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Public Engagement Exercise
Find out more online:www.worcestershire.gov.uk/SLRphase3
The A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road ImprovementsPhase 3: Norton to Whittington
Engagement ReportFebruary 2015
Contents:
1. Background ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
2. Introduction to the Engagement Process .................................................................................................. 2
3. Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
4. Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Methodology ................................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Results ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
List of Appendices:
Appendix A Consultation Plan
Appendix B Leaflet
Appendix C Free Text Responses
Appendix D Other Written Responses
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1. Background
1.1 The City of Worcester is Worcestershire's principal economic hub and retail centre. It is also a growing university city that is seeking to achieve sustainable economic growth and improve the quality of life for residents, workers, businesses and visitors alike. It is important that the city fulfils its role as a catalyst for economic recovery and growth across Worcester, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. Local stakeholders, including the business community agree that key to achieving this goal is the provision of a transport network capable of supporting and accommodating sustainable economic recovery and growth.
1.2 The A4440 is a key route linking Malvern and West Worcester to the M5 Strategic Highway network. The road currently suffers from significant congestion, thus diverting high volumes of traffic into the city and acts as a barrier to economic growth. The County Council has been successful in securing funds through Local Growth Fund, Strategic Economic Plan and Third Party Developer Funding to dual the first 3 sections of the route. Phase 1 of these works at the Whittington roundabout has been completed at a cost of £2 million, with Phase 2 currently under construction and on target to be delivered by 2015. Phase 3, to which this Engagement Report pertains is due to be delivered 2015-2018. The final Phase, Phase 4, currently has no identified funding.
1.3 The A4440 provides a critical link between South Worcestershire and the M5 (Junction 7), bypassing Worcester City Centre. This road suffers from significant congestion problems, resulting in delays to businesses and users and encouraging routing via Worcester City Centre of traffic that would otherwise by-pass the city, with consequent adverse impacts on transport costs, the city economy and the environment. The proposed measures have been designed to reduce congestion, increase reliability and support improvements to walk, cycle and public transport in the city centre.
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2. Introduction to the Engagement Process
2.1 The requirement to improve the Southern Link Road (SLR) was consulted upon widely during extensive public and stakeholder consultation on the Worcester Transport Strategy (2010) and the Local Transport Plan 3 (December 2010/January 2011). The Local Transport Plan 3 was subsequently adopted by Worcestershire County Council on 17th February 2011.
2.2 The County Council's commitment to improve the Southern Link Road has been reconfirmed on a number of occasions since then and a bid to apply for funding from the Department for Transport to improve the Ketch Roundabout (Phase 2) was submitted following approval by Cabinet in November 2012. The funding application was supported by numerous key stakeholders.
2.3 The Phase 2 scheme was then consulted upon in 2013 with the decision to implement the scheme taken by Cabinet on 7th March 2013.
2.4 The engagement exercise for Phase 3 (Norton Junction to Whittington) commenced in November 2014 and over a 10 week period sought to engage with local stakeholders and residents to inform on the scheme and obtain feedback on the mitigation measures. This included local Worcestershire County Council Members, City Members and Parish Council liaison in the early stages, followed by a public awareness exercise until 31st December, 2014.
2.5 The aims of the exercise were to: To inform locally on the strategic context of the project (e.g. Worcester Transport
Strategy, works to date to improve the A440 and any future works;
To inform prior to delivery in terms of scheme design and road layout;
To inform on the high level delivery programme and impact/mitigation on highway during construction;
To consult local residents and stakeholders' in relation to any mitigation measures required.
2.6 The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of feedback to participants and to the Project Team to facilitate any recommendations to the Cabinet Member with Responsibility for a delegated decision.
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3. Summary
3.1 29 survey responses and two letters were received following the engagement exercise
3.2 The majority (93%) of the respondents were local residents.
3.3 69% or respondents were over 51 years of age and 68% were male. There were no respondents in the 16-19 age category.
3.4 A summary of 'free text' comments submitted from the leaflet (hard-copy or via the website) can be seen in the table below:
3.5 There were only written pieces of correspondence received.
3.6 A number of comments fell outside the scope of the scheme, for example they refer to doubling the Carrington Road Bridge, a preference for "fly-overs", the Whittington Roundabout, lane markings, predicted traffic growth, perceived benefits of a Northern Link Road and a third river crossing, a web link not working, potential impact on house values, compensation, a dedicated Malvern junction on the M5 and the removal of roundabouts along the Southern Link Road.
3.7 A summary of issues raised that are within the scope of the scheme is as follows:
Safety of cyclists and pedestrians crossing over the A4440 both during and after construction;
Potential increase in noise levels both during and after construction
Landscaping;
Potential increase in light levels impacting on residents;
The impact of night closures;
Phas
e 4
Carr
ingt
on B
ridg
e ne
eds
to h
appe
n
Feel
it's
Long
ove
rdue
Conc
erns
abo
ut P
edes
tria
n an
d Cy
clin
g sa
fety
Wan
t Fl
yove
rs a
long
the
rou
te
Incr
ease
d no
ise
leve
ls fo
r re
side
nts
Whi
ttin
gton
Slip
roa
d ne
eds
impr
ovin
g
Nee
d cl
ear
road
mar
king
s on
the
3 la
nes
Loss
of v
alue
to
hous
e pr
ices
St P
eter
's ru
sh h
our
traf
fic
jam
s
Mal
vern
tra
ffic
is d
ue t
o in
crea
se u
nder
SW
DP
Shou
ld s
till
have
a N
orth
ern
Link
Roa
d
Failu
re o
f on
WEB
link
s
Com
pens
atio
n fo
r lo
cal r
esid
ents
?
Bett
er M
5 co
nnec
tion
s fo
r M
alve
rn
Rem
ove
all r
ound
abou
ts
Prio
r war
ning
of n
ight
wor
ks fo
r re
side
nts
Unt
idy
site
and
poo
r si
gnag
e of
lane
cha
nges
Conc
erns
for
Badg
ers
11 9 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4
Traffic Management during construction;
Safety of badgers;
Co-lateral community benefits eg to Power Park.
5
4. Recommendations
4.1 It is recommended that:
The report is used to inform the Project Team (Worcestershire County Council) with regards to next steps on mitigation assisting any recommendations to the Cabinet Member;
All the information contained in this report is shared with the participants of the exercise by publishing a report on Worcestershire County Council website www.worcestershire.gov.uk/slrphase3;
That the report is signed off by the Project Team as an accurate summary of the process;
That key issues are responded to and that all participants are informed of this and any subsequent decisions taken. This will then be updated accordingly throughout the process via the project pages on the Worcestershire County Council website (see above for link). Hard copies of the report may be available on request;
That a dialogue continues with the most affected residents, Local Members, the City Council and St Peter's Parish continue.
6
5. Methodology
5.1 Various consultation methods were adopted to ensure that the engagement process was as inclusive as possible whilst retaining significance to local residents.
5.2 The Engagement Plan is provided in Appendix A.
5.3 The geographical area targeted for the engagement process was focused locally within the area of St Peters, Worcestershire. This was intentional as the consultation element of the exercise was centred on developing mitigation measures for the most affected residents. It was therefore appropriate to target the exercise in this manner to ensure that the views of these residents and their representatives could be heard. However, any media and website activity covered a much wider area.
5.4 The materials developed to support the implementation of the exercise reflected Worcestershire County Councils Corporate Brand Book and the documents were 'signed off' by the Corporate Communications as being fit for purpose. A copy of the leaflet to support the exercise is shown in Appendix B (print run 3k).
5.5 The leaflet was distributed to the St Peter's Estate and to the south of the A4440.
5.6 The County Council Local Members were invited to a briefing on the afternoon of 29th September, 2014.
5.7 The Worcester City Local Member was also briefed on 29th September, 2014.
5.7.1 A meeting took place with local Parish Council's on the evening of 29th September, 2014.
5.7.2 Public exhibitions took place as follows:
St Peters Garden Centre: 10am‐1pm, Monday 17th November, 2014;
St Peters Community Hall: 4pm‐7pm, Monday 17th November, 2014;
St Peters Tesco: 4pm‐7pm, Friday 21st November, 2014.
5.7.3 The engagement process had its own bespoke pages on Worcestershire County Council's website, containing a self-completion on-line form, giving a further opportunity to respond. The exercise was promoted on the front page of the public site to heighten awareness.
5.7.4 A press release was issued in November to promote the exhibitions.
5.7.5 Twitter and Facebook accounts were also set up.
5.7.6 The exhibitions were promoted via the website, local press, leaflets and by variable message signs (large electronic display boards in the City).
5.7.7 Members of the Project Team were available to talk residents and provide them with details about the proposals and how to respond.
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6. Results
6.1 29 survey responses from an online survey were received in response to this public engagement exercise. The questionnaire was live from 7th November 2014 until 9th January 2015.
6.2 All respondents provided valid Worcestershire postcodes. These postcodes have been mapped on the map in Figure 6.1 below:
FIGURE 6.1: RESPONDENT POSTCODES
6.3 A more detailed map showing the postcodes of respondents living closer to the affected stretch of road is provided in Figure 6.2 below:
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FIGURE 6.2: THE POSTCODES OF RESPONDENTS LIVING CLOSE TO THE PHASE 3 PROPOSALS
6.4 In terms of those who responded:
27 (93%) were local residents;
7 (26%) were Local business;
3 (10%) were other
6.5 The age breakdown of respondents is shown in Table 6.1.
TABLE 6.1: AGE BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENTS
Your Age Group
0% 16 – 19 14% 20 – 34 17% 35 - 50 38% 51 - 65 31% Over 65
6.6 The breakdown of genders can be seen in Table 6.2 below:
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TABLE 6.2: GENDER BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENTS
6.7 Respondents were not asked to submit responses to any other questions; rather, they were requested to submit any comments in an open text box. The comments can be summarised in Table 6.3 below.
TABLE 6.3: SUMMARY OF FREE TEXT COMMENTS
6.8 The highest number of comments focused on the need to complete dualling over the Carrington Bridge, the safety or access by wakling and/or cycling and mitigation for residents.
6.9 All comments can be viewed in Appendix C.
Public Written Responses
6.10 There were only two pieces of written correspondence received. These are shown in full in Appendix D. Key comments include:
Continue the current bunding line and height from Area 51 through to the Norton Roundabout.
Create earth bunding along Broomhall Green following the Norton Roundabout relocation.
Your Gender 68% Male 32% Female
Phas
e 4
Carr
ingt
on B
ridg
e ne
eds
to h
appe
n
Feel
it's
Long
ove
rdue
Conc
erns
abo
ut P
edes
tria
n an
d Cy
clin
g sa
fety
Wan
t Fl
yove
rs a
long
the
rou
te
Incr
ease
d no
ise
leve
ls fo
r re
side
nts
Whi
ttin
gton
Slip
roa
d ne
eds
impr
ovin
g
Nee
d cl
ear
road
mar
king
s on
the
3 la
nes
Loss
of v
alue
to
hous
e pr
ices
St P
eter
's r
ush
hour
tra
ffic
jam
s
Mal
vern
tra
ffic
is d
ue t
o in
crea
se u
nder
SW
DP
Shou
ld s
till
have
a N
orth
ern
Link
Roa
d
Failu
re o
f on
WEB
link
s
Com
pens
atio
n fo
r lo
cal r
esid
ents
?
Bett
er M
5 co
nnec
tion
s fo
r M
alve
rn
Rem
ove
all r
ound
abou
ts
Prio
r war
ning
of n
ight
wor
ks fo
r re
side
nts
Unt
idy
site
and
poo
r si
gnag
e of
lane
cha
nges
Conc
erns
for
Badg
ers
11 9 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10
Ensure that the proposed pedestrian bridge, to span Broomhall Way to the west of the Norton Roundabout, descends parallel to the road avoiding any encroachment into Power Park.
Raise the foot path, by the Electricity Sub-Station, and add culverts to overcome the current flooding issue and create a dry attenuation pond in the land just to the North of the Sub-Station.
Level the Football Pitch that lies within Power Park adjacent to the Sub-Station.
Allow a substantial budget, in conjunction with the City Council, for re-planting along the edge of Power Park and Broomhall Green.
Ensure any new lighting, (Norton Roundabout for example), is directional and does add light pollution to local domestic properties, if possible reduce current levels of spill over lighting.
In return for all the disturbance suffered by local residents during these extensive road works perhaps as gesture of good will some form of improvement or adornment to Power Park or the Village Hall might be offered by County Highways.
A new motorway junction to link Malvern with the M5.
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N PR
OJEC
T PLA
N
TIT
LE OF T
HIS EX
ERC
ISE: Sou
thern
Link R
oad
(SLR) Ph
ase 3 2014
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
STAG
E 1 – WH
Y A
RE YO
U C
ON
SULTIN
G?
Wh
at specifically is th
e po
licy / decisio
n / issu
e th
at you
are seeking views o
n?
To und
ertake a pub
lic engagement exercise o
n the planned
constructio
n of the SLR.
Please set ou
t you
r bu
dget estim
ates for th
is co
nsu
ltation
exercise
5k
Date en
tered o
n th
e Co
nsu
ltation
Portal
Octo
ber 2014
Is this a strategic / co
nten
tiou
s con
sultatio
n
exercise?
Yes – B
eing su
bm
itted to
WC
C C
abin
et Septem
ber, 20
14
Have yo
u en
tered th
is into
the C
abin
et Forw
ard
Plan?
Yes
Wh
en d
oes th
is exercise need
to b
e com
pleted
?
Decem
ber 2014
STA
GE 2 –
WH
AT
AR
E YO
U EN
GA
GIN
G A
BO
UT
B
ackgrou
nd
Th
e SLR im
pro
vemen
ts form
a fun
dam
ental p
art of th
e Wo
rcester Transp
ort Strategy (W
TS) .
Th
e WT
S is a mu
lti-mo
dal p
ackage of m
easures th
at Wo
rcestershire C
oun
ty Co
un
cil is seeking to
imp
lemen
t with
fund
ing su
pp
ort fro
m th
e Dep
artmen
t for T
ranspo
rt (DfT
). Th
e WT
S
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
inco
rpo
rates app
raisal based
on
DfT
Transp
ort A
nalysis G
uid
ance (W
ebT
AG
). T
he C
ity of W
orcester is W
orcestersh
ire's prin
cipal eco
no
mic h
ub
and retail cen
tre. It is also a
grow
ing u
niversity city that is seeking to
achieve su
stainab
le econ
om
ic grow
th and
imp
rove th
e q
uality o
f life for resid
ents, wo
rkers, bu
sinesses an
d visito
rs alike. It is imp
ortan
t that th
e city fu
lfils its role as a catalyst fo
r econ
om
ic recovery and
grow
th acro
ss Wo
rcester, Wo
rcestershire
and th
e West M
idlan
ds. Lo
cal stakeho
lders, in
clud
ing th
e bu
siness co
mm
unity agree th
at key to
ach
ieving this go
al is the p
rovisio
n o
f a transp
ort netw
ork cap
able o
f sup
po
rting and
accom
mo
datin
g sustain
able eco
no
mic reco
very and gro
wth
. W
itho
ut in
vestmen
t in tran
spo
rt infrastru
cture and
services (across all m
od
es of tran
spo
rt), W
orcester’s ab
ility to gro
w and
remain
a key centre fo
r econ
om
ic grow
th w
ill be sign
ificantly co
nstrain
ed. T
he W
TS fo
cuses o
n m
aximisin
g the efficien
cy of th
e curren
t mu
lti-mo
dal tran
spo
rt n
etwo
rk, increasin
g transp
ort ch
oice and
makin
g b
etter use of existin
g assets. Th
e WT
S will d
eliver an integrated
and
balanced
netw
ork o
f tran
spo
rt infrastru
cture and
services that su
pp
orts th
e econ
om
y (by red
ucing co
ngestio
n and
travel co
sts), redu
ces the im
pact o
f transp
ort o
n sensitive enviro
nm
ents (p
articularly in
the C
ity C
entre) an
d im
pro
ves qu
ality of life. T
he W
TS rep
resents a co
mp
rehen
sive, strategic app
roach
to
ward
s the d
evelop
men
t of W
orcester
and its h
interlan
d's tran
spo
rt netw
ork acro
ss all mo
des o
f transp
ort.
Th
e SLR (A
4440) pro
po
sals inclu
de a m
ajor u
pgrad
e to existin
g facilities at No
rton
junctio
n. T
he
A4440
pro
vides a critical lin
k betw
een So
uth W
orcestersh
ire and
the M
5 (Junctio
n 7), b
ypassin
g W
orcester C
ity Centre. T
his ro
ad su
ffers from
significant co
ngestio
n p
rob
lems, resu
lting in
delays
to b
usin
esses and u
sers and
enco
uragin
g rou
ting via W
orcester C
ity Centre o
f traffic that w
ou
ld
oth
erwise b
y-pass th
e city, with
con
sequ
ent ad
verse imp
acts on
transp
ort co
sts, the city
econ
om
y and th
e enviro
nm
ent. T
he p
rop
osed
measu
res have b
een d
esigned to
reduce
con
gestion
, increase reliab
ility and
sup
po
rt imp
rovem
ents to
walk, cycle and
pu
blic tran
spo
rt in
the city cen
tre. Y
es N
ote:
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Do
we need
to co
nsult?
Wh
at specifically are w
e con
sultin
g up
on
? W
hat sp
ecific ou
tcom
es are we ultim
ately trying to
achieve?
Th
e pu
blic h
ave already b
een en
gaged via p
ub
lic engagem
ent exercises o
n:
LT
P3
Wo
rcester Transp
ort Strategy
T
he ketch
(SLR p
hase 2)
A
n in
form
ation
exercise will b
e carried o
ut in
relation
to th
e road
layou
t design
of SLR
Phase 3.
Ho
wever, issu
es raised b
y the p
ub
lic to d
ate focu
s largely on
'bligh
t' so th
ere will b
e elemen
ts o
pen
for co
nsu
ltation
specifically relatin
g to m
itigation
measu
res. Th
ese specifically relate to
m
itigation
invo
lving:
Landscap
ing. T
ree plantin
g: op
tion
s N
oise
Lighting
We also
need
to in
form
on
the strategic co
ntext o
f the p
roject (e.g. W
TS, w
orks to
date th
at h
ave imp
roved
the A
440 and
future w
orks).
To
info
rm w
idely p
rior to
delivery in
terms o
f:
Schem
e design and
road
layou
t
Details o
f any bu
nd, p
ed an
d cycle w
ays
Delivery Pro
gramm
e and im
pact/m
itigation
on
high
way d
uring co
nstru
ction
. E.g.: o
H
igh level p
rogram
me
o
Plant locatio
n
o
Traffic d
iversion
s (wh
ere and
for h
ow
lon
g) T
o ach
ieve an agreed o
utco
me o
n m
itigation
measu
res driven
by th
e results o
f the co
nsu
ltation
and
to keep
users and resid
ents fully in
form
ed ab
ou
t the sch
eme.
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Wh
at are the co
nstrain
ts? W
hat is o
pen
to ch
ange and
wh
at is no
t? T
his n
eeds to
be clearly set o
ut in
you
r co
nsu
ltation
material
Am
end
men
ts to th
e road
layou
t pro
po
sed are lim
ited d
ue to co
nstrain
ts such
as land
ow
nersh
ip
and th
e locatio
n o
f existing statu
tory services.
All view
s are welco
me and
info
rmatio
n w
ill be u
sed to
reflect sou
nd
jud
gemen
t in d
ecision
m
aking.
Have yo
u exp
lained
you
r ob
jectives to all staff
invo
lved?
Yes. A
s part o
f LTP3/W
TS and
general schem
e develo
pm
ent
D
o staff h
ave the n
ecessary skills to carry o
ut this
con
sultatio
n?
Yes
C
on
sider h
ow
you
will set o
ut yo
ur o
bjectives to
co
nsu
ltees
Th
e follo
wing M
UST
be in
cluded
in an
y material:
Clear statem
ent o
f ob
jectives In
form
ation
on
the issu
e that is b
eing co
nsu
lted ab
ou
t, any con
straints and
a clear explanatio
n o
f co
ntext, ch
oices /o
pp
ortun
ities for in
fluen
ce H
ow
views w
ill be taken
accou
nt b
y wh
om
and b
y wh
en
A co
ntact p
oin
t D
ata Protectio
n A
ct statemen
t
Th
e con
sultatio
n tim
escales,
Date resp
on
ses need
ed b
y
Ho
w feed
back w
ill be p
rovid
ed,
W
here to
find
furth
er info
rmatio
n,
O
pp
ortu
nities for p
eop
le to evaluate yo
ur co
nsu
ltation
, com
men
t / com
plain
t on
pro
cess.
STA
GE 3 –
DEC
IDIN
G W
HO
TO
CO
NSU
LT
Wh
o are th
e stakeho
lders?
PH
Local M
emb
ers In
ternal C
on
sultees
Local stakeh
old
ers: Parish C
ou
ncils
Key Stakeh
old
ers (LEP etc) W
orcestersh
ire Resid
ents, specifically St Peters and
residents in
the vicin
ity of th
e wo
rks
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Ro
ad u
sers/com
mu
ters H
ow
will yo
u in
form
the lo
cal cou
ncillo
r/s of th
is co
nsu
ltation
?
Local C
ou
ncillo
rs will b
e invited
to a b
riefing sessio
n in
Au
tum
n 20
14
Can yo
u u
se existing gro
up
s and fo
rum
s for yo
ur
con
sultatio
n?
Wo
rcester/Wych
avon H
ighw
ay & T
ranspo
rtation
Foru
ms.
STA
GE 4 –
WH
EN T
O C
ON
SULT
N
OT
E CH
ECK
LIST 4.A
– Prep
aring yo
ur tim
etable w
ill help
you
with
this sectio
n
Was th
is con
sultatio
n id
entified
in yo
ur
Directo
rate Perform
ance Plan?
Yes
Co
nsu
ltation
Program
me O
verview
C
on
sultatio
n Plann
ing: O
ctob
er 2014
C
on
sultatio
n D
elivery: Octo
ber -D
ecemb
er 2014
Rep
ortin
g: January 20
14 O
utco
mes availab
le to in
fluence d
esigns – Feb
ruary 20
15 R
esou
rces Fin
ancial - refer b
ack to yo
ur b
ud
get, are the
finan
cial resou
rces in p
lace to su
ccessfully
imp
lemen
t the ch
osen
meth
od
?
Yes
Hu
man
. Are the p
eop
le available to
deliver th
is co
nsu
ltation
? Y
es
Tech
nical R
esou
rce
Yes
Do
you
need
to b
uild
in tim
e to “p
ilot” yo
ur
con
sultatio
n?
Th
e exercise for th
e Ketch
SLR sch
eme h
as help
ed to
'test' this en
gagemen
t pro
cess
Ho
w lo
ng befo
re you
r exercise starts do
you
plan
to p
ub
licise you
r con
sultatio
n?
1 week
Ho
w lo
ng will yo
u give co
nsu
ltees to resp
on
d to
yo
ur co
nsu
ltation
? –
10 w
eeks
Do
es the co
nsu
ltation
perio
d co
incid
e with
any even
ts that are likely to
influen
ce the o
utco
me?
No
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Ou
tline Pro
gramm
e
C
abin
et Decisio
n – Sep
temb
er 2014
Pre-co
nsu
ltation
with
Co
un
cillors- early O
ctob
er 2014
Pu
blicise co
nsu
ltation
. Press releases/ po
sters etc.
Co
nsu
ltation
perio
d – 16th
Octo
ber – 31st D
ecemb
er
An
alyse results and
prep
are the n
ecessary repo
rts (full, sum
mary etc) Janu
ary 2015
Allo
w yo
ur resu
lts to b
e con
sidered
by o
thers –
Jan/Feb 15
Subm
it back to
Cab
inet (o
r delegated
decisio
n) –
March
2015
Pro
vide feed
back – and
prep
are any material n
ecessary – March
2015 o
nw
ards
Post co
nsu
ltation
evaluation
(lesson
s learned
) – p
ost co
nstru
ction
STA
GE FIV
E – H
OW
TO
CA
RR
Y O
UT
YO
UR
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N
Are yo
u u
sing extern
al con
sultants to
carry out th
is co
nsu
ltation
? N
o
Meth
od
s B
riefing Seessio
n/m
eetings
Local M
emb
ers Parish
/District m
emb
er and
WC
C m
emb
er R
esidents in
local vicin
ity T
he H
ub
Th
e aim o
f the M
emb
ers presen
tation
is to co
nvey in
form
ation
on
the p
rop
osed
con
sultatio
n, its
con
text and m
etho
do
logy in
advance o
f the co
nsu
ltation
pro
cess goin
g live. W
HER
E/WH
EN: T
BC
W
HER
E/WH
EN: T
BC
W
HER
E/WH
EN: T
BC
H
ub
briefin
g will b
e requ
ired so
that cu
stom
er enq
uiries can b
e effectively hand
led.
Hu
b staff sh
ou
ld refer cu
stom
ers to th
e con
sultatio
n d
ocu
men
ts and in
form
ation
on
the w
ebsite
(ww
w.w
orcestersh
ire.gov.u
k/SLR).
Cu
stom
ers can fill the electro
nic su
rvey ou
t on
-line o
r prin
t ou
t a version
and sen
d it in
Freepo
st
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Press Releases
Exhib
ition
s D
igital disp
lays W
ebsite an
d O
n-lin
e Survey C
on
sultatio
n Po
rtal
For th
ose u
nable to
access the w
ebsite a sm
all amo
un
t of p
rinted
leaflets will b
e available at
local ven
ues.
Press Release p
ost C
abin
et: Sept 20
14. Liaise with
Cen
tral Co
mm
s. Press releases sh
ou
ld b
e distrib
uted
in ad
vance o
f the start o
f the co
nsu
ltation
and th
en at
app
rop
riate intervals as th
e pro
cess con
tinues. T
he p
ub
lic and m
edia w
ill have access to
the
Cab
inet Pap
ers on
ce they are released
therefo
re the pu
rpo
se of th
e press release w
ou
ld b
e to
pre-em
pt th
is to gen
erate a po
sitive new
s story o
n th
e con
sultatio
n exercise.
Tesco
's St Peters St Peters Parish
Hall
Date to
be co
nfirm
ed (Late O
ctob
er, 2014)
To
gather view
s from
com
mu
ters (Malvern
/Sou
th W
orcestersh
ire) con
sider d
igital disp
lays on
th
e SLR signp
ostin
g web
survey. Place O
ctob
er, 2014.
All in
form
ation
(con
tent see sectio
n2) an
d th
e op
po
rtun
ity to resp
on
d w
ill be availab
le on
the
Co
un
ty's web
site
Survey to b
e develo
ped
in co
nju
nction
with
Project M
anager, R
esearch and
Intelligence, C
entral
Co
mm
s
Ensu
re that th
e con
sultatio
n is listed
on
the C
orp
orate C
on
sultatio
n Po
rtal and
that fro
nt p
age flags are reserved
W
hen
: To
go 'live' at th
e start of co
nsu
ltation
perio
d
Letters will b
e po
sted d
irectly to key stakeh
old
ers or em
ailed. It w
ill be p
articularly im
po
rtant to
so
licit letters from
the strategic stakeh
old
ers.
PRO
JECT
PLAN
PREPA
RED
BY
: MC
Jon
es A
CT
ION
/ EVID
ENC
E O
UT
CO
ME
Stakeho
lder letter an
d Pro
-form
er Survey Po
ster Leaflet (co
nten
t see Section
2) D
ata Entry &
An
alysing re
sults
Th
e po
stal pro
-form
a will co
nsist o
f a pap
er based
survey to
respo
nd
ents w
ho
then
com
plete
and retu
rn it by a sp
ecified d
ate. W
hen
: Distrib
ute at th
e start of co
nsu
ltation
perio
d
A p
ub
licity po
ster will b
e requ
ired d
irecting m
emb
ers of th
e pu
blic to
the w
ebsite. T
his w
ill be
enclo
sed w
ith th
e stakeho
lder letters w
here ap
pro
priate and
circulated
to lib
raries and h
ub
s etc. via th
is usu
al distrib
utio
n m
echanism
(see Directo
rate Co
mm
s). T
o b
e distrib
uted
at the start o
f the C
on
sultatio
n p
eriod
and
available at th
e exhib
ition
s.
Th
is will b
e on
e of th
e main
meth
od
s to enab
le mem
bers o
f the p
ub
lic to resp
on
d. It w
ill be
pro
mo
ted b
y mem
bers o
f staff, the Stakeh
old
er letters, po
sters, press releases etc.
As w
ell as con
tainin
g info
rmatio
n o
n th
e con
sultatio
n (includ
ing th
e meth
od
olo
gy and p
rop
osals)
it will also
inclu
de th
e survey.
Ap
pro
x 2k
Data Pro
tection
– We w
ill need
to m
ake it clear to cu
stom
ers ho
w in
form
ation
will b
e used
and
ob
tain th
eir con
sent
It is pro
po
sed to
use existing reso
urce fo
r data en
try. Co
din
g and co
nsisten
cy checks to
be
agreed w
ithin
the first w
eek of resp
on
ses bein
g received. A
nalysin
g results an
d rep
ortin
g will b
e u
ndertaken
by th
e BEC
Co
nsu
ltation
Team
. SEN
D T
HIS PLA
N T
O Y
OU
R M
AN
AG
ER / C
ON
SULT
AT
ION
CO
MM
ISSION
ER FO
R A
PPRO
VA
L – ON
CE A
PPRO
VED
SEND
TH
E DET
AILS O
F TH
IS C
ON
SULT
AT
ION
TO
TH
E PUB
LIC SIT
E OF T
HE A
SK M
E CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N PLA
NN
ER A
ND
FIND
ER
Prepared
by: M
ichele C
Jon
es D
ate: Septem
ber 20
14
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N D
ETA
ILS SENT
TO
PUB
LIC SIT
E ON
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N PO
RT
AL B
Y (N
ame) …
. ON
(Date) …
…T
O B
E CO
MPLET
ED B
Y M
AN
AG
ER /
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N C
OM
MISSIO
NER
M
anager/ C
on
sultatio
n C
om
missio
ner to
state here any actio
ns id
entified to
be co
mp
leted b
efore th
e con
sultatio
n is sign
ed o
ff: In
particu
lar con
sider if:
Yo
u agree th
e plan as set o
ut, an
d yo
u are co
mfo
rtable th
at the relevan
t issues h
ave been
con
sidered
Su
fficient b
ud
get / reso
urces are availab
le
Th
at the sp
end
/ level of activity o
n th
is con
sultatio
n is p
rop
ortio
nate to
the issu
e bein
g con
sulted
abo
ut
Du
ties und
er Equ
alities and D
ata Protectio
n Legislatio
n h
ave been
met
Staff have su
fficient train
ing / exp
ertise to carry o
ut th
e con
sultatio
n
No
te any actio
ns to
be co
mp
leted b
efore co
nsu
ltation
is signed o
ff here:
PLAN
SIGN
ED O
FF BY
MA
NA
GER
/ CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N C
OM
MISSIO
NER
(Nam
e) (D
ate): R
ETU
RN
TH
IS FOR
M T
O T
HE PER
SON
WH
O PR
OD
UC
ED T
HE PR
OJEC
T PLA
N. IT
SHO
ULD
BE R
ETA
INED
FOR
AU
DIT
PUR
POSES. C
ON
SULT
AT
ION
D
ETA
ILS SHO
ULD
NO
W B
E SENT
TO
PUB
LIC SIT
E ON
CO
NSU
LTA
TIO
N PO
RT
AL
As a keen
road
cyclist wh
o regu
larly uses th
is rou
te, I am in
terested to
learn w
hat co
ntro
ls are
bein
g establish
ed to
ensure th
e safety of ro
ad cyclists? Sp
ecifically, I often
ride alo
ng th
e A38
tow
ards th
e Ketch
Island
, in o
rder to
turn righ
t tow
ards th
e No
rton
island
. At th
is island I w
ill be
left strand
ed in
the m
idd
le of th
e road
with
traffic attemp
ting to
enter and tu
rn left fro
m th
e
directio
n o
f the K
etch. A
t the N
orto
n Islan
d I w
ill no
w h
ave to cu
t across tw
o lan
es of fast
mo
ving traffic in
ord
er to tu
rn righ
t tow
ards N
orto
n. B
oth
of th
ese islands sh
ou
ld h
ave traffic
lights in
stalled.
I thin
k the p
riorities are w
ron
g. Th
e duallin
g of A
4440 b
etween
Pow
ick and
Ketch
wo
uld
deliver
the b
est imp
rovem
ent to
traffic flow
s bu
t flyovers/u
nderp
asses at the in
tersection
s wo
uld
be
the icin
g on
the cake. C
reating larger ro
un
dab
ou
ts will en
able veh
icles to travel faster aro
und
them
- makin
g it mo
re difficu
lt to filter in
and th
us cau
sing d
elays wh
ich w
ill lead to
traffic lights
bein
g installed
! Ho
wever filter o
r merge in
turn
systems w
ork w
ell in o
ther p
laces and w
ou
ld h
ave
solved
the p
rob
lems w
ith th
e left turn
on
to th
e A4440
at Wh
ittington
wh
en leavin
g M5. H
aving
imp
roved
the ju
nction
- the m
ost efficien
t rou
te now
has a so
lid h
atched
wh
ite line area w
hich
has d
one n
oth
ing to
imp
rove th
e junctio
n safety.
Co
uld
really also d
o w
ith a w
est-to-so
uth
flyover lan
e at Wh
ittington
to avo
id th
e con
flicts
betw
een traffic fro
m N
orto
n/b
eyon
d h
eadin
g to th
e M5 an
d th
e flow
s from
the C
ity tow
ards
No
rton
/beyo
nd
and fro
m th
e M5 in
to th
e City.
I have grave co
ncern
s on
ho
w p
edestrian
s will cro
ss the ro
ad safely fro
m N
orto
n R
oad
, No
rton
to
St Peters wh
ilst the w
ork is takin
g place. A
sizeable n
um
ber o
f peo
ple o
f all ages use th
is rou
te
daily. I b
elieve there sh
ou
ld b
e a raised lan
dscap
ed b
und
alon
g the len
gth o
f Cro
okb
arrow
way
sou
th sid
e as there is n
ow
, to red
uce the so
un
d o
f even m
ore veh
icles travelling acro
ss tow
ards
the p
rop
erties at Yew
tree cou
rt and co
ttage. If it is level the n
oise w
ill be greater. T
here is a
po
ssibility B
adgers m
aybe p
resent in
the vicin
ity as there is a track visib
le from
the o
ld refu
se tip
across th
e big field
tow
ards C
roo
k barro
w W
ay.
I have n
o co
nfid
ence in th
is con
sultatio
n exercise, as th
e High
ways D
epartm
ent h
as con
sistently
ignored
the resu
lts of p
reviou
s con
sultatio
ns. T
he m
ajor d
esign fau
lts in p
hase 1 o
f this p
roject
wh
ich let to
many crash
es on
a dan
gerou
sly bad
ly designed
new
slip ro
ad w
ere po
inted
ou
t by
residents in
that stage's co
nsu
ltation
bu
t were igno
red b
ecause 'the co
un
cil kno
ws b
est', and
then
large sum
s of m
on
ey were sp
ent p
utting th
ings righ
t afterward
s. Th
e po
intlessn
ess of exp
and
ing
the K
etch ro
un
dab
ou
t with
ou
t wid
ening th
e river crossin
g (and
particu
larly as it affects the layo
ut
of th
e rou
nd
abo
ut, d
ecidin
g wh
ere a wid
ened river cro
ssing w
ou
ld co
nn
ect to th
at rou
nd
abo
ut)
was also
po
inted
ou
t by re
sidents in
the p
hase 2 co
nsu
ltation
, and again
the resid
ents were
ignored
because 'th
e cou
ncil kn
ow
s best', and
inevitably large su
ms o
f mo
ney w
ill have to
be
spen
t pu
tting thin
gs right o
nce th
e brid
ge is finally w
idened
. Similarly, as h
as been
po
inted
ou
t
num
erou
s times b
y many resid
ents, ph
ase 3 will o
bvio
usly b
e a com
plete w
aste of m
on
ey unless
the C
arringto
n b
ridge, w
hich
is the p
inch p
oin
t on
this ro
ad, is eith
er du
alled o
r sup
plem
ented
by
a secon
d b
ridge. It is b
lind
ingly o
bvio
us to
everyon
e except th
e laugh
ing sto
ck that is W
orcester's
High
ways d
epartm
ent th
at you
canno
t fit 2 lanes o
f traffic on
to a sin
gle lane b
ridge. Ph
ase 3
sho
uld
be p
ostp
on
ed u
ntil after ph
ase 4 (includin
g the b
ridge) is co
mp
lete, since it cann
ot
po
ssibly im
pro
ve jou
rney tim
es with
ou
t the b
ridge w
ork b
eing co
mp
leted first. G
oin
g ahead
with
Phase 3 w
itho
ut th
e brid
ge is simp
ly thro
wing go
od
mo
ney after b
ad. If th
e cou
ncil still b
elieve
that 2 lan
es of traffic can m
agically fit on
a single lan
e brid
ge, the very least th
ey sho
uld
do
is
finish
ph
ase 2 and
measu
re the in
evitable in
crease in jo
urn
ey times it w
ill cause due to
the
increased
size of th
e rou
nd
abo
ut, and
com
pare it to
the p
rom
ised d
ecrease in jo
urn
ey times
befo
re trustin
g their h
ighw
ays dep
artmen
t with
any mo
re pu
blic m
on
ey.
My co
ncern
is the level o
f no
ise wh
ile this w
ork is in
Progress as m
y ho
use is im
med
iately next to
wh
ere this fo
otb
ridge is b
eing b
uilt, w
hat effect w
ill this h
ave on
value o
f ou
r pro
perties? A
nd
will
we b
e entitled
to so
me fo
rm o
f com
pen
sation
?
I am co
ncern
ed at th
e timin
g of th
e installatio
n o
f the fo
ot an
d cycle b
ridge cro
ssing th
e A4440
.
Betw
een th
e Ketch
rou
nd
abo
ut and
the C
arringto
n b
ridge, T
his is an extrem
ely dan
gerou
s
crossin
g no
w and
lose th
e op
po
rtun
ity of in
stalling it n
ow
is an accident w
aiting to
hap
pen
. We
are all await th
at if this is left un
til the d
evelop
ers are ready to
com
ply th
is extend
ing th
e
likeliho
od
of a serio
us accident as th
e traffic will u
ndo
ub
tily be co
incid
ently faster th
an the
qu
oted
12.7mp
h in
the d
ocu
men
t. Th
at is if it ever is installed
. Yo
u also
ind
icate that d
ispu
te a 1
year disru
ptio
n the ad
justm
ents to
No
rton
Ro
ad b
etween
Ketch
Ro
un
dab
ou
t and K
emp
sey will
again w
ill again d
isturb
ed w
hen
SWU
E Wo
rks are und
ertaken w
hy cann
ot th
is disru
ptio
n be all
over in
on
e ph
ase.
My co
ncern
s are 1/ Loss o
f value to
my p
rop
erty, will yo
u b
e payin
g com
pen
sation
. 2/ Wh
at
pro
vision
is bein
g mad
e to red
uce n
oise p
ollu
tion
after com
pletio
n o
f wo
rks, will yo
u b
e
pro
vidin
g acou
stic fencin
g. 3/ Du
ring th
e brid
ge's con
structio
n, w
ill you
be d
oin
g all nigh
t
op
eration
s and w
ill we h
ave any prio
r warn
ings as m
y ho
use is very clo
se to th
ese brid
ges.
Great id
ea to im
pro
ve this R
oad
as it gets very bu
sy. I wo
uld
like to see th
e Wh
ittington
to
No
rton
Ro
un
dab
ou
t beco
me a slip
road
(From
M5) th
e curren
t layou
t of ju
nction
is dan
gerou
s ! ! !
(Had
my car w
ritten o
ff there) A
lso I h
op
e that all lan
es are clearly marked
with
arrow
s as
curren
tly no
on
e kno
ws w
hat lan
e to b
e in, esp
ecially wh
en yo
u h
ave 3 lanes. I start o
n th
e A44 to
the A
4440 T
he H
ereford
rou
nd
abo
ut n
eeds arro
ws ! ! ! W
ell they all d
o to
be fair. I h
op
e you
take
these su
ggestion
s into
con
sideratio
n - T
hey w
ill help
peo
ple w
ho
do
no
t kno
w th
eir high
way
cod
e! Also
you
need
to im
pro
ve the layo
ut fo
r the A
44 Ro
un
dab
ou
t to M
alvern - T
he lan
e is no
t
wid
e eno
ugh
the cu
rb is alw
ays bein
g hit. T
hank yo
u. I see ro
ad rage every d
ay on
these
rou
nd
abo
uts, b
ecause peo
ple are u
nsure w
hat lan
e they sh
ou
ld b
e in. Im
pro
vemen
ts are need
ed
on
all 6 rou
ndab
ou
ts from
A44 to
Wh
ittington
. Wh
ite arrow
s pain
ted o
n all lan
es !! Please on
all 6
of th
em. T
hank yo
u fo
r giving m
e the o
pp
ortu
nity to
express m
y op
inio
ns.
I have to
day visited
the p
ub
lic exhib
ition
at St Peters Gard
en C
entre, and
wish
to m
ake th
e
follo
wing co
mm
ents. B
oth
the o
nlin
e add
ress in th
e do
cum
ent fo
r com
men
ts and th
e Email
add
ress do
no
t wo
rk, presum
ably b
ecause they are in
com
plete. H
ence I am
send
ing th
is by p
ost!
It seems th
at an awful am
ou
nt o
f mo
ney is b
eing sp
ent o
n th
is schem
e, wh
en th
e fund
ing fo
r
ph
ase 4 (includin
g the w
iden
ing o
f Carrin
gton
brid
ge, has n
ot yet b
een ap
pro
ved. M
uch
of th
e
traffic on
the so
uth
ern lin
k (inclu
din
g the N
ew B
ridge) m
ust co
me via A
449 from
Malvern
. Again
mu
ch o
f this m
ust b
e traffic attemp
ting to
reach th
e M5 (In
clud
ing h
eavy lorries fro
m d
evelop
ing
Malvern
ind
ustrial estates). T
his traffic is set to
increase w
ith th
e pro
po
sed large resid
ential
develo
pm
ents u
nder SW
WD
P. Wh
y no
t relieve the A
449 and
South
ern Lin
k and at th
e same tim
e
brin
g Malvern
into
the 21st cen
tury b
y pro
vidin
g Malvern
with
a better lin
k to m
oto
rway system
,
by p
assing W
orcester alto
gether? I am
suggestin
g that a lin
k be m
ade fro
m th
e B4211 at th
e Rh
ydd
,
crossin
g River Severn
to jo
in th
e M5 at a n
ew ju
nction
(7A?), a reaso
nab
ly sho
rt length
inco
rpo
rating a ju
nction
with
A38
. Th
e river brid
ge wo
uld
be co
nstru
cted o
n virgin
grou
nd, n
ot
causing any d
isrup
tion to
traffic. Th
is wo
uld
pro
vide M
alvern w
ith a m
uch
mo
re direct lin
k to th
e
mo
torw
ay system, b
ut w
ou
ld h
ave to b
e accom
panied
by exten
din
g To
wn
send
Way to
the B
4211,
by p
assing th
e bo
ttlenecks at th
e No
rth En
d Lane an
d B
arnard
's Green
. A b
y-pass o
f Gu
arlford
village migh
t also b
e desirab
le. Th
e extra junctio
n o
n th
e M5 w
ou
ld also
help
to th
e M5 traffic
from
bo
th safety and
diversio
n o
n th
e rou
te persp
ectives. At th
e mo
men
t it is 9 miles fro
m J7 to
J8 w
hich
is no
t an en
try/ exit junctio
n and
a total o
f 13 miles fro
m J7 to
J9 (or 10
miles to
j1 of th
e
M50
) - alon
g way fo
r emergency veh
icles to reach
an accident o
ccurrin
g in th
e mid
dle. T
he
pro
po
sal wo
uld
also relieve U
pto
n-U
po
n-Severn
from
traffic wantin
g to go
sou
th o
n th
e M5. A
lso
heavy traffic fro
m M
alvern, w
ishin
g to travel to
South
Wales m
ight b
e persuad
ed to
this lin
k ,
do
wn
the M
5 to J8
and h
ence w
est on
the M
50 rather th
an u
sing th
e presen
t tortu
ou
s rou
te
thro
ugh
the n
arrow
road
s of H
ereford
shire (p
articularly Led
bury). I ap
preciate th
ere wo
uld
be
many en
viron
men
tal and fin
ancial issu
es to b
e con
sidered
, bu
t I WO
ND
ERED
IF the C
ou
nty
Co
un
cil had
con
sidered
the o
ptio
n o
f a 3rd river cro
ssing as stated
abo
ve, rather w
idenin
g the
Carrin
gton
Brid
ge.
Ho
w m
any lanes are th
ere for traffic ap
pro
achin
g the ketch
rou
nd
abo
ut fro
m B
ath R
oad
goin
g
tow
ards K
emp
sey and o
nto
the C
arringto
n B
ridge. H
op
efully th
ere are two
oth
erwise th
ere will
be ch
aos w
ith a b
uild
-up
of traffic b
ack into
the city cen
tre. Was a su
rvey con
du
cted o
n th
is?
I ow
n a h
ou
se in St Peters, B
rimsto
ne C
lose, w
hich
is on
e of th
e closest h
ou
ses to th
e No
rton
rou
nd
abo
ut. I am
hap
py fo
r the ro
ad d
evelop
men
ts to go
ahead
and
I un
derstand
the b
enefits
this w
ill brin
g to th
e local area. H
ow
ever, if these are go
ing to
go ah
ead, th
is will cause m
y ho
use
to b
e very close to
a mu
ch b
igger road
than w
hen
I first bo
ugh
t it. I wo
rry this w
ill affect the
value o
f my h
ou
se and
my exp
erience o
f living in
it. Th
erefore, I w
ou
ld like to
suggest a co
up
le of
thin
gs that I w
ou
ld ap
preciate b
eing co
nsid
ered d
uring th
e develo
pm
ents... 1. W
ith stage 2, b
y the
ketch ro
un
dab
ou
t, the h
ou
ses that b
ack on
to th
e byp
ass were p
rotected
mo
re by a raised
ban
k
that w
as pu
t in, co
uld
this b
e an op
tion
for p
hase 3 n
ext to th
e rou
nd
abo
ut? O
r at the very least
cou
ld so
me m
ore su
bstan
tial shru
bb
ery be p
ut in
as I can curren
tly see the ro
ad fro
m m
y ho
use
thro
ugh
the gap
s in th
e bu
shes. 2. A
s the ro
ad w
ill be a m
ore
dan
gerou
s road
if it is do
ubled
in
size, will th
ere be anyth
ing th
at is pu
t in p
lace to p
rotect ch
ildren
/pets fro
m w
alking from
ou
r
ho
uses, th
rou
gh th
e bu
shes to
the b
ypass, co
uld
we h
ave a fence p
ut u
p o
r som
ethin
g alon
g
these lin
es? I wo
uld
be gratefu
l if any of th
e abo
ve was to
be co
nsid
ered. I kn
ow
my n
eighb
ou
rs
feel the sam
e and h
ave said th
ey will also
email yo
u, I'm
no
t sure if th
ey have th
ou
gh. If yo
u
cou
ld p
lease feedb
ack with
any up
dates th
at wo
uld
be great, T
hank yo
u fo
r you
r time.
I have co
ncern
s regardin
g extra no
ise from
traffic. Th
e existing carriagew
ay is very no
isy. Th
e
no
ise travels up
ward
like ho
t air rising. T
he p
rop
erties are situated
abo
ve the ro
ad so
the n
oise
can be h
eard even
with
triple glazin
g. In th
e sum
mer it is im
po
ssible to
sleep w
ith th
e win
do
ws
op
en, and
relaxing in
the gard
en is also
difficu
lt. I ho
pe n
oise levels w
ill be take
n in
to
con
sideratio
n w
ith Earth
Bu
nd. So
und
pro
of fen
cing and
mo
re effective noise red
uction
road
surfacin
g and
screen b
uffers. A
s the p
roject w
ill taking 3 years p
lus, w
ill there b
e any
com
pen
sation
for th
e increased
distu
rban
ce and n
oise caused
by th
e wo
rks and
the d
ust and
inco
nven
ience to
the resid
ents living so
close to
the carriagew
ay. Ou
r market d
evaluation
of
pro
perty d
uring th
is time.
Th
e SLR Ph
ase 3 imp
rovem
ents are vital to
Wo
rcestershire and
local resid
ents wh
o h
ave end
ured
traffic con
gestion
for to
o m
any years.
Are th
ere any plans to
wid
en th
e brid
ge over th
e Severn and
make it d
ual carriage way d
ow
n to
the Po
wick islan
d? If n
ot, su
rely this w
ill cause traffic to stack up
app
roach
ing th
e Ketch
island
,
and n
ot so
lve the co
ngestio
n fro
m Po
wick d
irection
tow
ards th
e Ketch
island
.
With
ou
t duelin
g the C
arringto
n B
ridge and
with
ou
t plann
ing and
bu
ildin
g the R
ing R
oad
to th
e
No
rth o
f the C
ity, future co
ngestio
n is guaran
teed fo
r the n
ear future. Fo
r goo
dness sake get o
n
with
the co
mp
lete job
!!
I can see the p
lans will m
ake som
e differen
ce and im
pro
ve con
gestion
, so th
at is welco
me.
Ho
wever, is ano
ther b
ridge m
eanin
g there co
uld
be d
ual carriageway all th
e way fro
m
Wh
ittington
to Po
wick th
e on
ly real solutio
n? I ap
preciate th
ere is a hu
ge cost im
plicatio
n at a
time w
hen
pu
blic fu
nds are very lim
ited, b
ut I w
on
dered
if this w
as bein
g con
sidered
even in
a
very long term
way.
I've read w
ith great in
terest the p
lans for Ph
ase 3 and th
ank you
for seeking to
imp
rove th
is wh
ole
road
section
from
Pow
ick to W
hittingto
n. T
wo
main
po
ints, p
lease can you
ensu
re the d
edicated
left turn
from
Wh
ittington
Island
run
s a goo
d d
istance d
ow
n th
e hill en
ablin
g alternate filterin
g
MU
CH
low
er do
wn
as the cu
rrent layo
ut is q
uite h
on
estly, ridicu
lou
s, and I'm
sure w
as no
t the
inten
sion
! I'm also
DELIG
HT
ED to
see the in
clusio
n o
f Phase 4. Q
uite fran
kly, this is C
RIT
ICA
L to
the traffic flo
w o
f sou
th W
orcestersh
ire and
if do
ne su
ccessfully w
ill imp
rove th
e lives of u
s
Malvern
folk, and
no
do
ubt th
ose o
f many co
mp
any from
mid
-wales, Led
bury, B
rom
yard etc. T
his
has th
e po
tential to
brin
g massive in
vestmen
t in th
e Malvern
district. O
nce all th
is is do
ne and
dep
end
ing o
n th
e future traffic vo
lum
es, I thin
k peak tim
e traffic lights o
n th
e Ketch
Island
may
need
to b
e con
sidered
as the A
38 W
orcester/T
ewkesb
ury traffic flow
may co
ntin
ue to sto
p th
e
East/West flo
w o
f the b
ulk o
f the traffic. Ph
ase 3 and
4 AS SO
ON
AS PO
SSIBLE PLEA
SE !!!!!!
Man
y thanks.
Man
agemen
t of cu
rrent p
hase h
as seemed
po
or, w
ith lack o
f clear road
lane signage, a site th
at
has o
ften seem
ed u
ntidy. T
he ap
pro
aches h
eadin
g No
rth and
South
on
A38 esp
. po
or. I h
op
e
that n
ext ph
ase will b
e better m
anaged. A
lso q
uestio
n b
enefits ab
sent d
ualling o
f Brid
ge to
Pow
ick.
Ho
pefu
lly this w
ill help
...sho
uld
have b
een th
is in th
e first place ....alw
ays been
a pro
blem
road
Please it is an im
perative th
at the ro
adw
ay do
es no
t beco
me a b
arrier to p
edestrian
s and
cyclists
so th
at they are no
t intim
idated
or co
nstrain
ed in
crossin
g the ro
ad. A
single p
oin
t for cro
ssing is
insu
fficient alo
ng w
hich
will b
e a bu
sy, wid
e road
way co
up
led w
ith so
me very large q
uick fire
rou
nd
abo
uts.
Will th
ere be traffic co
ntro
l on
the N
orto
n R
ou
nd
abo
ut d
uring ru
sh h
ou
rs. At th
e mo
men
t you
have to
qu
eue to
get off o
f the St Peters Estate an
d at tim
es this stretch
es back alo
ng St Peters
Drive nearly to
the B
aptist C
hu
rch. T
his situ
ation
will o
nly get w
orse w
hen
the 20
00
+ ho
uses are
bu
ilt on
the lan
d ad
jacent to
the N
orto
n R
ou
nd
abo
ut. W
ill you
also in
corp
orate a p
edestrian
crossin
g at the en
d o
f the N
orto
n lan
e ped
way to
allow
ped
estrian to
cross o
ver tow
ards N
orto
n
Barracks, at th
e mo
men
t it is an accident w
aiting to
hap
pen
. I kno
w a b
ridge is p
lanne
d fo
r Phase 2
wid
ening o
f the m
ain ro
ad b
ut th
is is too
far away fo
r ped
estrians, esp
ecially if they are carrying
bags after b
eing to
Tesco
. Th
ink o
f the eld
erly please. M
any th
anks
Th
e con
gestion
is caused b
y the in
tersection
s at rou
nd
abo
uts. It is n
ot clear h
ow
du
alling w
ill
affect these.. O
nly b
y enab
ling m
ore rap
id clearance o
f the ju
nction
s, will co
ngestio
n ease. T
hese
plans d
o n
ot ap
pear to
inclu
de im
pro
ved ro
ad access to
Wo
rcester Parkway. C
om
pletin
g the rin
g
arou
nd W
orcester sh
ou
ld h
ave a high
er prio
rity.
Great w
ork. C
an't wait fo
r the w
ho
le stretch to
be co
mp
leted in
clud
ing th
e Carringto
n b
ridge and
the rest o
f the rin
g road
(No
rth rin
g road
).
1: Is duallin
g necessary ju
st elimin
ate the ro
un
dab
ou
ts as these cause h
old
up
s. 2: If it is carried o
ut
bu
ild a n
ew d
ual carriageway so
uth
of C
roo
kberro
w W
ay + brid
ge over th
e rail line th
e span
to
inclu
de b
ridlew
ay + accom
mo
datio
n access savin
g costs o
f dem
olish
ing existin
g brid
ges + new
brid
ges. 3: If abo
ve was d
on
e it wo
uld
be p
ossib
le to b
uild
an u
nderp
ass at No
rton
Ro
ad.
Co
okb
errow
Way b
ecom
e an extensive o
f St Peter's Drive, th
is keepin
g local traffic o
f byp
ass also
utility services w
ater, gas, electricity + ph
on
e/intern
et away fro
m b
y-pass. 4: If th
is was d
one it b
e
po
ssible to
have a flyo
ver for M
alvern to
M5 traffic o
ver the M
5 to W
orcester T
raffic at
Cro
okb
errow
rou
ndab
ou
t in th
e future 10
/20 years' tim
e. No
te: I have lived
this area o
n/o
ff since
1950s, I'm
no
t an en
gineer + h
ave no
finan
cial interest in
any develo
pm
ents. Please rin
g me if w
ant
furth
er details o
f my id
eas.
1. I am p
leased th
e wo
rk has started
as it is long o
verdue. 2: In
mo
rnin
g rush
ho
ur, and
at 10:30
am
Dec 27th
, it too
k 15 min
s to cro
ss Pow
ick rou
ndab
ou
t from
west b
ypass to
sou
th b
ypass. 3:U
sing
right h
and lan
e up
to ro
un
dab
ou
ts and slin
g-sho
t rou
nd to
avoid
qu
eues and
go left o
r straight o
n
is rife, especially at Po
wick ro
und
abo
ut h
eadin
g sou
th; N
orto
n ro
un
dab
ou
t and W
hittingto
n
rou
nd
abo
ut h
eadin
g west. 4:T
here sh
ou
ld b
e NO
DELA
Y to
Phase 4!!! T
he m
inu
te the K
etch -
Wh
ittington
road
s are imp
roved
there w
ill be extra traffic m
ovin
g fast, on
ly to h
it con
striction
from
Pow
ick to K
etch. O
ver 700
new
ho
mes are b
eing b
uilt o
n o
ld D
era No
rth Site in
Malvern
and
over 2,0
00
foisted
on
us ad
jacent to
St Joh
n's and
oth
er 2,00
+ at No
rton
. Th
e road
s will n
ot take
this cap
acity let alone th
e extra traffic attracted to
the n
ew "faster" ro
ads. 5: Lettin
g over 2,0
00
new
ho
me o
wn
ers on
to B
4204 n
ear Mo
narch
Drive m
ust n
ot b
e allow
ed.
9th N
ovem
ber 20
14 C
llr Ro
ger Kn
ight
Furth
er to yo
ur recen
t e-m
ail regardin
g ph
ase 3 of th
e road
wo
rks may I req
uest th
e follo
win
g items b
e add
ed to
you
r curren
t consu
ltation
exercise? Th
e list contain
s initial th
ough
ts only an
d is n
ot exh
austive.
1.
Co
ntinue th
e curren
t bu
nd
ing lin
e and
heigh
t from
Area 51 th
rou
gh to
the N
orto
n Ro
und
abo
ut. 2.
Create earth
bu
ndin
g alon
g Bro
om
hall G
reen fo
llow
ing th
e No
rton
Ro
und
abo
ut relocatio
n. 3.
Ensu
re that th
e pro
po
sed p
edestrian
brid
ge, to sp
an B
roo
mh
all Way to
the w
est of th
e No
rton R
oun
dab
out, d
escend
s parallel to
the
road
avoid
ing an
y encro
achm
ent in
to Po
wer Park.
4. R
aise the fo
ot p
ath, b
y the Electricity Su
b-Statio
n, and
add
culverts to
overco
me th
e curren
t floo
din
g issue an
d create a d
ry attenu
ation
po
nd
in th
e land
just to
the N
orth
of th
e Sub
-Station.
5. Level th
e Foo
tball Pitch
that lies w
ithin
Pow
er Park adjacen
t to th
e Sub
-Station.
6. A
llow
a sub
stantial b
udget, in
con
junctio
n w
ith th
e City C
oun
cil, for re
-plan
ting alo
ng the ed
ge of Po
wer Park an
d B
roo
mh
all Green
. 7.
Ensu
re any n
ew ligh
ting, (N
orto
n Ro
und
abo
ut for exam
ple), is d
irectional an
d d
oes ad
d ligh
t po
llution to
local d
om
estic pro
perties, if
po
ssible red
uce cu
rrent levels o
f spill o
ver lightin
g. 8.
In retu
rn fo
r all the d
isturb
ance su
ffered b
y local resid
ents d
urin
g these exten
sive road
wo
rks perh
aps as gesture o
f goo
d w
ill som
e form
o
f imp
rovem
ent o
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