The Bath Transportation Package

UPDATED 8th FEBRUARY 2010 - COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDERS

Statement of Case documents served

Bath & North East Somerset Council has served a 'Statement of Case for Making the Order' for each of the Bath Transportation Package Compulsory Purchase Orders. These documents state the purpose, description and need for the Orders.

The four BTP Statement of Case documents, as well as relevant supporting documents, can be found on the Land Acquisition and Compulsory Purchase Orders page.

The Bath Transportation Package (BTP) is a £54 million scheme designed to tackle congestion in Bath and the surrounding area by improving public transport and enhancing pedestrian access for the benefit of residents, commuters and visitors. The BTP includes the following elements:

• Expanding the City's three existing Park & Rides and creating a new Park & Ride to the east of the City, thereby increasing Park & Ride capacity from 1,990 to 4,510 spaces. 

• Creating a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route, including a 1.4km section of "off-street" dedicated bus route which will remove Park & Ride buses from congestion for a significant amount of their journey;

• Creating a more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly City Centre through the introduction of access changes on a number of streets and the expansion and enhancement of pedestrian areas;

• Improving nine bus routes to Showcase standard, including raised kerbs for better access, off-bus ticketing to speed up boarding and real-time electronic information for passengers;

• Introducing active traffic management with real-time information to direct drivers to locations where parking spaces are available.

The BTP formed the basis of a Major Scheme Business Case (MSBC) bid to the Department for Transport in 2006. ‘Programme Entry’ for the BTP was confirmed in October 2007, meaning that Government funding for the scheme was provisionally secured through its Major Transport Scheme funding process. 

The four planning applications for the Bath Transportation Package have now been approved. The application documents can be viewed here:

 Bath Transportation Package Benefits

Bath Transportation Package will deliver:

• A reduction in number of cars entering the City by 1.5 million a year;

• A reduction of 5 million kilometres in car travel undertaken within the city each year;

• An increase in public transport journeys by 2.2million per annum;

• Annual emission savings of 1,500 tonnes of CO²; 

• Annual emission savings of 2.1 tonnes of NOx;

• Annual emission savings of 10.9 tonnes CO;

• An increase of 125%  in Park and Ride parking spaces;

• Avoidance of 321 accidents over the next 60 years, including 3 fatalities and 35 serious casualties;

• Improvements to the City Centre environment, through the introduction of vehicle access restriction on key streets.