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Archived Documents:
Applying the Multi-modal New Approach to Appraisal to Highway Schemes
11. Integration
11.1 Introduction
The Integration Objective is
a new topic arising from the Government's
A New Deal for Transport. It is divided into
three sub-objectives:
- transport interchange
- land use policy; and
- other Government policies
Of these three, only land use/transport
policy was dealt with in the DMRB Volume 11.
11.2 Transport Interchange
11.2.1 AST Entries
| Qualitative |
Description of ways in which
passenger/freight interchange would be improved
by the project and on which modes of transport
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| Quantitative |
Estimate of numbers of interchanges
improved, number of new interchanges created
and approximate number of users affected (as
appropriate) |
| Overall Assessment Score |
Based on change in indicators
of interchange quality, specified in GOMMMS,
Volume 2 Table 8.1 (Passengers) and/or Table
8.2 (Freight): Large Beneficial, Moderate
Beneficial, Slight Beneficial, Neutral, Slight
Adverse, Moderate Adverse, Large Adverse. |
11.2.2 Methods and WorksheetsThis
category did not previously appear in DMRB.
The treatment of this sub-objective is covered
in GOMMMS Volume 2, Section 8.2.
The sub-objective 'Transport
Interchange' is further sub-divided into two
elements according to whether the proposed
strategy is likely to affect passengers and/or
freight: Passenger Interchange; and Freight
Interchange. A separate assessment method
is given for each element. Results of the
assessment for either or both should be recorded
in the AST. It captures factors additional
to those already included under 'Economic
efficiency of the transport system'. Worksheets
8.1 (Passenger Interchange) and Worksheet
8.2 (Freight Interchange) show the information
that should be reported for this sub-objective.
With regard to highway schemes,
this sub-objective will only be applicable
in certain cases where an interchange between
different modes forms part of the scheme,
such as a park and ride facility.
11.3 Land Use Policy
11.3.1 AST Entries
| Qualitative |
Identify key policies or proposals
with which the project is well or badly integrated.
Refer to inconsistencies between the subsidiary
assessments, e.g. local proposals do not fully
support regional or national policies. |
| Quantitative |
- |
| Overall Assessment Score |
Based on 3-point scale: Beneficial,
Neutral, Adverse. |
11.3.2 Method and Worksheets
GOMMMS refers the user to the
method set out in DMRB Volume 11, Section
3 Part 12. GOMMMS provides further guidance
stating that policies should be divided into
local, regional and national (as defined in
GOMMMS Volume 2, 8.3.5) and the method for
their assessment is given in Section 8.3.6.
A distinction from DMRB is that
GOMMMS requires the user not to limit the
assessment to only formally adopted plans,
which may be dated and not take account of
changes in national or local policies. It
also covers transport policies. GOMMMS requires
a structural approach to provide an audit
trail of the policies considered and judgements
made. The policies should be divided into
local, regional and national and a judgement
made as to the extent to which the proposal
is integrated with land use and with transport
proposals and policies. The assessment is
based on a 3-point textual scale - Neutral,
Beneficial, Adverse. The DMRB assessment includes
national guidance (PPGs and NPPGs in Scotland),
regional guidance in RPGs (and their equivalent
in Wales and Scotland), structure plans, local
plans and Unitary Development Plans (UDPs).
Local plans now include Local Transport Plans,
therefore all the information required for
the GOMMMS appraisal should be available from
the DMRB assessment. Depending on how the
DMRB assessment has been carried out, it may
be necessary to refine the assessment into
the 3-point scale used in GOMMMS.
Worksheet 8.3 should be used
to report the information required for this
sub-objective.
11.4 Other Government Policies
11.4.1 AST Entries
| Qualitative |
Identify key policies or proposals,
which either help or hinder the project. |
| Quantitative |
- |
| Overall Assessment Score |
Based on 3-point scale: Beneficial,
Neutral, Adverse (see GOMMMS Volume 2, Table
8.3) |
11.4.2 Methods and Worksheets
Other Government policies were
not covered by the DMRB assessment therefore
it is a new topic. The treatment of this sub-objective
is covered in GOMMMS Volume 2, Section 8.4.
Worksheet 8.4 should be used to report the
information required for this sub-objective.
Published: 24 April 2001 | Updated: May 2003
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