Jubail City Planning Conference RIC – JIC Transportation Link Study

1. Jubail City Planning ConferenceRIC – JIC Transportation Link Study Gareth James – Transport Planning Practice Director Halcrow-CH2M HILL Wednesday 12 February 2014

2. Structure of Presentation • Study Scope & Constraints • The Transport Challenge • Initial Modal Solutions • Development and Assessment of Transport Strategies • Provisional Recommendations and Implementation Programme • Next Steps

3. Study Scope & Constraints

4. Study Scope and Constraints Scope • Feasibility study for the establishment of transportation links between RIC and JIC to facilitate the fast and efficient commuting of employees working in RIC and resident in JIC • Prepare recommendations for rail, road, marine and all combinations of the above and identify the strengths and weakness of each option • High level planning study between JIC and RIC rather than engineering design or investment plan – no transport modelling Study Constraints • Based on premise that no new community can be sited near to RIC • RIC employee forecasts and profile have been obtained from current Masterplan – no further validation undertaken

5. The Transport Challenge & Initial Modal Solutions

6. The Challenge • To transport large numbers of employees between JIC and RIC about 200km per day • 27,500 in 2020 • 60,000 in 2030 • 73,000 in 2040 • Accommodate other transport demands in this corridor • The transport modes to be considered include • Car/Highway • Coach • Rail • Marine

7. Additional Highway Capacity Ras Al Khair Industrial City (MOT) Ras Al Khair Road Potential New Link (70 Km) New RIC Freeway (95 Km) Abu Hadriyah Freeway (130 Km) Widening of RIC Freeway to 4 Lanes Jubail

8. Highways Risks: Additional Development & Incidents • Risk of other unknown developments reducing available capacity on freeway for RIC employees • Serious risk of disruption to industries caused by accidents on the RIC freeway • Serious risk to workforce -ratio of injuries per accident in Saudi is 6 times international average and severity of accidents in Saudi is very high

9. Scheduled Coach Service Options Variety of routes from District Centres, +P&R site, direct to Individual plants Variety of routes with Multiple pick-up points in JIC / drop-off in RIC Feeder services in JIC, Trunk Coach Service, Distribution services in RIC P&R P&R P&R

10. Rail Service Options Option 1 Diesel service on freight line 4tph Option 2 Diesel service on freight line 8tph (Double tracking and more rolling stock) Option 3 High Speed Electric near freight line Option 4 High Speed Electric on direct alignment

11. Marine

12. Summary of Modal Options Taken Forward

13. Rejected Options • Long marine route to Al Jubail • Contraflow lane on RIC Freeway • LRT • High Speed Rail based on 3rd Rail Power Supply

14. Development and Assessment of Transport Strategies

15. Definition of Strategies Strategy A – Highway Based: solely based on highway transport (private cars and coaches) - minimum expenditure Strategy B- Multi-Modal: incorporates a high level of investment in multiple public transport modes Strategy C- Rail focus: considers the only PT investment should be in high speed rail infrastructure and services Strategy D – ‘No Rail’: a multi modal strategy which includes coach and marine services but no rail elements

17. Summary of Transport Strategy Performance

18. Provisional Recommendations and Implementation Programme

19. Recommended Multimodal Strategy Widen RIC Freeway Improve Interchanges Freeway management Start coach services New rail stations Start rail service Safeguard marine routes

20. Recommended Multimodal Strategy

21. Provisional Programme

22. Next Steps

23. Issues for further Study