Policy information sourced from Thurrock Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development

CSTP16 - NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

The Council will work with partners to deliver improvements to national and regional transport networks to ensure growth does not result in routes being above capacity. Public transport improvements will be prioritised in order to achieve a modal shift. To achieve this the Council and partners will:

  • Develop a high quality network of inter-urban public transport routes offering a minimum of a half hourly frequency during the day, linking the Thurrock Urban Area with other Regional Transport Nodes and London.
  • Improve capacity by lengthening platforms at key railway stations.
  • Provide a route linking Thurrock Urban Area to Basildon through SERT by 2016 followed by additional routes to other Regional Transport Nodes.
  • Improve passenger connections that make use of the River Thames, such as linking Tilbury and Gravesend.
  • Improve capacity and connections between modes of transport at key transport interchanges such as rail stations. Priority will be given to:
    • Improvements of inter-urban public transport routes and connections, and especially access to Strategic Employment Sites.
    • Improvements at Grays, Stanford-le-Hope, Chafford Hundred/ Lakeside, Tilbury, and Purfleet, and a new rail station at West Thurrock.
  • Target key economically important routes for accident reduction interventions.
  • Support the delivery of additional highway capacity, including through the use of technology and information, but only where modal shift will be insufficient to address congestion. Opportunities will be taken to improve public transport as part of any enhancements. Priority will be given to routes that provide access, especially for freight, to Strategic Employment Sites, the ports at London Gateway, Tilbury and Purfleet, and regeneration areas. This will include:
    • M25 between junctions 27 and 30 
    • M25 junction 30 
    • A13 from A128 to A1014 
    • A13 and A1089 junction improvement
    • A1014 from A13 to London Gateway

Thurrock Council will, with the Highways Agency and relevant stakeholders where appropriate, identify cost effective interim measures to deliver sustainable and efficient national and regional transportation infrastructure within Thurrock.

Key Diagrams and Maps

Key Diagram

Transport proposals will be included in the Site Specific Allocations and Policies DPD and on the Proposals Map, where appropriate.

For more information please see the Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development