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East Midlands Council Highways Agency Role in Planning and the Strategic Road Network

East Midlands Council Highways Agency Role in Planning and the Strategic Road Network. Aoife O’Toole Asset Manager, Highways Agency. The Strategic Road Network (SRN). 4,338 route miles 39% motorway only 3% of roads but 33% of traffic and 66% of freight traffic.

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East Midlands Council Highways Agency Role in Planning and the Strategic Road Network

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  1. East Midlands Council Highways Agency Role in Planning and the Strategic Road Network Aoife O’Toole Asset Manager, Highways Agency

  2. The Strategic Road Network (SRN) • 4,338 route miles • 39% motorway • only 3% of roads • but 33% of traffic • and 66% of freight traffic

  3. The East Midlands Network • 731 route miles • 25% motorway • 75% trunk roads • Strategic national routes (M1, A14 and A1) • Strategic Regional routes (A50, A38, A42, M69, A46, A52, A43 and A45)

  4. HA Roles – • Network Delivery and Development • Asset Development Team • Service Delivery Team

  5. East Midlands – Current Major Schemes • A46 Newark to Widmerpool (Completed) • A453 Widening (started Jan 2013) • M1 J28-31 Managed Motorways (start 2013/14) • M1 J19/M6 Improvement (start 2013/14) • A14 Kettering Bypass Improvement (start 2013/14

  6. East Midlands – Current Pinch Point Schemes • A38 Markeaton Junction • A38 Little Eaton Junction • M1 J24 junction improvement • M1 J21 junction improvement • A45 and A43 junction improvements (Northamptonshire)

  7. Also – Wider Government Policy • Economic Growth • Environment • Safety

  8. The Strategic Road Network and the Delivery of Sustainable Development • Sets out how the HA will work as a delivery partner to sustainable economic growth • Infrastructure requirements expected to be identified at Local Plan level • Development Management – travel plans, demand management, capacity enhancement • Assessment of proposals – general approach, assessment horizon, access to SRN

  9. East Midlands – Current Local Plan and Development Management Activities • Nottingham Aligned Core Strategies • Derby Housing Market Area Core Strategies • NE Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire Core Strategies • Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (M1 J24) • Strategic housing and employment sites

  10. The Future - • Technology • Customer Expectation • Investment

  11. East Midlands Future Network Pressures • M1 J23a – J25 mainline • M1 Junctions (e.g. J24, J28 and J21a) • A38 at Derby • A52 around Nottingham • A46 at Newark • M1 in Northamptonshire • A45 in Northamptonshire

  12. The Future for the Highways Agency

  13. Key Changes – Efficiency and Performance • Improved Efficiency • Procurement / Operations / Maintenance / Major Schemes • Enhanced Performance Framework • Improving Journeys by more effectively preventing delay and disruption around the network • More Business Like Approach • A new independent board aligned with commercial best practice

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