Cheshire & Warrington SUBREGIONAL Transport Strategy

1. Delivering & Sustaining a £35bn Economy Cheshire & Warrington SUBREGIONAL Transport Strategy

2. CHESHIRE & WARRINGTON MATTERS • Cheshire and Warrington outperforms all other areas in the North in terms of GVA/ head. • With close to 1m people. • A £21bn Economy • Bigger than Leeds, Sheffield & Newcastle. • With a diversified, hi-tech manufacturing and economic base, complementing Manchester & Liverpool. GVA/ head as a percentage of National Average: Cheshire & Warrington = 113% Greater Manchester= 89% Liverpool= 79% Sheffield = 71% A Transport Strategy to Connect, Enhance & Invest in Existing Success

3. Transformation to a £35bn Economy Unlocks an additional 174,000 Jobs; or, Unlocks an additional 100,000 Jobs +14% increase in productivity from transport & skills per job by 2030, or, Unlocks an additional 70,000 Jobs +20% increase in productivity from transport & skills per job by 2030 • Four Key Spatial Priorities for Growth: • Cheshire Atlantic Gateway • Science Corridor • High Growth City • Energy Cluster

4. Public Transport Economic Catchment Analysis THERE IS ALREADY A STRONG SPINE OF EXISTING REGIONAL & NATIONAL CONNECTIVITY THAT DRIVES HIGH-VALUE EMPLOYMENT, ABOVE AVERAGE GVA & DIVERSIFIED INWARD INVESTMENT

5. A NETWORK FOCUSED ON MAXIMISING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EUROPEAN & UK BEST PRACTICE CHECKLIST: • Fast, frequent connectivity between Sub-regional centres; for people and freight • By car and sustainable modes within 30 minutes • Reliable journey times, with all Growth areas <1 hour door-to-door from all parts of C&W, and key economic centres • Support already successful industries and hubs through: • - Dedicated, high-quality inter-urban corridors to Manchester, • Liverpool, Wales, Birmingham & Yorkshire -Direct linkages to London and the UK’s top City Economies - Fast, Reliable Connectivity to Key International Gateways • Resolve Existing Pinchpoints & Capacity Issues

6. AN INTERCONNECTED SUB-REGION; - VITAL FOR ONE NORTH- WITH AN EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT HIERARCHY FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY HUB Leeds 45 miles 57 mins Manchester HUB 57 miles 57 mins HUB Liverpool 34 miles 45 mins 36 miles 46 mins 20 miles 30 mins Warrington 9 miles 18 mins HS3 HUB Manchester Airport 34 miles 45 mins 19 miles 27 mins 19 miles 36 mins 44 miles 66 mins 23 miles 33 mins HUB 31 miles 43 mins 29 miles 38 mins Sheffield Chester 24 miles 46 mins HS2 HUB Crewe Wales Stoke

7. LEVERAGING EXISTING SUCCESS • Resolve Existing Pinchpoints EUROPEAN & UK BEST PRACTICE CHECKLIST: • Unlock Growth Areas & Enhance Connectivity & Capacity to/from Strategic Sites Examples include: M6 J16-19 Smart Motorway A556, M6 J17, A55/A483 SEMMS A6 MARR Chester Central Critical Maintenance & LSTF Examples include: Northern Hub; NW Electrification; Birchwood Access & Improvements Platform Lengthening; CLC Improvements

8. Atlantic Gateway Science Corridor High Growth City Total Potential for 134,000 Jobs: Atlantic Gateway: 49,000 High Growth City 48,000 Science Corridor: 37,000 Economic Catchment Analysis

9. ADDITIONAL NETWORK INVESTMENT DEMANDS % Growth in Demand for Movement Chester Crewe, Middlewich & Winsford Ellesmere Port Warrington Science Corridor East

10. ADDITIONAL NETWORK INVESTMENT DEMANDS

11. LINKING JOBS TO HOMES AND CENTRES OF POPULATION GROWTH HS3 HUB HS2 HUB

12. DELIVERING OUR STRATEGY &CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR NETWORK Transport for the North

13. DELIVERING OUR STRATEGY &CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR NETWORK • A £35bn economy is achievable. • Major growth is north/south, & east/west on existing axis, along with science corridor • Requiring us to drive strategic opportunities • Gaps in local transport remain • But transport investment is best located in successful economies. • Like Ours. Transport for the North

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