Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council

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North East Worcestershire is made up of the largely rural District of Bromsgrove and the urban Boroughof Redditch. The area lies on the southern edge of the West Midlands Conurbation but is separated bythe Lickey Hills. The area benefits from good access to the National Strategic Highway Network, includingthe M42, A46 and M5. The A38, A456, A491, A448, A441 and A435, provided by the County Council,represent the primary local network in the area. The majority of the population (71%) lives in the towns ofBromsgrove and Redditch.Traffic trends in North Worcestershire indicate that there has been a slight fall in the use of HighwaysAgency managed roads (Motorways), although the busiest section of Motorway in Worcestershireremains the section of the M5 between Junctions 4a and 5, which is located in North East Worcestershire.On the Worcestershire principal road network, traffic trends indicate a slight drop in traffic over the lastcouple of years. This may be as a result of the current economic climate.There are a number of Air Quality Management Areas in North East Worcestershire: one at Hagley at thejunction of the A456 and A491 and two around Bromsgrove, on the A38 at Stoke Heath and J1 of the M42,where the A38 crosses the motorway. There are also a number of borderline Air Quality ManagementAreas in and around Bromsgrove town.The area benefits from a number of rail stations located at Hagley, Wythall, Barnt Green, Alvechurch,Bromsgrove and Redditch; the latter being the third busiest station (in terms of passenger numbers) inWorcestershire. These stations are generally served by local services which feed into the West MidlandsConurbation; however, the stations at Bromsgrove and Hagley have some services southbound into SouthWorcestershire and beyond. The main centres of Bromsgrove and Redditch have bus interchanges andthe area is served by a bus network of prime, core and tributary routes, supported by communitytransport linking rural areas to Bromsgrove and Redditch. Recent usage trends indicate that the numbersof persons using North East Worcestershire's bus and rail services is steadily rising over time. In North EastWorcestershire, 66% of residents drive to work, 9% of residents work from home, 9% of residents walk orcycle to work, 5% of residents catch the bus to work, 2% of residents take the train to work and theremaining 9% get to work by other means.North East Worcestershire is relatively affluent; however, there are some areas of deprivation in theurban areas, namely the wards of Charford and Sidemoor in Bromsgrove, and the wards of Batchley,Matchborough, Church Hill, Winyates and Greenlands in Redditch. Areas of unemployment concern arealso focussed on these deprived areas, with the highest concentrations of residents claiming Job SeekersAllowance located in Batchley, Church Hill, Winyates, Matchborough, Greenlands, Smallwood andWoodrow in Redditch and Charford in Bromsgrove. Despite the district's proximity to the West MidlandsConurbation, over 51% of people who live in the area, work in the area. The largest employment outflowsare to Birmingham, Solihull and Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Borough of Redditch prides itself on having more trees than Sherwood Forest, and the District ofBromsgrove has a key objective to preserve the attractive, rural setting of the District. Both RedditchBorough Council and Bromsgrove District Council are currently preparing Core Strategies. The majority ofthe area is characterised as green belt land, and so initial indications suggest that future growth (in termsof new homes and business premises) will be focussed on existing urban areas; principally aroundBromsgrove and Redditch.Worcestershire County Council, Bromsgrove District Council and Redditch Borough Council have a strongtrack record of partnership working to deliver benefits to local residents. In North East Worcestershire,the following transport enhancements have been delivered amongst others:Major investment in improving the condition of streets in North East Worcestershire as part of the £15million urban unclassified road enhancement project.Complete refurbishment of Bromsgrove Bus StationParking improvements around Bromsgrove Railway Station (amendments to traffic regulation orders)Redditch Evening Bus Services - A successful Taxibus service was delivered, providing safer eveningservices in deprived areas of Redditch. The scheme has grown rapidly and provided 20,000 passengerjourneys in 2008. This service has since been subsumed into the commercial network, and is nowprovided with minimum subsidyPartnership working with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust to improve access to AlexandraHospital, RedditchAvailability of public funding is expected to be limited, especially in the first five years of theWorcestershire LTP3. As such, the principal priority of Worcestershire County Council will be to ensurethat best use is being made of existing transport infrastructure, by focussing on maintenance andenhancement schemes where a robust business case and funding can be identified. In each case,Worcestershire County Council will focus on those schemes which can be proven to deliver benefits inexcess of their costs to the Worcestershire economy, environment and quality of life. In North EastWorcestershire, the main challenges will be:To enable and promote growthTo relieve congestionTo enhance transport network reliability and resilience
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