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A34 Corridor StrategyStrategic Route Improvements25th November 2004
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A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Introductions
- Andy Willis, Project Manager- Senior Engineer, Local Roads and Traffic Team, West
Midlands
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Traffic and Local Roads Team
- What Do We Do?
- Conceptual design
- Preliminary design
- Modelling
- Public consultation
- Safety work
- Detailed design
- Contract preparation
- Site supervision
- Wide range of skills and projects.
- Maximising existing road space.
- Improving sustainable forms of transport.
- Projects have short timescale to construction.
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Preliminary Design: A34 Corridor Study - Background
- FaberMaunsell commissioned by Sandwell MBC via Centro term commission to carry out study on A34 in Sandwell.
- This section of dual carriageway is a main entry point into West Midlands conurbation via Junction 7 of M6 and suffers from serious congestion problems, especially in both morning and evening peak periods.
- Study to embrace Bus Showcase, Red Routes initiatives.
- Consider the impact of Metro (Light Rail) on the corridor.
- Use of micro-simulation modelling.
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
A34 Corridor Study – Bus Showcase
- Bus Showcase
- West Midlands tool – Partnership with authorities and bus operators
- Improvement of all aspects of bus journey to make travel by bus more desirable.
- Improvements measured against set of targets.
•Network Access
•Integration
•Accessible Design
•Frequency
•Reliability
•Journey Times
•Promotion
•Information
•Customer Care
•Attractiveness/Comfort
•Personal Security
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
A34 Corridor Study – Red Routes
- Red Routes- More efficient use of existing road space.
- Controlling parking and loading activity- Improving junction operation- Addressing accident problems- Improving pedestrian movements
- “No Stopping” rather than “No Waiting”- “Red” lines to emphasise important route.
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
A34 Corridor Study – Proposals and Solutions
- 4km Length of Dual Carriageway from Old Walsall Road junction (Birmingham Boundary) in South to Merrions Close (Walsall Boundary).
- Project looked at entire corridor
- Main junctions on corridor- Old Walsall Road junction- Scott Arms Junction- M6 Junction 7- Chapel Lane
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Old Walsall Road Junction
- ISSUES
- Desire to remove existing subway facility.
- U-turning traffic south of Scott Arms junction.
- High speeds of vehicles using parallel merge combined with poor visibility from Jayshaw causing concern with local people.
- PROPOSALS
- Provide street-level crossing points.
- Junction re-aligned and signalised to permit right turning out of Old Walsall Road
- Re-align junction and signalised left turn out of Old Walsall Road
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Scott Arms Junction
- PROPOSALS
- Change order of signal stages to improve capacity
- Provide staggered pedestrian crossing facility across Queslett Road
- Bus lanes provided on approach to maintain benefit to buses in future years
- ISSUES
- Heavy congestion in peak periods
- No pedestrian stage across Queslett Road.
- High levels of queuing in future years
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
M6 Junction 7
- PROPOSALS
- Signalise entries onto gyratory.
- Manage traffic by relocating queues on network.
- ISSUES
- High levels of queuing on both approaches to the gyratory
- In future years high volume of traffic on gyratory creates risk of severe congestion to the network
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Chapel Lane Junction
- PROPOSALS- Convert to signalised junction to control
movements at junction.- Include at-grade crossing facilities as part
of junction.
- Bus lane provided on southbound approach to ensure benefits to bus maintained.
- ISSUES
- Right turning accident problem
- Recognised rat run
- Desire to remove existing subway
- High level of queuing in future years
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Predicted Benefits From Route ImprovementsJourney Time
- AM peak
- Southbound- 5 minutes saving for general traffic- 2 minutes saving for buses
- Northbound- No change in journey time for general traffic- 2 minutes saving for buses
- PM peak
- Southbound- No change in journey time for general traffic- 1 minutes saving for buses
- Northbound- 3 minutes saving for general traffic- 2 minutes saving for buses
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Predicted Benefits From Route ImprovementsOther
- Future Years- Design year 2011- Benefits are maintained.- Corridor can be controlled using queue relocation.
- Pedestrian Facilities- Conversion of subways to at-grade crossing facilities.- Extra pedestrian crossings.- Raised entry treatments at side roads.
- Parking and Loading- Removal of double parking at Scott Arms (Birmingham).- Minimal loss of parking spaces.- Extra provision for loading.
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
How Will the Scheme Progress?
- Consultation with general public, October 2004
- Successful response
- Minor amendments required to scheme
- Detailed design and contract preparation, Spring-Summer 2005
- Possible construction and site supervision, December 2005
- Monitoring success of scheme, Autumn 2006 – Spring 2007
A34 Corridor Strategy - Strategic Route Improvements, 25th November 2004
Thank you for listening.
Any questions?