FYA final_15_04_11.doc 6
POPE Five Years After Evaluation: A10 Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End Bypassreason for their support. Others expected that noise and air quality would be improved.Others mentioned generally that they expected quality of life in their village would beimproved.2.17 The small number who stated they opposed the bypass commented on loss oftrees/countryside, one resident thought the scheme would harm his business and another thatnew housing development would follow the scheme opening.2.18 In addition, residents who have lived in their village for less than five years (i.e., after thebypass opened) were asked whether the bypass influenced their decision to move to thearea. Of the 15 residents who had lived in the area less than five years 12 responded thebypass did influence their decision. Some of them made comments that expanded on theiranswers and the following are representative of the replies:“Had it not been built we would never had moved to Thundridge as the traffic to go throughThundridge to Wadesmill and up to High Cross was horrendous.“ Thundridge Resident“We looked at purchasing a property in Colliers End prior to bypass but owing to how busyroad was we elected to wait. The road is very quiet in comparison to how it used to be.”Colliers End ResidentSummary of Findings from the One Year After Study2.19 The one year after study report was published in 2007 and its main conclusions aresummarised below:The bypass was used by 26,000 vehicles per day;Over 80% of traffic from the old road had transferred to the bypass;Traffic was reduced on the minor roads adjacent to the old A10, indicating a reduction inrat-running;There was some evidence of traffic re-routing from parallel roads in the area;Traffic forecasts underestimated the volumes on the bypass and the old road;Journey times using the bypass had improved by between 1.5 and 7 minutes comparedto the old road before opening;Slower journey times through the villages due to traffic calming and speeds limits;There were no serious or fatal accidents on the new or old routes in the first year afteropening;Total accidents were reduced by a third, a saving of 8 accidents in the first year;The outturn scheme cost was £40.2 million, compared to a forecast of £39.2m (both at2001 Q3 prices);Total benefits were £94.5 million compared to the forecast of £106.6 million (both at2002 prices and values); The outturn scheme Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was 2.3, compared to the forecast of 4.5;For environmental sub-objectives, the impacts were generally as predicted; andOverall, the scheme at the one year after stage was assessed as meeting its objectives.5093835/POPE A10 Wadesmill FYA final_15_04_11.doc 7
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