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Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan
Deposit Draft January 2002
D2. Strategic Transport Corridors
D2.1 In addition to the local transport corridors referred to in the JRSP
Bath & North East Somerset is crossed by two strategic transport corridors
of regional, national and European significance. The London to South Wales and
the South-West corridor is identified in the Government's 10 year Transport Plan
(2000) and the Regional Transport Strategy. It is the subject of a current
Government multi-modal study. The most relevant outcome from this is likely to
be recommended improvements to the London - Bristol railway which are mentioned
in the railway section of this chapter.
D2.2 The A36 and A46 which pass through Bath are major elements of the South
Wales/M5 to Portsmouth, Southampton and Poole corridor identified in the
Regional Transport Strategy with the result that the World Heritage site has to
contend with an unacceptable level of through traffic. This includes large
numbers of H.G.V.'s en route to or from the Channel ports. Surveys have revealed
that 67% of the H.G.V.'s recorded in the streets of Bath do not need to be in
the City. The draft Regional Planning Guidance for the South West envisages
infrastructure improvements for this corridor but since the abandonment of the
'A36 link' and 'East of Bath to Beckington' road schemes, which would have
provided an eastern bypass for Bath, there has been no Government strategy which
addresses this problem. The Council is therefore pressing for a comprehensive
multi-modal study of the corridor as a whole and more specifically an
investigation of the best way to reduce the amount of through traffic in Bath.
This is essential if national air quality standards are to be met, the City's
built heritage safeguarded and many of the Council's other aspirations for
environmental improvement achieved. As the A36 and A46 are to be de-trunked the
Council will also press for the resources to be made available to implement any
agreed recommendations. In the meantime the Council will pursue ways of limiting
the impact of heavy traffic on the World Heritage Site but its options are
limited and any measures included elsewhere in this Plan such as the Lambridge
Park and Ride scheme should not be regarded as a long term solution to the
problem.
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The Council will participate in a multi-modal study of the South Wales/M5 to
Portsmouth, Southampton and Poole transport corridor and in co-operation with
adjoining Authorities will seek to implement measures which will reduce the
level of through traffic within the World Heritage Site of Bath.
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Table 7 - 1991 Mode of Travel to Work for Selected
Towns and cities
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Pop'n 1991
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Main Mode to Work for Resident Working in Area (percentage)
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Location |
(000) |
Walk |
Cycle |
Bus |
Rail |
Car |
Home |
Other |
Total |
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Bath |
80 |
28 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
48 |
6 |
3 |
100 |
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Cambridge |
92 |
15 |
31 |
5 |
0 |
39 |
7 |
3 |
100 |
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Oxford |
110 |
18 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
40 |
6 |
2 |
100 |
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York |
175 |
24 |
20 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
5 |
3 |
100 |
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Edinburgh |
448 |
16 |
2 |
33 |
0 |
43 |
4 |
2 |
100 |
|
Exeter |
98 |
20 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
56 |
4 |
3 |
100 |
|
Gloucester |
102 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
62 |
4 |
2 |
100 |
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Cheltenham |
103 |
18 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
58 |
6 |
2 |
100 |
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Ipswich |
117 |
17 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
55 |
3 |
3 |
100 |
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Norwich |
121 |
24 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
50 |
4 |
3 |
100 |
Note the above statistics relate to residents of that town/city travelling to
work in the same town/city. Source : 1991 Census
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Table 8 - 1991 Mode of Travel to Work for Bath
(percentage)
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Walk
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Cycle
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Bus
|
Rail
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Car
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Home
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Other
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Total
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Resident in Bath: work in Bath |
28 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
48 |
6 |
3 |
100 |
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Resident in Bath: work elsewhere |
1 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
80 |
0 |
2 |
100 |
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Resident elsewhere: work in Bath |
2 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
86 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
Source : 1991 Census
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Table 9 - Mode of Travel to Work of Resident
Employees (percentage)
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Walk
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Cycle
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Bus/rail
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Car
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Work at home or
mode not stated
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Households with
no car (percentage)
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B&NES |
16 |
2 |
11 |
62 |
9 |
27 |
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Bath |
22 |
2 |
13 |
53 |
10 |
36 |
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Keynsham |
14 |
3 |
11 |
64 |
8 |
24 |
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Norton-Radstock |
13 |
2 |
6 |
72 |
7 |
20 |
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Rural Parishes |
7 |
1 |
3 |
73 |
16 |
14 |
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Great Britain |
12 |
3 |
16 |
61 |
8 |
33 |
Source : 1991 Census
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