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Focus most development in Principal Urban Areas, Main Towns and Key Service Centres where will help achieve:
Target 1.1 The proportion of the population within 1km of 5 basic services (GP, primary school, food shop, post office, bus stop) to be maintained to at least the 1996 level of 73%, 2001-2016
Target 1.2 90% of new development to be within 400 metres of an existing or proposed bus stop or within 800m of an existing or proposed railway station, 2001-2016
Blackpool Surface Access Strategy and associated actions, e.g. Quality Bus Route 14 and South Fylde Community Rail Strategy
Heysham-M6 link and Fylde Coast Transport Study support development at ports
Regional Investment site actions include Travel Planning, Euxton Rail Station; Quality Bus Corridor enhancements and Whitebirk transport study
Proposed new bus stations at Nelson, Rawtenstall and Preston will enhance town centre accessibility
Urban realm improvements, e.g. within the Elevate area, will contribute to a high quality environment
Principal Urban Areas : Blackburn (including Wilpshire); Blackpool/Thornton/Cleveleys/Fleetwood/Lytham St.Annes; Burnley; Lancaster/Morecambe including Heysham; Preston including Penwortham, Lostock Hall, Walton-le-dale and Bamber Bridge.
Main Towns: Accrington including Oswaldtwistle, Church and Clayton-le-Moors; Chorley; Leyland; Nelson/Colne including Brierfield; Rawtenstall including Bacup and Haslingden; Skelmersdale
Development in Main Town should reflect their role as Key Centres for Public Transport, Employment and Services and/or Regeneration
East Lancashire Rapid Transit serving Accrington;
X corridor improvements from Nelson via Burnley to Manchester
Quality Bus Corridor enhancements, e.g. Route 14 on Fylde Coast
New bus stations and interchanges such as Nelson and Accrington
Includes reference to a new station at Royal Ordnance and use of Poulton-Fleetwood rail line for Rapid Transit
Blackpool-Fleetwood Tramway Phase 1 would serve northern end of Fleetwood site
Adlington; Barnoldswick; Burscough; Carnforth; Clitheroe; Garstang/Catterall; Great Harwood; Kirkham/Wesham; Longridge; Ormskirk including Aughton; Padiham; Poulton-le-Fylde; Rishton; Whalley
Development in these centres should promote their role as service centres and public transport hubs for surrounding area. Development of public transport infrastructure is encouraged as is rural diversification
Quality Bus Corridors, e.g. Ormskirk to Wigan and Southport
Community links including demand responsive transport and use of community transport
Development should meet local regeneration needs. Loss of local shopping, leisure, services and employment will be resisted.
Community links including demand responsive transport and use of community transport
Car parking type, location and amount to be managed:
Targets
7.1 Reduce traffic flows to and from centres of Principal Urban Areas and Main Towns by 5% by 2016 compared to 2001 levels
7.2 Annual Average Air Quality measurements for nitrogen oxides and particulates in centres of Principal Urban Areas and traffic related Air Quality Management Areas to be at least 10% better than national standards by 2016
7.3 5% reduction in long-stay parking levels in Principal Urban areas (except Blackpool) and within Main Towns by 2016 compared to 2001
7.4 Construction of eight Park and Ride schemes in Lancashire by 2016
Congestion monitoring and Highway management will contribute to reduction of town centre congestion
TIF proposal for Preston City Centre
UTMC
Proposals for Business and School Travel Planning
Air Quality proposals for Lancaster City Centre
The following improvements are identified:
Target 8.1 A 45% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents by 2016 compared with 1994-98 average
Broughton Bypass construction
Heysham-M6 major scheme bid
Norcross-M55 further consultation
Ormskirk Bypass further development work
Identified mechanisms through Road Safety Strategy to continue to reduce accident rates
Implementation of Rapid Transit schemes to be pursued in East Lancashire and on the Fylde Coast. Disused railway lines safeguarded for this purpose are:
Provision for new rail stations at:
New or improved Rail/Bus Interchange at:
New Bus Stations
Safeguarded rail corridors for transport use:
Target 10.1 Rail patronage from stations in Lancashire to increase by 75% from 2001 levels by 2016
Target 10.2 Bus journeys within Lancashire to increase by 20% from 2001 levels by 2016
New rail station at Euxton
New Interchanges at Nelson, Rawtenstall and Cleveleys
New bus station at Preston
Merseyrail proposal for Burscough south curve
Park & Ride at M6 Junction 31a
Development generating substantial number of distribution vehicle movements to be located where there is good access to strategic road network and where possible, ports and the rail network
Safeguard current operational railfreight sites if become disused. Develop small railheads where appropriate.
Sites particularly identified for railfreight development at:
Identification of Lorry parks on strategic routes and Driver rest areas regarded as a priority
Sites are identified primarily for high quality manufacturing and knowledge based development at:
The potential to rail link these two sites is noted for freight and reference made to potential Euxton railway station.
Other sites are identified at:
The need for comprehensive Travel Plans and extending/enhancing "Quality Bus Routes" is identified
Study proposed into transport movements at Whitebirk, especially access to M65
East Lancashire Rapid Transit will direct serve Whitebirk site
Identifies a retail hierarchy. Supporting text identifies importance of sustaining existing town centres particularly by public transport for those without access to a car.
Preston is identified as a Gateway/Interchange for Lancashire
Enhancing public transport infrastructure and Quality Bus routes into centres such as Cleveleys, Nelson and Rawtenstall
Major office should be located in town centres, at public transport nodes or on public transport accessibility corridors within urban areas. The aim is to ensure employment opportunities for all, including those without access to a car.
This should be located in a) town centres b) coastal resorts or c) if exceptional need can be proven, in areas readily accessible by public transport
All large scale visitor attractions should be accessible by public transport
Among the factors to be taken into account when measuring the impact of development on landscape quality are:
A "no net loss" approach is adopted
Development that will have an adverse affect on ground, surface or coastal waters will be resisted
High flood risk areas are not suitable for development unless a particular location is essential, e.g for navigation or essential transport facilities
Mineral developments will be assessed against a number of criteria including their accessibility to the strategic road and rail networks
Provision will be made using Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO). This includes looking at using the nearest appropriate facility and examining impacts on the transport network. Waste Management Facilities serving urban areas will be provided at locations with high quality transport links
Proposed Study into improving access from A56 to Whinney Hill site, Huncoat
Establishment of sites should have regard to:
access from primary and other main routes