Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
This Implementation Plan accompanies Coventry City Council’s Transport Strategy.
The Transport Strategy sets out plans to bring about a fundamental change to the way that people and goods travel to, from and around Coventry in the future. It explains why a change is needed and describes, in broad terms, what we will do over the next 15 years to deliver that change. This document provides further detail about our plans. It sets out details of the specific improvements that we will make to the city’s transport network and the expected timescales and approximate costs associated with these.
It is important to note that the schemes referred to in this document are at different stages of development (for example, funding has already been secured to deliver some, while others are currently unfunded or only partly funded). For this reason, this plan focuses particularly on the schemes that we will deliver during the first five years of the strategy (2022/23 – 2026/27), as these are generally more developed, while also giving an indication of what further improvements we have ambitions to deliver over the later years of the strategy (2027/28 – 2036/37).
Similarly, expected costs have been provided by sorting schemes into a range of cost brackets (<£10m, £10-£25m, £25-£50m, £50-£100m and £100m+). This is intended to be sufficient to provide a broad sense of the level of investment associated with our plans, while also reflecting the fact that some schemes are still in the early stages of development and that, as a result, precise figures are not available at this time.
Furthermore, while this document accurately reflects current plans at the time of writing, we will also keep it under regular review. We will do this by publishing an Annual Progress Report, which will outline our progress in implementing the Transport Strategy and to report any changes which we are making to this plan. This will allow us to remain flexible in our approach and to add to or adjust our plans to respond to changing circumstances arising from factors such as national, regional or local policy decisions or new funding opportunities.
1.2 Structure of this document
The Transport Strategy describes the improvements that we intend to make across six broad areas:
- Public transport
- Walking, cycling and micro-mobility
- Road network
- Zero emission and shared vehicles
- Freight
- Encouraging behaviour change
This document is therefore structured around these six areas. For each of them, it describes the specific improvements that we plan to deliver and when they will be delivered. In practice, not all these improvements will be delivered directly by the Council. Some schemes will be delivered by, or in partnership with, our various partners in the region, and this is also highlighted here.