OXFORDSHIRE GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Ian HudspethLeader Oxfordshire County Council

The Challenge and Opportunity

Transport Network – Key Corridors

70,000The A34 in Oxfordshire carries

vehicles per day

102,000The M40 in Oxfordshire carries

The A40 in Oxfordshire carries

45,000

vehicles per day

vehicles per day

The A420 in Oxfordshire carries

20,000 vehicles per day

Bicester

Oxford

Science Vale Oxford

• 10,000 homes• 20,000 jobs

• 9,000 homes• 14,000 jobs• Retail expansion – including Westgate

• 16,000 homes• 20,000 jobs

Lots of Growth

Major Projects Capital ProgrammePrevious Spend Total

£16,868,315 £109,501,002

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4Winnaway Cycle RouteMilton InterchangeChilton SlipsHarwell Link Rd Section 2 (Hagbourne Hill)Woodstock Road ROQWolvercote RoundaboutCutteslowe RoundaboutBackhill Lane Cycle Tunnel and JunctionScience Vale Cycle Routes (£800k allocation, £4.5m commitment)Harwell Campus EntranceBicester London Rd CrossingAccess to Headington - Junction ImprovementsFeatherbed Lane & Steventon LightsHarwell Link Rd Section 1 (B4493 to A417)Thames towpath improvements and ped/cycle bridge at OxpensHinksey Hill Ph2 (Northbound Slip Rd)Loop Farm Link RoadA40 Corridor

Connections to Oxford StationA34 Lodge Hill

Charbridge Lane

GW1 Feasibility

GW2Preliminary Design

GW3Detailed Design

GW4Procurement

GW5Construction

2015/16 2016/17

£23,626,639 £24,754,463 £33,210,585 £8,806,000 £2,235,000

2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

Our Devolution Proposition: Driving Economic Growth

The ChallengeSecuring Oxfordshire’s economic potential depends on our ability to tackle underlying challenges which constrain growth, we therefore need to:• Improve the capacity of the strategic

and local transport infrastructure to support housing growth

• Accelerate housing delivery that hampers growth and is leading to recruitment and retention problems for many employers

• Accelerate growth in the ‘Knowledge Economy Spine’ to accommodate high growth innovation led business and employment opportunities

• Meet increasing demand for higher level skills to support the needs of the local economy

• Address increasing demands and pressure on resources for health and social care.

Devolution Deal - Ask • Secure £1,400m Gain Share Mechanism• Devolved Health & Wellbeing Budgets• Devolved Skills SFA/EFA Budgets

Devolution Deal - Offer• Accelerate delivery – 100,000 homes by 2031

• Deliver 85,600 FTE jobs by 2031• Deliver at least £3.5bn GVA/annum from 2031

To work with Government to:• Secure agreement to an LGF 3 Allocation to

support Innovation & skills priorities• Secure the support of Network Rail for defined

Track & station upgrades • Secure the support of Highways England for the

A34 and Oxford – Cambridge Expressway investment

• Secure investment support for our OBS Growth Hub.

Frideswide Square Complete

Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Oxford Science Transit

Integrated information

and technology

Quicker more reliable

transport journeys

Improved links to airports and innovation and growth Areas

Smart transactional

customer orientated

system

Winslow

Bletchley

Bicester Town

High Wycombe

Princes Risborough

Milton Keynes

Bedford

OxfordAylesbury

Reading

Didcot

LondonMarylebone

Science Transit – transport innovation

Thank you