Strategic transport - plans and policies
Policies and plans to help prioritise available resources
Hampshire County Council is the Highway Authority for all local roads (non motorways and trunk roads) within its administrative area. We are also responsible for supporting public transport and community transport services that are not commercially viable- Emerging Waterside Transport Strategy
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Hampshire County Council is developing a multi-modal transport strategy for the Waterside area of the New Forest, building on the adopted Waterside Interim Transport Policy of November 2017.
- Hampshire Local Transport Plan 2011-2031
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Our transport policies and plans are set out in the current Hampshire Local Transport Plan (LTP) which was first adopted in 2011.
- Hampshire Local Transport Plan – Part A: Long Term Strategy (2011 to 2031)
- Hampshire Local Transport Plan – Part B: Three Year Implementation Plan (2014 to 2017)
The Hampshire LTP is supported by:
- Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report – July 2010
- SEA post-adoption statement – March 2011
- Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) screening report – March 2011
- Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) – February 2011
- Addendum to the SEA report – February 2011
Summaries of responses to the Summer 2010 public consultation on the draft LTP3:
- Addressing transport challenges in Winchester
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The City of Winchester Movement Strategy was adopted by Winchester City Council on 25 March 2019 and by Hampshire County Council on 23 April 2019. The strategy addresses current and future transport challenges facing the city.
City of Winchester Movement Strategy
A number of studies are now being undertaken as part of the Movement Strategy. A summary report provides an overview of the latest work.
- District and Borough wide transport strategies
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Every district or borough has a Transport Statement, adopted in 2012. The statements turn the Local Transport Plan into local priorities. Engagement with district and borough councils and public consultations has helped to formulate the statements.
Transport statement decision day summary and report
Each transport statement comprises a transport strategy and a 'live' schedule of potential transport improvements.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
The Basingstoke and Deane Transport Strategy consists of three documents:
- Basingstoke Transport Strategy – Main strategy document
- Basingstoke Transport Strategy – Implementation plan
- Basingstoke Transport Strategy – Mass rapid transit for Basingstoke
East Hampshire District Council
- East Hampshire District Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- East Hampshire District Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Eastleigh Borough Council
- Eastleigh Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Eastleigh Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Fareham Borough Council
- Fareham Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Fareham Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Gosport Borough Council
- Gosport Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Gosport Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Hart District Council
- Hart District Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Hart District Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Havant Borough Council
- Havant Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Havant Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
New Forest District Council
- New Forest District Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- New Forest District Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Rushmoor Borough Council
- Rushmoor Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Rushmoor Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Test Valley Borough Council
- Test Valley Borough Council Transport Statement (December 2013)
- Test Valley Borough Council Transport Statement Post-Adoption Live Schemes (December 2013)
Winchester City Council
- Strategic infrastructure plans
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Strategic Transport Infrastructure Plans set out the strategic transport scheme priorities for identified growth areas at Fareham, Gosport and Basingstoke.
Search for strategic infrastructure plans in the council meetings archive
- Town access plans
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Town access plans have been developed with district and borough councils and set out a shared vision for making the best use of roads and public spaces with the aim of improving access to services and facilities.
- Highway asset management
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The Hampshire local road network is an essential asset to support a successful economy and society for Hampshire. Maintenance of this network represents a significant responsibility and we have a key role in ensuring that transport in Hampshire delivers the services our residents, businesses and visitors need.
- Walking strategy
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The Walking strategy provides a clear statement of Hampshire County Council’s aspirations for walking by:
- establishing a framework to support the development of local walking strategies
- providing a means to prioritise the County Council’s funding to the best value for money investments for walking
- realising additional funding opportunities for walking measures
- Cycling strategy
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The Cycling strategy provides a clear statement of Hampshire County Council's aspirations for cycling by:
- setting a strategic framework to support the planning and development of cycling measures with local partners
- providing a means to prioritise funding for cycling to the best value for money investments
- supporting the County Council in attracting new investment from funding partners for cycling and other sustainable transport measures
- Solent Transport
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Solent Transport is a partnership between Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council and Isle of Wight Council. It is responsible for planning transport improvements in the Solent area.
- National Productivity Investment Fund Announcement
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The Department for Transport (DfT) recently announced that Hampshire will receive £5.1 million from the National Productivity Investment Fund. This funding is in addition to other DfT grants and Hampshire's own funds, which form the structural maintenance budget of approximately £45 million for 2017/18.
The Government states that this fund should help to improve local road networks. Hampshire fully supports this fund and will use it to improve our local road network and where possible provide upgrades to our highway infrastructure. As part of this arrangement, the Government have asked that Hampshire provide information to the public on how we will spend this money.
We are looking at opportunities to enhance our anticipated structural maintenance programmes for 2017/18 and to extend our programme in the following areas.
- adding to our structures strengthening programme
- replacing and upgrading some of our older traffic signal installations to improve efficiency and reduce congestion
- further carriageway resurfacing with an emphasis on strengthening, making the roads more resilient and improving links to new development.
A number of schemes are being considered and, subject to programming, will be defined in the next few months.
To ensure that Hampshire spends this money in 2017/18, we are already pre-planning for road space, and undertaking detailed design and arrangements with our highways contractor. We anticipate that this works programme will be completed before the end of December 2017.