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The Strategy
M180/A180/A160(M18-Grimsby)
The Strategy
Introduction
Route Management Strategies are being developed by the Highways Agency to provide a framework for managing individual trunk routes as part of wider transport networks. Route Management Strategies will interlock with local transport strategies (set out in Local Transport Plans) within the context established by Regional Planning Guidance and hence the Regional Transport Strategy. They were highlighted in the Government's Integrated Transport White Paper 'A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone' (reference paragraph 3.134).
Route Management Strategies are being developed to:
- assist the Highways Agency in planning and optimising investment in the trunk road/motorway network (across different budget headings) and in the delivery of the Highways Agency's strategic plans and ten year transport strategy,
- provide consistency, transparency, openness and integration, particularly with other transport related strategies, including local and regional transport plans,
- maximize customer focus, and improve forward planning over a ten year horizon
Pell Frischmann are acting as consultants for the Highways Agency in delivering this RMS.
Route Functions and Objectives
Route Functions
Strategic
- Provides long distance travel, safely and speedily while bypassing local communities
- Connector for ports, airport and industries
- Provides relief for congested ports of the south east
Regional
- Provides access to the east coast ports, potential regeneration areas, the A62/A63 via the A15 and is the major east-west access route south of the Humber
- Supports the regional economy
- Distributes traffic between and around population centres.
Local
- Provides access for local traffic (agricultural and community)
- Connects local traffic to major highway network
Route Objectives
Environment
- Relieve local communities.
- To meet pollution standards.
- To mitigate environmental dis-benefits.
- To encourage biodiversity.
Safety
- To reduce accidents and incidents.
- To maintain an all weather route.
- To provide better customer facilities such as rest areas.
- To improve junction designs and layouts.
- To maintain the road to an adequate standard.
- To provide adequate driver information.
Economy
- To minimise delays.
- To reduce incidents.
- To provide suitable capacity.
- To maintain an all weather route.
- To improve access to the port area.
- To promote inward investment by facilitating movement.
- To reduce transport costs.
- To support other modes of transport.
- To support tourism and leisure.
- To maximise benefits.
- To minimise capital and operating costs.
- To manage risks.
- To procure effectively.
Accessibility
- To reduce severance.
- To increase choice.
- To accommodate all groups without prejudice.
- To provide travel information.
- To maintain access.
- To mitigate discrimination.
- To increase choice.
- To accommodate all groups without prejudice.
- To provide travel information.
- To maintain access.
Integration
- To gather further information and work with others.
- To support local transport plans.
- To integrate transport and land use.
- To improve access for freight to alternative modes.
Possible Problems
Following consultation with key stakeholders at both the RMS Seminar and the Value Management Workshop, a number of action studies were raised to investigate the identified problems and identify potential solutions:
- Accidents
- Junction Design and Geometry Operational review
- Review of Junction Capacity
- Investigation of Road Noise
- Review Existing Diversion Routes
- Spillages, Landscape and Bio-diversity
- Review of Law Enforcement Facilities
- Review Lay-bys and Rest Areas Facilities
There is a high level of potential development around the eastern end of the study route associated with the continued growth of the ports in this area. As such a detailed development control policy has been prepared as part of the RMS to investigate the impact of this development on the operation of the trunk road network, with a view to developing a policy to maintain the balance between facilitating economic redevelopment and the safe and efficient operation of the network.
Possible Actions
The purpose of the Action Studies is to investigate each issue fully and to produce actionable solutions within the financial constraints and timescales set by the RMS. Details of the actions will be available shortly.
