Subject to Government approval of funding for the next stage, the feedback we receive during this public engagement would inform further technical work to refine the potential route options.
Further technical work is expected to include:
- Further engagement with key stakeholders including statutory bodies, affected energy utilities and landowners
- Refinements to the alignments and design of potential route options
- Updating transport modelling to use the latest suite of models that have been developed for the area
- Updating scheme appraisals to take account of consented planning applications, the evolving plans for future development of the Ashchurch and Tewkesbury area and potential changes to Government planning guidance and policies
- Further development of environmental assessments
- Further sifting of potential route options based on feedback received during the public engagement and subsequent technical analysis.
- Co-ordination with the preparation of plans for the Tewkesbury Garden Communities programme, as well as the Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury Strategic Local Plan (SLP).
It is expected that the number of potential route options would be reduced prior to a formal public consultation regarding the selection of a preferred option.
