Existing and Future Pressures on the New Forest Road Network

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Existing and Future Pressures on the New Forest
Road Network

• Dominic McGrath
• Transport Policy

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Presentation Outline

• Context what are current and future trends?
• Policy frameworks
• Shared Objectives
• Recent and planned initiatives

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Context

• Visitor Traffic
• 20 million visitor trips p.a.
• Traffic heavily focussed on Main routes A31,
  A326, A337, A35
• Number of Honey-pot locations
• Remote areas
• Newly designated National Park

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Context

• South East Plan and SW Spatial Strategy
• 80,000 new dwellings in South Hampshire
• 30-35,000 new dwellings in South East Dorset
• Planned growth at Bournemouth airport
• Environmental Designations
• European Ramsar, SPAs, SACs
• National - SSSI

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Policy Framework

• LTP2 Local Transport Plan
• New Forest Transport Strategy
• Our Future Together (Tourism Visitor
  Management Strategy NFDC)
• New Forest National Park Authority Corporate Plan
  (Strategy for the New Forest)
• and many others

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LTP - Shared Objectives for Transport

• Congestion
• Accessibility
• Safety
• Air Quality

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Congestion in the New Forest

• Summer/holiday traffic
• A31/M27
• Lyndhurst
• Brockenhurst and Totton level crossings
• A326 and the Waterside
• Vulnerability of the Network to Incidents

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Relative Traffic Flows
Selected traffic count sites
Relative 2004 Traffic Volumes
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Accessibility in the New Forest

• Rural Population
• Provision and location of local facilities
• Public Transport, Demand Responsive Transport
  and Community Transport finding the balance
• Community severance caused by main roads - in
  particular the A326 and A35

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Safety in the New Forest

• Speed of traffic blanket 40 mph zone
• Young people higher accident figures (KSI) for
  17-24 than elsewhere in Hampshire
• Animal accidents

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Stock Animal Accidents
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Environment and Air Quality in the New Forest

• Pollution and Air Quality
• Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs)
• Totton
• Lyndhurst
• Road noise
• Heavy Goods Vehicles
• Verge damage

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So

• ...what is the County Council, and its partners,
  doing about any of this?

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Recent Planned Initiatives

• Traffic routeing and management for Lyndhurst
• Intelligent routeing trial M27 Gantry Signs
• Shrubbs Hill Signals
• Speed reduction measures
• Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs)
• Safer crossing facilities
• A326 Pegasus Crossing Dibden Purlieu
• A326 Cycle crossing - Applemore (NCN)

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Recent Planned Initiatives

• Strategic network review
• Totton town centre improvements
• Environmental
• Economic
• Car Free Tourism
• New Forest Tour - New buses and improved
  frequency

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Recent Planned Initiatives

• North New Forest HGV restrictions
• New cycle infrastructure
• Ashurst-Lyndhurst Route
• Keyhaven-Lymington
• Rail
• Heritage branch line Brockenhurst Lymington
• Investigation of Ampress Halt
• Potential re-opening of rail services for the
  Waterside

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Recent Planned Initiatives

• Localisation
• Locally based area teams
• Hampshire Action Teams (HATS)

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Thank you any questions?

• Dominic McGrath
• Team Leader, Transport Policy
• dominic.mcgrath_at_hants.gov.uk