Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council

Refurbishment of Evesham High Street (2010) – Incorporating public realm enhancements, streetlighting, street furniture and street treesRefurbishment of Pershore High Street (2008) – Incorporating public realm enhancements, streetlighting and street furniture, ensuring that Pershore retains its cherished 'Market Town' statusThe Diglis Bridge and Riverside Enhancement Scheme (2010) – A walking and cycling bridge over theRiver Severn to the south of Worcester City Centre and upgrade and enhancement of the pathnetwork along and to the River Severn in Worcester City CentreThe Sixways Coachway and Park and Ride Site (2009) – This project delivered a Coachway and Park andRide facility adjacent to the Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium. Sixways Park and Ride site iscurrently relieving pressure on the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site, and providing an attractiveCoachway for Worcester, significantly increasing the amount of coach services that stop there. It isproposed (subject to the approval of the Worcester Transport Strategy Major Scheme Bid) to developimproved infrastructure to enable a fast and reliable service between the Park and Ride site,Worcestershire Royal Hospital, the Shrub Hill employment area and the City Centre in future.The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Accessibility Study – This project, in partnership with theWorcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, involved an intensive assessment of accessibility by all modes oftransport to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site. It identified a number of potential transportrelatedimprovements to enhance accessibility to the site.Availability 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 SouthWorcestershire, the main challenges will be:To relieve congestionTo enhance accessTo enable and promote growthTo bring about improvements in these areas, proposed transport schemes will be grouped into thefollowing packages:Worcester Urban PackageDroitwich Spa Urban PackageGreat Malvern Urban PackageTenbury Wells PackageUpton Upon Severn Package