Transcript Medium Term Service Priorities

Cambridgeshire
County Council
What Transport for Cambridge?
Implementing the
Cambridgeshire Structure Plan
Alan Barnish
Chief Executive CCC
Strategic Aim and Sustainable
Development Strategy
 Economic opportunities are maintained and
improved
 More social equity for all areas
 Protect and enhance the environment
 Natural resources conserved.
Strategy for Development in
the Cambridge Sub region
 Accommodate continued expansion whilst restoring
balance of jobs and housing
 Provide homes, jobs and recreation in a sustainable
pattern
 More affordable housing for key workers
 Protect the character of the area
 Support expansion of high tech industries
 Provide new infrastructure to support this
development.
Housing Distribution
In Cambridge
In Green Belt
Longstanton/ Oakington
Market Towns
Elsewhere
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8000
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17000
7600
Total
47500
Of which sites already identified for
26000
Headline Key Elements of Draft
Plan in Cambridge Area
• Identification of New Settlement at Longstanton/
Oakington
• Changes to Green Belt:
- to the South of Cambridge
- to the North-West of Cambridge
- to the East of Cambridge
• Supporting Transport Infrastructure, including
Rapid Transport Links
What Has To Be Achieved By 2016
in the Cambridge Sub region
 Some 42,000 Additional Dwellings 2001-2016
 Additional Population Of – 85,000
 Some 50,000 Additional Jobs
 Transport Infrastructure For Both National and
Local Needs
 Strategic Utilities Infrastructure
 All Associated Social and Community Facilities
The Scale of the Task
 Like developing a new town with no New Town
powers
 Increase historic rate of housebuilding by 40%
 Three fold increase in affordable housing
 Sustainability and quality do not just happen
 RPG says start on new settlement by 2006
 There is a £2 billion infrastructure cost and who
is taking overall responsibility?
Cambridgeshire
County Council
The Infrastructure Costs
Gas and Electricity
Water and waste water
Transport – CHUMMS
Transport – Current deficit
Transport growth from development
Health, Education and Community
Social Housing
£45 m
£55 m
£300 m
£90 m
£590 m
£510 m
£360 m
The Transport Strategy
New development will not be permitted unless
 Located well for public transport, cycling and
on-foot
 Designed to reduce need to travel especially
by car
 Provides opportunities for travel choice.
Transport Investment Priorities
 Rapid Transport between Huntingdon and Cambridge
(with likely extensions to other development areas)
 A14 CHUMMS
 A428 Corridor Cambridge – St Neots
 Comprehensive high quality bus network
 Enhanced local rail with improved links to wider
network
 Rail stations – Cambridge, Chesterton,
Addenbrooke’s
 Traffic restraint in Cambridge
Local Roads
 Local bypass –
Fordham, Papworth, Ely (Southern)
 Corridor improvements e.g.A10 route improvements
 Links to developments
Addenbrooke’s – M11 Access link
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Based upon Ordnance Survey material with the permission of the
Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright.
Unauthorised reproduction infringes copyright
and may lead to prosecution. Cambridgeshire County Council LA07649X 2002
Implementation – the work streams
 Affordable housing
 Planning obligations
 Creating a Delivery Vehicle
 Speeding up planning processes
 Creating a project plan
 Developing the business case and
financing options
 Lobbying Government
Meeting the Infrastructure Costs
- a possible scenario
 S106
 Local transport plan
 Housing Corporation
 Transport PFI
 NHS PFI and mainstream
 Utilities
£730 m
£100 m
£120 m
£650 m
£350 m
£100m
What we have asked Government
 Ministerial Champion
 Participation in a public private partnership
 Use the sub-region as a pathfinder for new
approaches in speeding up planning, planning
obligations and strategic thinking
 Early legislation or other route through on S.106
 Find new ways to tackle affordable housing
 Work with us on funding the transport deficit.
Cambridgeshire
County Council
Prospects for Cambridgeshire
Creating a prosperous and
sustainable future