South Hants gathers the evidence to support growth ambitions

15 July 2011

The Transport for South Hampshire area

The model team. Seated (left to right): David Simmonds of consultant DSC; Transport for South Hampshire’s project co-ordinator Stuart Baker; project consultant Steve Williamson; Ian Burden from MVA; and TfSH project director Keith Willcox. Standing (l-r): Chris Pownall from MVA and Dave Carter, the project director

South Hampshire may not have the same profile as the big Metropolitan areas in the Midlands and North of England but it is nonetheless one of the country’s major conurbations. The cities of Portsmouth and Southampton and towns such as Havant, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport form an almost continuous strip of urban development along the South Coast that is home to more than a million people, making it the biggest urban area in the South East outside London.

South Hampshire is also home to...