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St Austell to A30 Link Road - Preferred Option Transport Portfolio Advisory Committee 22 February 2017 Rick Clayton Engineering Design Group

Overview 1.Background and history 2.Overview of Options under consideration. 3.Design and Engineering considerations 4. Assessment of Options 5. Preferred Option 6. Way Forward 7. Parkandillick Link www.cornwall.gov.uk

Existing Issues St Austell is isolated from Cornwall’s main strategic A30 road network. The current links to the A30, via the A391 through the villages of Bugle and Stenalees or the B3274 through Roche are inadequate. This makes it hard for businesses to be competitive and deters business development, employment and growth within St Austell and the China Clay area. Locally there are significant concerns about HGV vehicles and volumes of traffic travelling through the villages to the north of St Austell. This creates: congestion • noise • poor air quality • an unfriendly pedestrian environment • concerns about road safety •

Existing Issues St Austell is isolated from Cornwall’s main strategic A30 road network. The current links to the A30, via the A391 through the villages of Bugle and Stenalees or the B3274 through Roche are inadequate. This makes it hard for businesses to be competitive and deters business development, employment and growth within St Austell and the China Clay area.

Scheme History Study in early 1990’s identified alignment to east of Bugle connecting to Innis Downs 2003-05 study looked again at options and confirmed preferred alignment

A391 Carluddon Link comprising • 1.6km section of new road • a new roundabout, and • two new bridges Pictures/ Plans Completed by the Council in 2015 at a cost of approximately £13 million.

Catalyst for Regeneration www.cornwall.gov.uk

Mid Cornwall Economic Corridor

A30 to St Austell Link Road Objectives  Create a better link between two of Cornwall’s largest towns – St Austell and Newquay, the airport and Aerohub Enterprise Zone  Make it easier to get to Cornwall’s new, large employment sites. Therefore supporting the expanding employment sites: Victoria Business Park; Indian Queens Industrial Estate; Aerohub Enterprise Zone; and the Carluddon Technical Park.  Improve competiveness of St Austell as a location to do business via new employment space or interest in land that can be developed into employment space; creating 600 and 500 jobs respectively.  Address congestion and support housing growth , including the delivery West Carglaze eco-community; creating 1,500 new homes and 500 jobs. (by providing 15-18,000sqm of employment spaces)  Support the regeneration of Roche and Bugle , by addressing traffic issues and provide better opportunities for businesses.

St Austell to A30 Link Road – Options

Consultation Findings Public – 816 responses • Recognition of existing issues • Broad support for scheme objectives, including improving access for jobs and employment, and removing HGV traffic from villages • Concerns over further development • Broadly similar levels of support for Bugle and Roche options • Strong desire to remove as much lorry traffic as possible from St Dennis and other Clay villages. Stakeholder feedback • Natural England – about to declare mid Cornwall Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI’s)

Route Options under consideration

How do we Select a Preferred Option? Performance Criteria Roche Bugle Match to objectives and ability to deliver key Consultation feedback outcomes Impact on economy Outputs from Transport and (e.g. business users, reliability, regeneration, wider Economic Study impacts, etc.) Impact on environment Environmental Assessment (e.g. noise, air, landscape, historic environment, and Stakeholder feedback ecology, water, etc.) Impact on society Outputs from Transport Study (e.g. non-business users, physical activity, journey quality, accessibility, accidents, severance, impacts Consultation feedback on villages, land take, etc.) Technical Engineering (e.g. ground conditions, Highway Engineering Design capacity, H&S, buildability, design standards, etc.) Cost Cost Estimating (inc. Optimism (e.g. project costs, cost in use) / value for money) bias and Risk allowance)

10. Options Assessment Tables i. Roche + Penwithick Link ii. Roche iii. Bugle Goonbarrow 1 + Harmony Road iv. Bugle Goonbarrow 1 v. Bugle Goonbarrow Alternative + Harmony Road vi. Bugle Goonbarrow Alternative vii.Parkandillick Link

Options Assessment summary – 1 of 2 ✔✔✔ : Objective highly achievable Option 1 - Bugle Option 1A Bugle ✔✔ : Objective partially achievable - Goonbarrow - Goonbarrow Option 2 Roche Harmony Link Penwithick Link CERC ✔ : Objective slightly achievable Regional Policy Objectives ✔ ✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ X : Objective unachievable Future Economy ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Growth for Business ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Conditions for Growth Cornwall Wide Objectives Supporting economic prosperity ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Supporting community safety and individual ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ wellbeing ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Cornwall Connectivity Provision of infrastructure to enable ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ development to benefit the local community Meeting of local needs to improve quality of ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔ life and reduce social exclusion Local Policy Objectives Support the regeneration of the local ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ economy and the town centre x Enable the delivery of community infrastructure including new community facilities and in particular addressing transport congestion issues and links to the ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ A30 Enable the delivery of community infrastructure including new community facilities, green space and key transport links ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ to reduce the impact on communities x Scheme Objectives Reduce journey times between St Austell ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ and the A30 x Improve Journey reliability between St Austell ✔✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ and the A30 Reduce the impact of traffic congestion on ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ local communities and businesses Improve the safety of road users, pedestrians ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ and cyclists To support wider economic impacts and make St Austell a more attractive place for businesses to invest in while enabling the ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ delivery of development sites. x Impact on Economy Business users and transport providers Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Adverse Reliability Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Neutral Beneficial Moderate Regeneration Slight Slight Beneficial None None None Wider impacts Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Options Assessment summary – 2 of 2 Option 1 - Bugle Option 1A Bugle - Goonbarrow - Goonbarrow Option 2 Roche Harmony Link Penwithick Link CERC Impact on the Environment Noise Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Beneficial Air Quality Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Beneficial Total Increase Total Increase Total Increase Total Increase Total Increase Greenhouse gases (tonnes) 1073 2580 2149 3327 (low spec) 2366 N/A Landscape Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Townscape Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Neutral Slight Adverse Neutral Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Historic Environment Adverse Adverse Adverse Adverse Moderate Adverse Moderate Adverse Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Biodiversity Adverse Adverse Adverse Adverse Moderate Adverse Moderate Adverse Moderate Moderate Water environment Adverse Adverse Slight adverse Neutral Neutral Neutral Impact on Society Moderate Commuting and other users Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Reliability Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Moderate Physical activity Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Moderate Moderate Journey quality Beneficial Slight Beneficial Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Moderate Moderate Moderate Accidents Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Security Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Access to services Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Affordability Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Slight Adverse Neutral Moderate Moderate Moderate Severance Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial Slight Beneficial