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South of the Tay Park & Ride

South of the Tay Park & Ride. Presentation to Newport & Wormit and Tayport Community Councils 13th th September 2010. Park and Ride South of the Tay. Proposal for a Park & Ride facility South of the Tay included in several Strategy Documents, including Fife Structure Plan

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South of the Tay Park & Ride

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  1. South of the Tay Park & Ride Presentation to Newport & Wormit and Tayport Community Councils 13thth September 2010

  2. Park and RideSouth of the Tay • Proposal for a Park & Ride facility South of the Tay included in several Strategy Documents, including • Fife Structure Plan • Dundee and Angus Structure Plan • St Andrews and North East Fife Local Plan • SEStran and TACTRAN Regional Transport Strategies • Local Transport Strategies • Single Outcome Agreements • Central Waterfront Development • National Transport Strategy and STPR

  3. Position before Study • ‘Forgan site’ mentioned in most documents as a possible site • No detailed studies had been undertaken to justify a P&R facility or location of facility • Forgan site generally regarded as an indicative site and an option • SEStran together with Tactran agreed to undertake a ”Cross Tay Strategic Transport Study” – including a P&R facility

  4. The Study • Study Aim .. Reduce traffic on the Tay Road Bridge (and Dundee City Centre) • Study Managed and funded by SEStran but with 20% financial contribution by Tactran • Study Steering Group consisted of • SEStran Tactran • Fife Council Dundee City Council • Study undertaken by JMP Consultants Ltd

  5. Study Area

  6. Study Process • Followed Government’s STAG procedures • The best performing measures from STAG 1 taken forward to a more detailed STAG 2 study • STAG 2; Four potential Park & Ride sites looked at in detail

  7. Some Bus Park & Ride ‘Principles’ • High Frequency Bus Services directly into City • Bus Priority Measures ; ideally bus faster than car • Linked to City Centre Parking Policy • Each corridor preferably served by one ‘large’ P&R site (500 spaces +) rather than several smaller ones • Good facilities (e.g. waiting room and ‘kiosk’) • Long opening hours • Secure car park (e.g. CCTV) • If spare capacity, ‘Park and Choose’ to serve car sharers

  8. Four Sites Considered • Forgan; West of Forgan R’about, 2 km from Bridge • Primary School site; on B985 north of Forgan • Tay Bridge R’about site; West of R’about • Landfall site on B 946; Bridge Board land

  9. Forgan & Primary School sites • Forgan the better performer of the two • Currently served by approximately 6 buses per hour • Catchment area would not include Tayport, Newport and Wormit • Estimated Cost approx £1.8 mill (275 spaces) • Estimated Net Present Value of £2.8 mill • Estimated Benefit/Cost Ratio (BCR) of 1.49)

  10. Roundabout and Landfall sites

  11. R’about & Landfall sites • Currently served by approximately 13 buses/hour • Tayport, Newport and Wormit would be within catchment area • R’about site can at most accommodate 130 spaces so Landfall site only realistic options of the two • Estimated Cost approx £2.8 mill (411 new spaces) • Estimated Net Present Value of £5.4 mill • Estimated Benefit/Cost Ratio (BCR) of 1.77 • Considerably better ‘performer’ than Forgan site • This was the position around autumn 2009

  12. Transport Scotland involvement • Park & Ride South of Tay at Forgan Part of Project 8 in the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) – Forgan site • Transport Scotland agreed to part fund a Technical Feasibility Study and the preparation of an Outline Business case in line with Government’s criteria • SEStran, Tactran, Fife and Dundee City Councils also part funders

  13. Technical Feasibility Report (Winter/Spring 2010) • Initial design for around 458 spaces • Cost around £4.05 mill (2009 prices) • Includes optimism bias and contingencies • Later reduced to around 350+ spaces to improve business case and allow for more landscaping • Cost reduced to around £3.67 mill

  14. Revised layout; 350+ spaces

  15. Business Case Analysis Strictly in accordance with Government Guidelines Revised Benefit/Cost ratio of 1.69 and Net Present Value of £4.21 million Meets all relevant Government’s objectives Landfall site now the Government’s preferred site for a P&R South of the Tay

  16. Other Key Stakeholders Bus operators fully supportive of proposal Helpful Discussions with Tay Road Bridge Joint Bridge Board officials Land ownership Landscaping

  17. Local Plan Landfall site not included in Local Plan SEStran and Tactran want it included and lodged objections (but do not want Forgan removed as a future P&R site) Landscaping issues (Gateway to Fife) Continuing discussions with Fife Planners Local Plan subject to ‘independent examination’ later this year

  18. Current view from Bridge

  19. Possible future view from Bridge (with P&R)

  20. Possible Program Ahead Currently with Fife Council; Amendment of Local Plan; Enquiry Late 2010 Spring 2011; Planning application Summer/Autumn 2011; Apply for EU funding April – Dec 2012; Procurement; Design & Build Jan 2013 – Summer 2014; Construction

  21. Questions?

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