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2008-2009 Travel Plan Site: London Gateway (Shell Haven)
London Gateway (Shell Haven) Port and Logistics Park
London Gateway Port and Business Park is located at Shell Haven (formerly the site of the Shell Oil Refinery), Thurrock in the Thames Estuary.
The development comprises of:
- New 7 container berths with associated container freight handling facilities.
- Approximately 950,000 sq.m. (10 million sq.ft) of commercial and employment use. Overall the Port and Commercial Park development is likely to create 15,000 jobs within the development and in South Essex overall. It is the largest single development in Europe.
Although the development is approximately 10 miles from the M25 Motorway, the development has a significant impact on Junction 30 where the M25 and A13 Trunk Road intersect.
The impact of the development results in approximately 1,100 vehicles per hour (over the period 0600 to 1000) accessing the combined site.
A significant proportion of these vehicle movements will pass through Junction 30 which currently is close to or at capacity at certain times of the day.
Prior to planning consent in May 2007 the main approach adopted has been to reduce traffic from the development as far as possible by means of a strong Travel Plan. A summary of Travel Plan measures for the Port and Park developments is as follows:
- Establishment of a Vehicle Booking System for the container terminal - freight traffic generation is spread more evenly throughout the day with less peaking in demand, resulting in a flatter, hourly profile for HGV movements.
- Traffic flow targets throughout the day (and including the peak hour periods) to achieve a desired flat flow profile.
- Employee target distribution. This summarises the anticipated distribution of employee travel movements by reference to discrete local areas.
- A whole site Travel Plan co-ordinator for the Port and Park development, rather than individual site co-ordinators - a single focus for management of the Travel Plan.
- Travel Plan Committee on which the Highways Agency has a representation.
- Guaranteed ride home scheme and priority work place parking for car sharers.
