to reduced evening peak to reduced levels of traffic, hour period. levels of traffic, the A678 the A678 Burnley Road Burnley Road would become a would become a more attractive more attractive route for route for sustainable sustainable transport users. transport users. Improve Road Safety This option No road safety No road safety No road safety As Option 2. The preferred and Reduce would not assessment has assessment has assessment has interventions Severance improve road been been been have been safety or reduce undertaken for undertaken for undertaken for shown through a severance. this option. this option. this option. COBALT Severance Due to Due to assessment to along the A678 congestion and forecasted deliver accident (runs through a delay issues capacity and benefits through residential area) during the delay issues, a reduction in would be evening peak this option is the number of reduced by hour, severance therefore accidents. shifting traffic is therefore considered not Severance onto the new considered to to provide any along the A678 link road. remain measures to (runs through a unchanged address residential area) during the severance. would be aforementioned reduced by period. shifting traffic onto the new link road. Key Risks Potential land While it is This option This option Potential land Same as Option Please identify the key technical, funding and acquisition expected that incorporates a presents a acquisition 1. delivery risks associated with this option. issues; this option will measure of significant risk of issues and the objections of provide mitigation an already new link road for local residents adequate required, but congested this option and businesses; capacity to only to address network would run missed support capacity issues becoming more through land opportunity to background during the congested and currently open land for growth, the resulting in peak occupied by a
to reduced levels of traffic, the A678 Burnley Road would become a more attractive route for sustainable transport users. evening peak hour period. to reduced levels of traffic, the A678 Burnley Road would become a more attractive route for sustainable transport users. Improve Road Safety and Reduce Severance This option would not improve road safety or reduce severance. No road safety assessment has been undertaken for this option. Severance along the A678 (runs through a residential area) would be reduced by shifting traffic onto the new link road. No road safety assessment has been undertaken for this option. Due to congestion and delay issues during the evening peak hour, severance is therefore considered to remain unchanged during the aforementioned period. No road safety assessment has been undertaken for this option. Due to forecasted capacity and delay issues, this option is therefore considered not to provide any measures to address severance. As Option 2. The preferred interventions have been shown through a COBALT assessment to deliver accident benefits through a reduction in the number of accidents. Severance along the A678 (runs through a residential area) would be reduced by shifting traffic onto the new link road. Key Risks Please identify the key technical, funding and delivery risks associated with this option. Potential land acquisition issues; objections of local residents and businesses; missed opportunity to open land for While it is expected that this option will provide adequate capacity to support background growth, the This option incorporates a measure of mitigation required, but only to address capacity issues during the This option presents a significant risk of an already congested network becoming more congested and resulting in peak Potential land acquisition issues and the new link road for this option would run through land currently occupied by a Same as Option 1.