Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council

(the places we cherish), improve access to services and facilities,improve connections to national and international transportnetworks (regional rail, motorways and airports) and improve publicaccess to Worcestershire's rich natural environment.Prioritising this indicator will promote schemes which enable us toscore more highly against national and local governmentperformance indicators.Prioritising this indicator would promote schemes that improvelocal air quality, encourage active travel (such as walking andcycling), reduce crime and antisocial behaviour and reduceaccidents. However, it should be noted that Worcestershire alreadyhas one of the safest highway networks in the UK, so the focuswould be on education and training.Consultation and discussion with Elected Members has identified a number of key priorities for proposedschemes to be delivered during the LTP3 plan period. These are:Transport Schemes will be prioritised if they can beshown to be beneficial to the local and regional economy, by supporting and enhancingeconomic activity.Transport schemes that deliver benefits well in excess of theirdevelopment costs will be prioritised, as this will ensure that optimum value for money isachieved.It will be essential that the true costs, deliverability implications and risksassociated with proposed transport schemes are properly understood before schemes arepromoted for delivery. Any proposed transport schemes must be justified by evidence, tosupport the case for investment and ensure that they are affordable to the taxpayer.The Transport Scheme Appraisal Framework has been specifically calibrated to prioritise schemes whichembrace the principles outlined above.Extensive consultation, throughout the LTP2 period has identified a wide range of potential transportschemes. These have been collated by area, and have been further developed into a series of packageschemes; the process by which this was achieved and the packaged schemes are set out in the StrategicDelivery Plan (SDP). Each packaged scheme will be rigorously appraised by the Transport SchemeAppraisal Framework, to ensure that likely scheme costs (both capital and maintenance costs over thelifetime of the scheme), benefits and delivery impacts/risks are fully considered before being prioritisedfor delivery.