Merseytram

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Merseytram Regional Economic Development
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The Northwest Regional Context

• Northwest Regional Economic Strategy
• Key Activities
• Liverpool Vision
• regenerating deprived areas
• improving the quality of the built environment
• housing renewal
• improving physical accessibility to job
  opportunities
• championing strategic transport initiatives
• maximising the existing economic infrastructure
• 25 designated employment sites
• University Edge, Liverpool
• Wavertree Technology Park, Liverpool
• Kings Business Park, Knowsley
• The Estuary, Speke/Garston, Liverpool
• Regional Transport Strategy
• Strategic Transport Priorities
• Liverpool South Parkway (Allerton Interchange)
• Merseyrail Electrics System
• Merseytram Network

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Merseytravels Roles and Responsibilities

• Buses
• Merseyrail Electrics
• Mersey Ferries
• Mersey Tunnels
• TravelSafe
• TravelWise
• Information
• Interchange
• Merseytram

• Bus Strategy
• New Concession
• Investment Programme
• Parliamentary Bill
• TravelSafe Board
• Programme Partnerships
• Traveline
• Strategy Implementation
• 3-line Network

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Merseytravels Vision Objective

• We want transport to contribute to our quality
  of life, not detract from it. The way forward is
  through an integrated transport policy.
• Merseytravel is committed to delivering a Single
  Integrated Public Transport Network that is
  accessible to everyone.
• Our focused objective is Putting the Passenger
  First

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Merseyside Economic Context

• 60 of households dependent upon public transport
• 35 of population live in officially recognised
  deprived areas
• Up to 70 unemployment in worst areas
• 38 Pathways areas of deprivation
• 8 Strategic Investment Areas a focus for new
  employment
• 2nd period of Objective 1 status until 2006
  840m investment
• But regeneration underway
• 700m Grosvenor retail development
• increase in city centre living

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Merseyside Transport Context

• Public Transport is major feature of Merseyside
  life, with over 200m passenger journeys a year
• Bus is dominant mode
• 38 of households have no access to a car
• Road traffic forecast to grow by 30 in next 10
  years
• Objective 1 programme to create 56,500 new jobs
  in key development areas provide jobs for
  12,500 residents in deprived areas.our
  challenge is to ensure the latter can get to the
  former and that the developments take place in a
  sustainable manner

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The Merseyside Local Transport Plan

• Supporting Sustainable Inclusive Regeneration
• A Multi-modal package of measures
• A SINGLE INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK,
  including
• Merseytram 3-line network
• Merseyrail Upgrade/Re-franchise
• 15 Quality Bus Corridors (90km bus lanes)
• Interchange Strategy
• Information Strategy
• Park Ride Strategy
• Liverpool City Centre Movement Strategy
• 210 million indicative settlement
• 4 Major Schemes
• Merseytram Line 1
• Liverpool South Parkway (Allerton Interchange)
• Central Station Upgrade
• Hall Lane Scheme
• Merseyside Centre of Excellence
• Public Transport
• Transport Planning

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A Single Integrated Public Transport Network

• PTA Policies
• No Household on Merseyside shall be more than
  400m from a bus stop
• No household on Merseyside shall be more that
  800m from a steel wheels stop

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Merseyrail Electrics (MEL)

• 20th July 2003 - history made
• Process started by extensive public consultation
  and genuine listening
• Merseyrail Electrics local solutions to local
  issues by local people
• Serco/Nedrailways new partner - new ideas

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MEL What It Means for the Passenger

• Totally modernised fleet by 2005
• Units already running on the network
• Station modernisation programme
• Higher standards and monitoring of service
  quality and performance

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Public Transport Aiding Regeneration

• A Case Study Wavertree Technology Park Station
• 3 million investment
• Objective One grant of 1.1m
• Merseytravel contribution of 1.9m
• Opened August 2000
• Over 13,000 residents within 1km catchment
• Provides direct access to the Park with over 20
  companies, employing over 6000 people
• Includes staffed booking office, fully accessible
  platforms and lifts, CCTV and direct interchange
  with SMART buses
• Successfully generated new trips of approximately
  3000 passengers per week

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Merseytram High Quality Public Transport
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Merseytram Aims Objectives

• To provide a high quality segregated tram system
• To develop a network that will promote
  sustainable, inclusive regeneration
• To promote social inclusion offering a fully
  accessible system
• To provide a system that integrates with the
  existing transport network
• To enhance the local environment by adopting
  best practice urban design principles

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Merseytram 3-line Network
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Merseytram and Regeneration
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Merseytram Line 1

• Merseytram Line 1
• 19km route length
• 95 of route segregated
• 30 stops
• Low floor, level boarding system
• 21 trams with conductors (TravelSafe Initiative)
• Operations and Control Centre 300 jobs
• Park Ride site
• 225 million capital cost
• 5 minute frequency

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Merseytram City Centre Loop

• Interchange with
• Lime Street Station
• Merseyrail
• Queen Square
• Paradise Street Bus Station
• Links between
• Commercial District
• Cultural Quarter
• Existing Retail Area
• Future Retail Area
• Waterfront developments
• Culture Tourism
• Links National Museums of Liverpool sites
• Boost for visitors tourists

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Merseytram and Social Inclusion

• Merseytram Line 1 Kirkby Corridor serves
• London Road Shopping Area
• Royal Liverpool University Hospital
• West Derby Road local centre
• Broadway District Centre
• Eastern Fringes Housing Renewal
• Stonebridge Cross Development Area
• Approach 580 SIA
• Knowsley Industrial Park
• Kirkby Town Centre
• 2 SIAs and 6 Pathways areas
• 94,000 residents in Merseytram catchment
• 38 primary schools, 10 secondary schools total
  over 17,000 pupils
• 20 adult training centres
• 64 of residents have no access to car
• 10 unemployment, 11,500 average household income

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Merseytram and Key Development Sites
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Merseytram and New Developments
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Merseytram and New Developments
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Pier Head with Merseytram
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Merseytram Update - Overview

• Liverpool awarded European Capital of Culture
  2008
• Liverpools World Heritage site status awarded
• Merseyside Local Transport Plan 2003 Annual
  Progress Report
• Objective 1 EU funding Mid-term Review
  completed
• Liverpool City Centre Movement Strategy
  progressing
• Merseytram detailed stakeholder discussions
  continue
• Merseytram Procurement progressing

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Line 1 Progress

• 170 million (75) funding approved by Government
• 25 of funding from local sources required
• Public Consultation exercise completed 90
  support Merseytram
• Transport Works Act Order awarded 21 December
  2004
• Preferred Partner to be appointed for 3-line
  Network

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Line 2 Progress

• Alignment option workshops with partners and key
  stakeholders
• Liverpool City Council
• Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Liverpool Land Development Company
• Kensington New Deal
• 11000 scale alignment plans completed
• Eastern Approaches SIA alternatives being
  considered
• Annex E Investment Appraisal submitted to
  Government
• Public Consultation over 90 support

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Line 2 Key Features

• 15km route, 22 stops
• Kensington route option no longer being
  considered
• Route serves two Strategic Investment Areas
• Eastern Approaches and Huyton/Prescot
• 5 Pathways Areas
• Route links
• City Centre Loop
• Metropolitan Cathedral
• University Campus
• Wavertree Technology Park
• Old Swan District Centre
• Page Moss
• Kings Business Park
• M57 Park Ride
• Prescot Town Centre
• Whiston Hospital

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Liverpool Cathedral and Merseytram
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Line 3 progress

• Range of route options being considered
• Full segregated route is an issue
• property impacts
• Alternative route on rail corridor being
  considered
• Corridor serves
• Wavertree Technology Park
• Liverpool South Parkway
• Speke/Garston SIA
• Estuary Business Park
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport

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Merseytram Line 3 Rail Corridor Alternative
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Conclusions

• Close fit between Merseytravel and NWDA
  objectives
• Merseytram is a 3-line Network
• Line 1 the City Centre Loop is the first
  phase
• The Transport and Works Act is ready to be
  submitted
• The shortlisted Candidates are now engaged
• The Government has provided in principle
  funding
• We now need your support