Sponsors, Norfolk County Council discuss infrastructure updates in Great Yarmouth and across the county

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6. Infrastructure in Great
Yarmouth
David Allfrey
Major Projects
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Tig Armstrong
Infrastructure and
Economic Growth Manager

7. • Great Yarmouth Town Centre Masterplan
• Great Yarmouth Tidal Defence Business Partnership
• Sustainable transport and congestion improvements
• A47 and A12 junction improvements
• Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing
Introduction

8. Great Yarmouth Town Centre
Masterplan and Tidal Defence
Business Partnership
David Glason
Growth Group Manager

10. Tidal Defences
Business
Partnership
Welcome
Dear fellow business,
Thank you for your interest in
the Tidal Defences Business
Partnership.
This business-led group was
launched in February 2015 to
address the anticipated funding
shortfall to deliver much-needed refurbishment of the
existing quay heading and river defences along the
River Yare.
The group has met regularly at the Town Hall and I am
pleased to report that a wide variety of Great Yarmouth
businesses have been present – together with important
officers from Great Yarmouth Borough Council, the
Environment Agency, New Anglia LEP and Peel Ports
Great Yarmouth.
Together, we have made important progress, including
supporting the submission of a bid of £27.5m for flood
defence funding to New Anglia LEP, and commissioning
an economic study to add weight to this and further bids.
The study shows that investment in the tidal defences
will enable Great Yarmouth to realise its full economic
potential and unlock huge opportunities for businesses.
But this can only happen if businesses assist in lobbying
and levering in funding from every possible source.
The meetings are open to businesses of all sizes and
sectors and I personally welcome you to join us and get
involved to help bolster the position of businesses in
Great Yarmouth.
John Clare, Chairman
Please join us
The Tidal Defences Business
Partnership normally meets on the
third Wednesday of every month at the
Town Hall, 9.30am-10.30am.
Your invitation to join the business
group supporting the refurbishment of
vital tidal defences for Great Yarmouth.
Businesses interested in attending or finding out more
can contact:
John Clare, chairman,
john.clare@technicusconsulting.com
01493 800655
Bernard Harris, co-ordinator
bernard.harris@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
01493 846512
To register an interest in receiving updates about the
group, visit:
www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/tidal-defences

11. W hat’s the issue?
The tidal defences along the RiverYare are vital to
attracting and sustaining business investment and jobs
in key industries that are essential to the prosperity of
the local, regional and national economies.
The UK’s offshore energy sector relies on Great
Yarmouth, the focus of the energy coast, which has
prospects of sharing in significant investment in the
coming decades, including in offshore wind and gas
platform decommissioning.
The defences at Great Yarmouth also defend large
areas of existing residential and commercial
property, as well as important infrastructure.
W hat’s the value to my business?
The area currently supports some 21,200 direct jobs and
wealth generation in the region of £859m each year
(which in turn supports an additional 6,300 indirect
jobs, worth a further £283m a year to the economy).
Further economic growth and development potential
in the area increase this to a total of 26,700
direct jobs and £1.2bn wealth generation a year
(supporting an additional 7,900 indirect jobs, worth
a further £354m a year to the economy).
How can I help?
The Environment Agency has a robust,
deliverable plan to refurbish the defences in five-
year phases over the coming decades, with the
first phase of works now complete.
The second phase of work is to refurbish 2.65km
of defences over the next five years. So far we
have secured more than £28m in funding, but
further funding is required from partners and those
benefiting from the flood protection for this phase of
work to proceed. Please join the business partnership
and help support efforts to progress the scheme.
34,0 0 0
jobs
Could be supported through
future economic growth and
development potential
Funding required from
third parties
Once phase two
is completed
Once phase two
is completed
Cost to refurbish defences
Total wealth creation that Great
Yarmouth could support through
future economic growth and
development potential
£1.5
billion
Up to
£8.3m
Up to
£36m
1,0 0 0
Businesses
better
protected
5,0 0 0
Homes
better
protected
Phase Two (20 16-2021)
W hole Scheme

12. Sustainable Transport and
Congestion Improvements
• New Anglia LEP successful in obtaining 13million of Growth
Funding for infrastructure in Great Yarmouth to assist
housing and employment growth:
- Rail Station to town centre link £2m
- Sustainable transport & congestion improvements £9m
- Third River Crossing £2m

13. A47 and A12 Junction
Improvements
• Successful lobbying RIS 1 2015 to 2020
- A47/A12 Vauxhall Roundabout
- A12 Gapton Roundabout
- A12 Harfreys Roundabout
- A12 Bridge Road
- A12 James Paget access

14. • Maintained by Highways England
• Consultation on scheme designs expected
April 2017
• Congestion expected to start 2020
A47 and A12 Junction
Improvements

15. • New lifting bridge river crossing developed mid-2000s
• The provision of a TRC forms a key part of the transport
and economic strategy for Great Yarmouth
• Connects South Denes port / peninsula area to major
road network (A12)
• Very high benefit to cost ratio 4.8
Great Yarmouth Third River
Crossing

16. Timeline

17. The Third River
Crossing will
unlock the benefits
of recent and
planned
investment
including:

18. Norfolk County Council Investment:
2003 – 2009: Invested £1.1m to identify the preferred
crossing type and route
2009 – 2015: £2.8m to acquire properties and land to
safeguard route
2015 – 2016: £2m secured via New Anglia LEP
2016 - 2017: £1.2m bid submission for Outline Business
Case

19. What a Third River Crossing will do for
Great Yarmouth:

20. Economic
and
Strategic
Importance:

21. Design of Third River Crossing:
Artists
Impression of
Third River
Crossing:

22. Outline Business Case
• Outline Business Case Submission March 2017
• Lobby Government
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technical, design and economic case

23. Next Steps
• Outline business case to be submitted March 2017
• Commence Planning and detailed design Summer
2017
• Construction could be as soon as 2020/21

24. Questions?

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