Derbyshire Local Transport Plan
2011-2026
Consultation Draft
October 2010
About the Plan
Part 1. Taking a long-term view
Part 2. Guiding delivery
Support and comments invited
Derbyshire Local Transport Plan
2011-2026
About the Plan
The Local Transport Plan covers Derbyshire County Council’s
area, and the County Council is working with partners on
cross-boundary issues. The local transport network includes
roads, pavements, rights of way and greenways, rail and
canal networks, so this includes consideration of, for example,
pedestrians and cyclists as well as motorised traffic.
Taking a long-term view (to 2026), the Local Transport Plan
contains policies for the promotion and encouragement of
safe, integrated, efficient, sustainable and economic transport.
It also explains how we will deliver the policies.
Derbyshire’s central position in the country, surrounded by major
centres of population, yet containing a large proportion of the
Peak District National Park, presents a unique set of transport
challenges which the Plan needs to address.
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Part 1: Taking a long-term view
“Good transport is a vital factor in building sustainable
communities. It contributes to the achievement of safer and
stronger communities, healthier children and young people,
equality and social inclusion, environmental objectives and
better local economies.”
Department for Transport Guidance 2009
Following national guidance, the long-term strategy started with
identifying a set of challenges for Derbyshire in relation to
achieving high level transport goals.
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Part 1: Taking a long-term view - goals
Our Plan’s high level goals are:
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Supporting a resilient local economy.
Tackling climate change.
Contributing to better safety, security and health.
Promoting equality of opportunity.
Improving quality of life and promoting a healthy natural
environment.
Challenges were identified using a wide range of evidence – local
data and analysis, local consultation and a policy review.
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Part 1: Taking a long-term view - challenges
Examples of the transport challenges for supporting a
resilient local economy are:
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A reliable transport infrastructure linked to policies and plans
to promote sustainable economic growth.
Rural transport – to support local business and access to
services and employment for residents and visitors.
Business and commuting journeys – to improve reliability and
connectivity on key routes.
Tackling congestion.
Supporting sustainable tourism and leisure.
Supporting the delivery of housing and new development.
Enhancing resilience – e.g. to adverse weather, collisions and
the impacts of climate change.
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Examples of the transport challenges for tackling
climate change are:
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through new
technologies and cleaner fuels, energy efficiency, and
encouraging ‘smarter choices’ of car sharing, using public
transport, walking and cycling.
Predicting and coping with the potential disruption of extreme
weather events to the transport network.
Achieving lower carbon commuting for all.
Assessing flood risk in Derbyshire and ensuring that the risk of
flooding does not increase.
Maintaining vegetation which has a longer growing season.
Event management to reduce private car use.
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Examples of the transport challenges for equality of
opportunity are:
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A growing number of older people.
Providing transport and services for disadvantaged groups,
such as unemployed or disabled people.
Providing a network of transport services including public
transport, subsidised services and alternative transport
arrangements.
Supporting valuable non-public transport initiatives such as
volunteer car schemes, community transport and wheels to
work.
Providing information on all transport options.
Providing fully accessible public transport.
Providing highway infrastructure to assist vulnerable users.
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Examples of the transport challenges for safety,
security and health are:
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Reducing the risk of death or injury – a danger reduction
approach so that it’s safer to walk, cycle and horse ride.
Achieving value for money in road engineering schemes.
Effective targeting and monitoring – current priorities are
reducing vulnerable road user casualties, reducing
motorcyclist casualties, managing occupational road risk,
tackling problem routes and reducing young driver casualties.
Reducing crime, fear of crime and anti-social behaviour on
transport networks.
Street lighting improvements.
Encouraging ‘active travel’ – walking and cycling.
Improving public health.
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Examples of the transport challenges for quality of life
and a healthy natural environment are:
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Protecting sense of place and the natural and historic
environment.
Reducing air pollution.
Improving streetscapes and the urban environment.
Creating opportunities for social contact and access to leisure
and the countryside.
Reducing sign clutter.
Enhancement of green infrastructure – e.g. road verge
reserves and better connected traffic-free routes.
Good design and material usage.
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The full set of identified challenges can be found in the draft Plan.
“These challenges will drive the development
and delivery of the Local Transport Plan.”
Department for Transport Guidance 2009
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Part 1: Taking a long-term view – strategic
options 2011-2026
As part of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
process, required by European law, the County Council
devised a number of reasonable strategic options in
developing the Plan. A ‘Local Transport Futures:
Challenges and Options consultation’ was carried out in
early summer 2010.
The results of this survey, combined with an assessment of
the options against the SEA objectives, has helped the
County Council to develop its preferred strategy:
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options 2011-2026
The preferred strategy is to put emphasis on:
• supporting a resilient local economy
• contributing to better safety, security and health; and
• improving quality of life and promoting a healthy natural
environment.
The preferred strategy will also aim to achieve longer term
benefits for climate change, and measures to help people
under the equality of opportunity goal.
More information about the SEA can be found in the
Environmental Report and the non-technical summary which
accompany the draft Plan.
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Part 1: Taking a long-term view – the strategy
This preparation has helped the County Council to define its
priorities for transport investment over the years to come for
its following transport roles:
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Well maintained roads and rights of way.
Efficient transport network management.
Improving local accessibility and achieving healthier travel
habits.
Better safety and security.
A considered approach to new infrastructure.
The following strategy represents the ‘ideal’ approach for
Derbyshire. In developing a more specific programme of
measures, consideration will also need to be given to
affordability, deliverability and risk.
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Well maintained roads and rights of way – priorities for
delivery
• Targeting maintenance improvements to make efficient use of
resources.
• Improving public satisfaction with maintenance.
• Improving understanding of expected levels of service.
• Environmental improvements e.g. biodiversity.
• Reducing disruption caused by climate change.
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction.
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Efficient transport network management – priorities for
delivery
• Co-ordination of street works.
• Reducing congestion and delays for all road users.
• Incident management and emergency responses.
• Efficient winter service.
• Management of planned events.
• On street parking, loading and waiting control.
• Direction and tourist signing.
• Environmental improvements.
• Travel information.
• Freight management.
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Improving local accessibility and achieving healthier travel
habits – priorities for delivery
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Public transport information.
Community transport services.
Community rail services.
Personalised travel advice for disadvantaged people.
Minimising disruption from public transport service cuts.
Access to jobs and training.
Home to school transport and Special Needs Transport.
Rural accessibility.
Travel planning and monitoring (business, schools and new
developments).
Personalised travel marketing to encourage more sustainable travel.
Travel awareness initiatives.
School Crossing Patrol Service.
Sustainable tourism and leisure activity.
Independent travel training.
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Better safety and security – priorities for delivery
• Reducing vulnerable road user casualties (children,
pedestrians and pedal cyclists).
• Reducing motorcyclist casualties.
• Managing occupational road risk.
• Tackling problem routes.
• Young drivers’ road safety awareness.
• Improving public transport waiting areas.
• Street lighting improvements.
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A considered approach to new infrastructure – priorities for
delivery
• Infrastructure and services linked with new housing and other
developments.
• Walking and cycling provision.
• Public transport provision.
• Environmental mitigation measures.
• Contribution to a strategic network of high quality green
spaces.
• Packages for improvement where there are air quality issues
due to local traffic.
• Liaison between spatial and transport planning on an ongoing
basis.
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There is current uncertainty about funding streams for major highway
and transport projects. A list of potential major projects has been
identified as follows: (alphabetical order)
Potential Scheme
Status
A515 Ashbourne Bypass
One of ‘priority’ schemes identified in preparation of second Local
Transport Plan (LTP).
A61-A617 ‘Avenue’ Link Road
Identified through liaison over North-East Derbyshire Local
Development Framework.
A61 Chesterfield Inner Relief Road
Junctions
One of ‘priority’ schemes identified in preparation of second LTP.
Gamesley Rail Station
Under consideration as part of Longdendale Integrated Transport
Strategy (led by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council).
A617 Glapwell Bypass
One of ‘priority’ schemes identified in preparation of second LTP.
Ilkeston Rail Station
Development work approved by Cabinet, February 2010.
A610 Ripley-Codnor- Woodlinkin
Improvements
One of ‘priority’ schemes identified in preparation of second LTP.
A619 Staveley-Brimington Bypass
Protected scheme ‘on hold’ pending the review of impacts of the
Markham Vale development, and subject to consideration as part
of the Staveley Area Action Plan.
A514 Swarkestone Bypass
Identified through liaison over South Derbyshire Local
Development Framework.
A511-A514 Woodville-Swadlincote
Regeneration Route
Identified through liaison over South Derbyshire Local
Development Framework.
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The draft Plan provides more information about the range of
measures which can be used to achieve the priorities.
These have been grouped into:
Core business – work that is happening now on a routine basis
e.g. maintenance of roads and bridges, junction
improvements, school transport services, public transport
information, school crossing patrol service and road safety
education.
Opportunities – new ideas, including special or temporary
projects e.g. removing unnecessary infrastructure,
personalised travel planning project and review of major
schemes.
Long-term projects – significant projects which should be
explored in order for the County Council to achieve some of its
longer term priorities e.g. multi-operator ticketing scheme,
county wide network of greenways.
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Programme management, monitoring and
review
The Local Transport Plan will be monitored, reviewed and
refreshed on a regular basis.
It is linked at a strategic level with joint plans e.g. the Sustainable
Community Strategy, other plans of the Authority such as the
Council Plan, and the plans of other organisations (e.g. spatial
plans of the Districts/Boroughs – see Appendix B of the draft
Plan).
There are also more detailed transport-related plans which help
deliver the County Council’s priorities e.g. the Transport Asset
Management Plan, the Rights of Way Improvement Plan and
Greenway Strategies.
More information about these is provided in Appendix A of the
draft Plan.
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Derbyshire Transport Carbon Dioxide
Reduction CO2 Strategy
Transport policies and the carrying out of transport functions must
take into account issues of climate change (Local Transport
Act 2008). An important project has been an assessment of
transport’s contribution to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in
Derbyshire. The County Council needs to assess the best
ways of investment to reduce carbon.
In addition to making calculations for Derbyshire, the strategy has
also assessed the predicted benefits from a range of things
that can be done to reduce carbon emissions.
This work has found that, in order to generate significant
reductions in carbon emissions to support government targets,
carbon reduction measures across the whole transport
network are required, which represents a significant challenge
(for key findings, recommendations and conclusion see
Appendix C of the draft Plan).
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Joint working arrangements
A characteristic of Derbyshire is the number of adjoining
authorities, and travel to work patterns go beyond
administrative boundaries. The Sheffield City Region and
Manchester City Region include parts of Derbyshire.
The County Council is therefore involved in joint working
arrangements with neighbouring authorities (see Appendix D
of the draft Plan).
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Derbyshire Transport Strategy summary of key
messages
The Plan must:
• Take a longer term view.
• Help support the local and sub-regional economy.
• Mark a path towards more sustainable travel habits to reduce carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions and benefit personal and public health.
• Consider the prospect of an ageing population profile for Derbyshire – with
the number of people of retirement age set to increase by 25% over the
next ten years.
• Ensure that Derbyshire people who do not have access to a car (over
110,000 in the 2001 census, nearly 51,000 pensioners, and over 71,000
households) are able to access services and facilities.
Following consultation, the preferred strategy is to put emphasis on supporting
a resilient local economy, contributing to better safety, security and health,
and improving quality of life and promoting a healthy natural environment.
The preferred strategy will also aim to achieve longer term benefits for
climate change, and measures to help people under the equality of
opportunity goal.
The Derbyshire Local Transport Plan will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
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Part 2: Delivery – next steps
Sources of evidence
The County Council’s priorities will be backed up by evidence to help
decide the most effective way of allocating or seeking resources e.g.:
Well maintained roads and rights of way
Asset inventory, condition data, public surveys (Citizens Panel), public
complaints, Local Access Forums, links to National Cycle Network
Efficient transport network management
Congestion data, public surveys, public complaints, Midlands Highway
Alliance
Improving local accessibility and achieving healthier travel habits
Local Access Forums, Accession mapping, surveys (Job Centre, access
to healthcare, Community Transport, Travel Plans), cycle counts,
school census, car share database, rail user groups, cycle groups,
transition towns, Equality Impact Assessments
Better safety and security
Casualty statistics, traffic speed data, public complaints, crime and antisocial behaviour intelligence, graffiti
A considered approach to new infrastructure
Asset Inventory, Local Economic Partnerships, Local Investment Plans,
spatial planning, Environmental Assessment
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Funding our transport priorities
The long-term transport strategy indicates our investment
priorities.
Resource will need to be drawn from a range of sources to deliver
the priorities e.g. revenue and capital funds, developers, other
local partners (e.g. District/Borough Councils and health
sources), rail and bus operators, the voluntary and community
sector, and taking opportunities to bid for funding pots such as
lottery or European funding.
At this stage, the County Council cannot be certain which
package of measures can be funded until it knows more
following the results of the national Comprehensive Spending
Review in October.
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Funding our transport priorities
The expected proportions of spend are as follows:
Local Transport Investment
30%
50%
Efficient maintenance and
management
Accessibility and healthy
travel
Better safety and security
20%
The County Council also allocates resources to studies to help inform
decisions about new infrastructure e.g. Chesterfield cycle network
and Chesterfield transport model.
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Judging success
Well maintained roads and rights of way
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The condition of our non-principal roads has improved.
Satisfaction with the condition of our highways improves.
More of Derbyshire’s Rights of Way are free from obstruction and are easier to
access by local people.
Efficient transport network management
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Congestion has reduced.
Improving local accessibility and achieving healthier travel habits
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More people travel on Community Transport.
Better facilities and networks for walking and cycling.
Air quality has improved.
More people are visiting our country parks and countryside centres.
Better safety and security
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Fewer people are killed or injured on Derbyshire’s roads.
Successful initiatives implemented to reduce crime/fear of crime.
A considered approach to new infrastructure
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Reduce the number of assets.
Informed by the Local Economic Partnerships so that transport infrastructure fits
with plans for sub-regional economic development.
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Guiding delivery - summary of key messages
Successful delivery is dependent on working with a wide range of
local partners, and cross-boundary project planning.
With the financial constraints that the County Council knows lie
ahead, it has to achieve value for money in all its work, yet it
also needs to be opportunistic about new possibilities and
identify long-term projects.
Overall, the County Council is adopting a considered approach to
infrastructure, whether small or larger projects.
Because it cannot yet be specific about what will be happening
where (i.e. until after the national announcements in autumn
about funding), examples of the sources of evidence which
will be used to guide action are described for each Derbyshire
County Council transport role.
The County Council has broadly identified projects to be pursued
and what it hopes to achieve in five years.
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Summary of what the County Council must
achieve
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Making the best use of what it’s got – maintenance and
network management.
Generating future transport infrastructure schemes at subregional level through the work of the Local Economic
Partnerships.
Safer roads.
Consider new things – the framework of the strategy includes
exploring new opportunities.
Thinking long-term and planning ahead – e.g. implications of
an ageing population.
Improving customer satisfaction with transport services.
Influencing others to change travel habits.
Integration with land use planning.
Continued adaptation of the strategy informed by partnership
working, surveys and data analysis.
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Support invited
If you represent a local organisation or authority, the County
Council would appreciate letters of support for the Plan if you
wish to do so.
Comments from all invited
Please send any letters of support or comments on the draft plan
by 17 January 2011 to:
Integrated Transport Group
Environmental Services Department
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG
e-mail: integratedtransport@derbyshire.gov.uk
Following this consultation, and a consideration of the
announcements of the Comprehensive Spending Review, the
Plan will be finalised and approved to begin in April, 2011.