1. Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Transport & Infrastructure Group
July 2019

2. The project Long standing challenges
Journey reliability and quality, particularly on the A14
Economic and housing growth and productivity constrained by current infrastructure
Ambitions for significant future growth
Work to date
2016 – Public Sector Leaders Group provided £200k funding for an initial study into the road network.
May 2018 – Public Sector Leaders Group provided £550k funding to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case
November 2018 – Scope of work updated to include for future high growth, 10,000 to 15,000 new homes to reflect emerging ambitions of local districts
February 2019 – Matthew Hicks confirmed public consultation on the project in the summer

3. Purpose of work
Develop a Strategic Outline Business Case with an initial focus on road infrastructure
Consultation responses to be part of this business case
If decide to progress the project, share the SOBC with government to seek funding to take the project forward to an Outline Business Case
Next stage of the project to combine infrastructure and growth
This approach maximises opportunities for funding

4. Project objectives

5. Project objectives

6. Proposed route options

10. Consultation
We are consulting the local community in order to further understand the needs, benefits, impacts and issues a project of this scale could bring.
Consultation will run for 10 weeks – events in Mid Suffolk, East Suffolk & Ipswich
Consultation Questionnaire to provide public the opportunity to express views on:
The objectives of the project
The alternative routes and junctions
How a new route might change their journeys,
in and around Ipswich
Environmental issues
Their current experience of travelling in
the wider Ipswich area

11. Q & A Overview – need, benefits, options
Growth – additional housing, economic, the countryside
Cost – costs & funding
Traffic – traffic model & flows
Environment – assessment, carbon footprint
Highways – routes, junctions, connectivity
Land – access
Next steps
Other information – previous scheme, TUOC, SEGway

12. Consultation Announce consultation start date – 1 July
County and district member briefings – 4 and 5 July
Start consultation – 5 July
11 public engagement events throughout July
3 appointment only landowner events
5 IBC area committees
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce – Transport Infrastructure Group
End of consultation – 13 September