TOWN AND CORRIDOR STUDIES IN SOMERSET (DEVELOPING TRANSPORT STRATEGIES IN A RURAL COUNTY)
1999
In 1994 Somerset County Council embarked on an integrated transport study of Taunton, the county town with a population of about 50,000 people. The aim was to evolve a transport strategy to the year 2011, the end date of the emerging Structure and Local Plans. This strategy would inform decision making and priority setting in transport. It would also form a 'package' bid in the annual Transport Policies and Programme (TPP). The study took into account the need to integrate land use planning and transport. The location of new development in Taunton was in part informed by the transport study and vice versa. Officers from planning and transport disciplines have worked closely together throughout the process. The town study programme was quickly expanded to include the 15 Somerset towns. Two smaller settlements, Dunster and Cheddar, were added to the list due to the specific tourism related transport issues affecting them. The corridors broadly follow existing corridors of movement, both road and rail. They cover the whole of the hinterland of the county's rural communities and settlements, including those not covered by town studies. To reflect the true patterns of transport demand and movement, they extend beyond the boundaries of Somerset. The combination of the Town and Corridor Study areas mean that 100 per cent coverage will be achieved. As the study programme developed Primary Objectives were evolved with elected Members. These were subsequently formally approved by the Council's Environment Committee. These objectives guide the studies and are non-negotiable. All potential solutions to transport problems emerging from the studies are measured against these objectives. For the covering abstract see IRRD E101938.
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