Different visions in WoE’s LTP & spatial plan

INFRASTRUCTURE

08 January 2019

Although covering the same time period and geography, the spatial plan’s transport projects have an estimated cost of £1.4bn-£2bn, whereas the transport plan’s proposals are £10bn

The new draft local transport plan for the West of England area (Bristol and surroundings) features transport investments costing at least five times more than those in the area’s spatial plan, even though the documents cover the same geography and time horizon.

A public examination is currently underway into a statutory joint spatial plan covering the four unitary authorities of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Once adopted, the plan will...