Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4 - planning until 2038 - consultation

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[grahame]

From https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/cabinet-agrees-next-steps-for-ltp-with-consultation-to-start-next-week

LTP4 sets out the council's objectives and plans for transport in Wiltshire during the period 2025-2038. It covers all areas of transport, including road safety, highway network management and enhancement, car parking, buses, rail, walking and wheeling, freight, electric vehicles and more. It also provides the framework for all other organisations with involvement in transport in the county.

As Wiltshire is a large rural county, the transport needs vary, because what is required in a large town or city is different what is needed in rural areas. To ensure the plan is effective for all residents of Wiltshire, the plan is place-led and aligned to the Wiltshire Local Plan, with a focus on three different place types: principal settlements, which covers Salisbury, Trowbridge and Chippenham; market towns; and rural areas.

Public Consultation opens on 28th November

The consultation on LPT4 will [now] begin on Thursday 28 November and run until Friday 24 January 2025. People will be able to find out more and ask questions at webinars that will be held on:

Tuesday 3 December at 6pm
Monday 13 January at 6pm

I note that the Wiltshire Council graphics include a pedestrian, a bicycle, a car, a bus and a lorry - but does not include a train. Is there any reflection there of the relative importance of these modes as seen by the people who have put LTP4 out to consultation?

[grahame]

The consultation doesn't open for a week yet, and the press release talking about it does not include any links so that we can start reading into it.  However, the LTP4 is out there in public if you want to start reading in the cabinet papers for yesterday.  If you want to see them rather that having to dig I have mirrored them.

https://www.greatwestern.info/mirror/ltp4_20241119.pdf - Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Cabinet Report
https://www.greatwestern.info/mirror/ltp4_a1_20241119.pdf - Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Core
https://www.greatwestern.info/mirror/ltp4_a2_20241119.pdf - Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Place Based
https://www.greatwestern.info/mirror/ltp4_a3_20241119.pdf - Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Sub Strategies
https://www.greatwestern.info/mirror/ltp4_a4_20241119.pdf - Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Carbon

[grahame]

Draft response from me -  at https://www.passenger.chat/mirror/ltp4_graham_0.9.pdf

Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on Wiltshire's Local Transport Plan 4.

Overarching principles are an important framework and for the most part good and well stated. Specifics are thinner than I would like to see, and the whole therefore needs to be read in conjunction with other policies and documents.

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[grahame]

From https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/localtransportplan

Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4)

The fourth Wiltshire Council Local Transport Plan 2025 -2038 (LTP4) was endorsed at full council on 11 March 2025.

LTP4 sets out Wiltshire Council's strategic transport objectives, using a place-based approach that aligns with the Wiltshire Local Plan. It is designed to address the needs of three distinct areas: principal settlements, including Salisbury, Trowbridge, and Chippenham; market towns; and rural communities.

By tailoring the plan to these specific areas, the council can better respond to their unique transport challenges, recognising that the needs of rural residents differ from those in towns and cities. This approach also increases opportunities to secure additional government funding to enhance transport infrastructure across the county.