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A12 and a120 route management strategy
Introduction
A12 and A120 Route Management Strategy
1 Introduction
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- The routes covered by this Strategy are the 86km length of the A12 trunk road from its interchange with the M25 at Brentwood to the A14 interchange south of Ipswich and the 26km length of the A120 trunk road from the A12 at Colchester eastwards to the Port of Harwich. The Strategy sets out a plan for the development and management of the roads over the next ten years including priorities for action and a detailed three year programme.
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- The purpose of the Strategy is to maximise the contribution both routes will make towards achieving the Government's transport objectives and is based upon a review of both routes' functions and objectives, taking into account their existing performance and the problems they experience. 1.3
- Throughout the development of the Strategy the public and interested parties have been consulted and involved. Over three hundred concerns relating to existing conditions have been expressed and over three hundred ideas for possible improvements have been suggested. These have all been assessed and where practical, and in line with the Government's transport objectives, incorporated into the Strategy. 1.4
- Route Management Strategies (RMS) are a tool being developed by the Highways Agency to help manage the Motorway and Trunk Road network. The ten year plan and programme can, therefore, only relate to items which are under the control of the Highways Agency. In particular improvements to other modes of transport are not matters for the Highways Agency and, therefore, not items for a Route Management Strategy. Also major road improvements of over £5million are not included in the national roads programme until they have been considered by Regional Planning Bodies and included in Regional Transport Plans. However, such items were inevitably suggested and needed to be considered in developing the Route Management Strategy. This report identifies the items raised which are matters for other agencies, and discussions will take place where appropriate. 1.5
- Multi-modal Studies (MMS), which are undertaken by the Regional Government Offices, are the appropriate tool for establishing the priorities of major investments across all transport modes within a route corridor. The London to Ipswich Multi-modal Study (LOIS), which includes the A12 and A120, commenced in September 2000 and is due to report in Spring 2002. Items raised during the Route Management Strategy, which are more relevant to the Multi-modal Study, have been passed on for consideration in that study. 1.6
- The Government's Targeted Programme of Improvements (TPI) together with the planned major maintenance schemes along the A12 have been accepted as a firm commitment and the implementation of the Strategy has been built around them. 1.7
- This Route Management Strategy will be updated annually as work programmes proceed and will be reviewed on a regular basis as circumstances change. In particular, it is likely that a review will take place once the Multi-modal Study has been completed.
- The purpose of the Strategy is to maximise the contribution both routes will make towards achieving the Government's transport objectives and is based upon a review of both routes' functions and objectives, taking into account their existing performance and the problems they experience. 1.3
