| The Ten Year Plan PROMISED … |
The Government has DELIVERED … |
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Cleaner vehicles
Doubling annual spend on cleaner vehicle initiatives by 2003/04.
Strengthen Powershift and Cleaner Vehicles Programme. |
Road Haulage Modernisation Fund includes £15 million for Powershift and Clean Up programmes.
VED discounts reduced from £1000 to £500. |
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Congestion charging
No schemes before 2003/2003.
12 Councils interested, allows for 8 schemes
to be established generating £2.6bn over the life of the plan, to be hypothecated.
One of the first schemes to be in London. Possible £5-£7.50 charge for entering area bounded by Euston Road
and Elephant and Castle.
Decision on inter-urban charging pending Multi Modal Studies. |
No schemes yet introduced
London scheme to be introduced from 17 February 2003 @£5/vehicle/day.
Edinburgh currently consulting.
30 other Councils considering.
Government guidance sent back to drawing board.
Charging schemes to be dropped from Multi Modal Studies.
No charging on inter urban roads until 2010. |
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Congestion levels
5% reduction in inter-urban congestion compared to current levels by 2010.
8% reduction in congestion in large urban areas by 2010. |
Traffic levels up by 3 % on inter urban roads,
1% in urban areas in 2001.
FTA predicts journey times to increase by 30% by 2010 without promised improvements. |
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Fuel prices
Long run sustainable price of crude oil expected to fall from $28 to $16 a barrel by 2010 (at 1999 prices). Fuel duty decision will be taken on a Budget by Budget basis. Hypothecation of fuel duty revenues remains the Chancellor’s domain for the future. |
Crude oil: $24 a barrel. Fuel duty set on Budget by Budget basis. Fuel Duty to be replaced by Distance-based Road User Charge. |
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Investment
The Government promised £180bn invested over 10 years.
| Investment Summary to 2010 |
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Public
Investment |
Private
Investment |
Total
Investment
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| Rail |
£26bn |
£34bn |
£60bn |
Strategic
Roads |
£18.5bn |
£2.5bn |
£21bnl |
| Local Transport |
£50bn |
£9bn |
£59bn |
| London |
£15bn |
£10bn |
£25bn |
Congestion
Charging & other revenues eg. car park charges |
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£15bn |
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£109.5bn |
£55,5bn |
£180bn |
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Actual spending to date.
| Investment Summary 2001/02 |
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Planned |
Outturn |
| Rail |
£1.6bn |
£1.6bn |
| Strategic Roads |
£1.6bn |
£1.8bn |
| Local Transport |
£4.1bn |
£3.3bn |
| London |
£1.2bn |
£1.2bn |
| Other |
£0.2bn |
£0.2bn |
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£8.7bn |
£8.2bn |
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Local road maintenance and bridge strengthening
£30bn over 10 years. Local Authorities to end the decline in local road conditions by 2004, and end backlog by 2010. |
Local Transport Plan settlement included:
Local road condition improved by 1.4 points in 2001, the first improvement since 1995. |
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Lorry weights
44 tonnes for general operation from February 2001, for Euro II vehicles only (concessions for multi modal vehicles) |
Done. 28,300 44-tonne trucks registered as at March 2002. |
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Planning process/project delivery
Aim to reduce process by 3 –8 years by earlier consultation, parallel working, better procurement |
Government consulting on stream-lining major infrastructure planning process. Regional planning bodies told to speed up Multi Modal Studies. |
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Railway network
£50bn to be provided for rail over 10 years. Expected to deliver:
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link to St Pancras
- Upgrade of East Coast, West Coast and Great Western main line
- Thameslink 2002
- Trans-Pennine capacity
- Freight routes to major ports (Felixstowe and Channel Tunnel
- West Midlands bottlenecks
- Manchester bottlenecks
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CTRL and WCML upgrade under construction;
Others schemes delayed pending creation of Railtrack-successor and implementation of SRA strategic plan. |
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Rail freight
An 80% increase in volume by 2010, giving 10% market share. £4bn investment including guage enhancements, capacity enhancements, new terminals and rolling stock.. SRA to work with Railtrack to develop freight priority routes, eliminate bottlenecks, allow 9ft 6ins containers to be carried. Operators’ performance and efficiency must be improved. |
Rail freight traffic grew 9% in 2001. Market confidence dented by Hatfield accident and Railtrack administration. International traffic down 40% due to asylum seekers and inadequate security at Calais freight terminal. SRA plan delayed by Railtrack. Reliability levels in Q2 2002 were a 1% improvement of pre-Hatfield levels. |
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Regional transport strategies
A region by region analysis of investment schemes that can now be progressed with new funding. |
Only 6 out of 32 strategies have been published.
Decisions have been announced on 3. |
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Roads – strategic and local networks
£59bn over 10 years to be expected to deliver:
- Multi Modal Study (MMS) outcomes
- Extra lane on 360 miles of motorway:
- M6 Birmingham and Manchester
- Key sections of M1, M25, A1, M42
- A1 west of Newcastle
- M62 between Manchester and Leeds
- M60 Junctions 10-18
- Up to 80 major trunk road schemes
- Up to 100 bypasses
- Up to 130 other local road improvements
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Only 6 studies have reported out of 32.
Not started; subject to MMS
Not started; subject to MMS
Not started
Not started
Not started
53 schemes in Highways Agency programme of which contracts for 7 were let in 2001/2.
75 local schemes approved |
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Road prices
No proposals in the 10 year Plan for inter urban road pricing. |
Distance-based charging proposed for lorries from 2006. No plans for cars before 2010. |
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Technology for roads
Traffic control centre by 2002. 30% of motorway network to have hold up warnings by 2004. Variable message signing at all key intersections by 2003. 200 more motorway cameras by 2004. |
No traffic control centres yet opened. Target date 2003. 280 variable message signs installed. |
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