Local Transport Plan supporting strategies

The A414 corridor strategy covers the strategic east-west transport corridor which runs from Harlow to St Albans, where it divides with one leg running to Hemel Hempstead as the A414 and the other running through to Watford as the A405.

The strategy identifies key challenges along the corridor and develops a series of objectives which were used to identify transport schemes, including the development of an East-West Mass Rapid Transit system. 

The main report is followed by a series of annexes which break the corridor into smaller segments and provide details of the schemes in more detail.

Progress on the schemes will be tracked through the A414 Implementation plan.

• A414 Corridor Strategy Report 8.10.19 (PDF, 12mb)
• A414 Corridor Strategy DRAFT SEA Adoption Statement 15.10.19 (PDF, 386kb)
• A414 Corridor Strategy - Habitats Regulations Assessment 2019 (PDF, 592kb)

 
If you have any issue accessing these documents, please email highwaysBST@hertfordshire.gov.uk.

The accessibility strategy (PDF 3.03MB) aims to provide an assessment of the accessibility of key services and facilities including education, employment, health, leisure and shopping within Hertfordshire for residents of the county.

The information within the document will both inform and be built upon through the development of the other Local Transport Plan supporting documents, each of which develop specific topics or consider geographical areas in more detail and therefore provide appropriate delivery vehicles for initiating accessibility improvements and developing action plans at the more local level.

The Active travel strategy sets out how Hertfordshire County Council will work with residents, partners and stakeholders to identify, enable, deliver, promote and support active travel, particularly for short journeys, or as part of a longer journey that involves the use of public transport.

The vision of the strategy to create places where walking, wheeling and other forms of active travel are so safe and convenient that they become the natural choice for short trips.

Active travel strategy 2023-2031 (PDF 4.77MB)

 

Active travel strategy appendix

Appendix 1: goals and challenges of LTP3

Appendix 2: Key county strategies

Appendix 3: Table of AQMA sites in Hertfordshire 2013 

Appendix 4: Policy objectives

Appendix 5: Key activity recommendations for age groups

Appendix 6a: SEA full report

Appendix 6b: SEA assessment

Appendix 6c: Active travel baseline data 

Appendix 7: Equality impact assessment

 

Active travel strategy consultation

The active travel strategy consultation provided clear policy leads and identified barriers and interventions to encourage active travel within the county.

 

Active travel strategy consultation appendix

• ATS workshop comments log
• ATS workshop slides and delegates list
• ATS easy read consultation comments log

The air quality strategy and implementation plan sets out our position on air quality, and includes our strategic vision, aims and objectives that will hold us to account in playing our part in improving air quality for Hertfordshire. This document also acknowledges the work that the District/Borough councils do monitoring air quality and designating Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).

The Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan provides a strategic approach that identifies the optimal allocation of resources for the management, operation, preservation and enhancement of the highway infrastructure to meet the needs of current and future customers.

Policy For Highway Infrastructure Asset Management (PDF 118KB)

Maintenance for Active Travel Strategy (PDF 276KB)

The intalink bus strategy sets out the county council’s proposals to work with bus operators and local authorities to improve bus travel, and sets out in greater detail plans to grow the local bus network to support LTP4 and a shift to more sustainable modes.

The Intalink enhanced partnership plan and scheme is a statutory document detailing how the partnership will work, and supersedes the existing voluntary partnership.

The network management strategy aims to identify strategic routes and which interventions will be prioritised, make more efficient use of the highway network, and also define a Road Hierarchy.

The Place & Movement Planning and Design Guidance for Hertfordshire was adopted in March 2024, and replaced the ‘Roads in Hertfordshire, Highway Design Guide’. The new guide gives detailed design advice on improvements made by the county council, its agents, developers or any other third party. It can be found by visiting Highways Development Management.

The rail strategy has been developed, in consultation with stakeholders, to set out the strategic importance of the rail network and services in Hertfordshire and the county council's aspirations for continued improvements and enhancements to reflect the needs of Hertfordshire residents now and in the future. 

LTP4 rail Strategy EqIA

Updated Appendix to The Rail Strategy (PDF 222KB)

The rights of way improvement plan provides recommendations for the future management of, and investment in, the rights of way network.  

The new strategy is currently being written.

Our vision will allow for all road users to travel with a minimum threat from other road users. An environmentally sustainable transport system that provides equity and accessibility for all road users is only achievable if we reduce road danger.

We cannot do this alone, and our vision includes partnerships with a wide range of organisations. Ultimately, it also depends on all our residents taking full responsibility for the effects their transport choices have on others.

The Hertfordshire Road Safety Partnership has a vision to make the roads safer for all, understanding that everyone has a responsibility for road safety. 

A new road safety strategy is under development. The new strategy will be based upon the Safe System approach which focuses on safe roads, safe speed, safe vehicles, safe road users and post collision response.

Hertfordshire Road Safety partners involved in the development of the new strategy include:

• BCH Roads Policing
• Hertfordshire Police
• Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Hertfordshire County Council
• National Highways
• Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire
• Road Victims Trust Charity.

The rural transport strategy (PDF 5.7MB)opening in a new window aims to ensure that transport services in rural areas enable people to access important destinations and services. It also seeks to encourage residents to travel by methods other than car.

The Rural Transport Best Practise Study researches best practises regarding rural sustainable transport schemes and policies which have been, or will be implemented in other areas nationally, and how these methodologies and options could possibly be implemented in Hertfordshire.

An Equalities Impact Assessment (PDF 252KB) has been carried out on the new LTP4 Rural Transport Strategy and determines how the delivery of the Strategy will affect different groups of people for example race, gender, disability, age.

The Sustainable modes of travel strategy (SMoTs) 2024/25 (PDF 5.30MB)Opening a new window sets out the vision to increase opportunities for children and young people to travel to, from and between schools and colleges by sustainable modes. It provides a breakdown of existing school travel patterns and outlines the actions and processes that will be adopted to improve the viability of sustainable travel.

The speed management strategy has been developed following on from  government guidelines. The strategy was developed with the help of the county's constabulary. It introduces zonal rural speed limits and increases the number of roads, that could have 20mph speed limits.

Broxbourne, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt & Waltham Cross

The South Eastern GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (July 2022)  was developed in partnership with Broxbourne Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in July 2022. 

Hemel Hempstead

The South West Herts Growth and Transport Plan was developed in partnership with Dacorum Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in January 2020.

A Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report has been produced which summarises the outcomes of a Strategic Environmental Assessment on the SW Herts GTP, it also contains an Environmental Statement which details how recommendations from the assessment and consultation has influenced the development of the SW Herts GTP.

• SW Herts GTP SEA Environmental Report (PDF 1.41MB)
• Appendix 1 – Environmental Baseline Data/Maps (PDF 262KB)
• Appendix 2 – SEA Sub Objectives (PDF 148KB)
• Appendix 3 – Assessments (PDF 2.88MB)
• Appendix 4 – Cumulative Assessments (PDF 411KB)
• Appendix 5 – Causal Chain Analysis (PDF 88KB)

Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted

AECOM developed the UTP for Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted. It was endorsed by our Highways and Waste Cabinet Panel in September 2013.

Documents

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted UTP volume 1

Scheme assessment framework and background information.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted UTP volume 2

The proformas are identified. Available in detail from the relevant attachments.

• Tring Northchurch and Berkhamsted UTP volume 3

Details of the stakeholder contact and workshops.

• Tring Northchurch and Berkhamsted UTP volume 4

Spreadsheet with details of the public consultation carried out.

• Tring Northchurch and Berkhamsted UTP volume 5

The bikeability cycle audit report.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 1 to 4 -

1) Improve operation of High Street / Kings Road junction. 

2) Improve access and egress signage for A41 bypass.

3) Improvements along New Road corridor in Northchurch.

4) Improvements at Shootersway / Kingshill Way junction.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 5 to 7 -

5) Traffic calming and extension of 20mph zone on the high street of Berkhamsted.

6) Review parking on Beggars Lane to improve safety for cyclists.

7) Enhancements to Tring railway station.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted scheme 8 -

8) Gateways into Tring and Berkhamsted.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 9 to 10 -

9) Improve condition of canal towpath and access in Tring and Berkhamsted.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 11 to 13-

11) Marketing of electric bikes in Tring and Berkhamsted.

12) Link to Pitstone village from Tring station.

13) Cycle track extension – Station Road / London Road / Brook Street in Tring.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 14 to 16 -

14) Cycle parking in Tring and Berkhamsted.

15) Parking improvements.

16) Review of parking information in town centres.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 17 to 20

17) Enhancements to Berkhamsted railway station.

18) Introduce real time information.

19) Improve operation of Billet Lane corridor between Gossoms End and Bridgewater Road.

20) Improve operation of Durrants Lane / High Street junction.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 21 to 25

21) Improve safety of railway underbridges on Brownlow Road and New Road.

22) Improvements to footpath 41 in Tring.

23) Introduce a package of smarter measures to reduce reliance on the private car.

24) Improvements at footpath 39 in Tring.

25) Provide safe route to Goldfield School via Miswell Lane in Tring.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 26 to 30

26) Provide a pedestrian crossing on Northchurch High Street near Bell Lane.

27) Improve pedestrian facilities along Icknield Way from Miswell Lane to Tring Industrial Estate.

28) Speed management on Aylesbury Road.

29) Speed management on New Road, Northchurch.

30) Speed management on Kings Road.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 31 to 35

31) Speed management on Station Road in Tring.

32) Speed management on London Road.

33) Speed management on Brook Street.

34) Safer routes to schools.

35) Speed management on Icknield Way.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 36 to 39

36) Traffic calming and extension of 20mph zone to include Gravel Path.

38) Traffic calming and extension of 20mph zone to include Castle Road.

39) Speed management adjacent to Tring station.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 40 to 42

40) Speed management along Northchurch high street.

41) Speed limits around schools to be reduced to 20mph.

42) Upgrade pedestrian crossing on Grove Road in Tring.

• Tring, Northchurch and Berkhamsted schemes 43 to 46

43) Provide pedestrian crossing facilities on Greenway in Berkhamsted.

44) Provide improved pedestrian crossing facilities on Bridgewater Road.

45) Provide improved pedestrian crossing facilities on Frogmore Street in Tring.

46) Provision of a footpath along Cross Oak Road between Shootersway and Oaklands.

Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

The Eastern GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (July 2022) was developed in partnership with East Herts Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in July 2022.

Hertford and Ware

The South Eastern GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (July 2022) was developed in partnership with East Herts Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in July 2022.

Borehamwood, Elstree & Potters Bar

The South Central GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (May 2022) was developed in partnership with Hertsmere Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in May 2022.

Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Hitchin & Royston

The North Central GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (May 2022) was developed in partnership with North Herts Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in May 2022.

St Albans, Southern St Albans & Harpenden

The South Central GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (May 2022) was developed in partnership with St Albans District Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in May 2022. 

Links to Hemel Hempstead, Watford and the Harpenden area are included in the South West Herts Growth and Transport Plan which was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in January 2020.

A Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report has been produced which summarises the outcomes of a Strategic Environmental Assessment on the SW Herts GTP, it also contains an Environmental Statement which details how recommendations from the assessment and consultation has influenced the development of the SW Herts GTP.

• SW Herts GTP SEA Environmental Report (PDF 1.41MB)
• Appendix 1 – Environmental Baseline Data/Maps (PDF 262KB)
• Appendix 2 – SEA Sub Objectives (PDF 148KB)
• Appendix 3 – Assessments (PDF 2.88MB)
• Appendix 4 – Cumulative Assessments (PDF 411KB)
• Appendix 5 – Causal Chain Analysis (PDF 88KB)

Stevenage

The North Central GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (May 2022) was developed in partnership with Stevenage Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in May 2022.

Stevenage walking strategy

The Stevenage walking strategy addresses the area broadly within a 20 minute walk radius from Stevenage railway station, including the Old Town, Pin Green areas and the Gunnel's Wood employment area.

The main objectives of the walking strategy are to:

• Improve walking conditions.
• Provide clear directions to those who walk.
• Encourage walking for short local journeys and walking to and from public transport.
• Reduce the number or severity of pedestrian road traffic casualties.
• Inform the marketing campaign on sustainable transport.

The South West Herts Growth and Transport Plan was developed in partnership with Three Rivers District Council, Watford Borough Council and Hertsmere Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in January 2020.

• Metropolitan Line Extension Alternatives (PDF 15.67MB)

A Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report has been produced which summarises the outcomes of a Strategic Environmental Assessment on the SW Herts GTP, it also contains an Environmental Statement which details how recommendations from the assessment and consultation has influenced the development of the SW Herts GTP.

• SW Herts GTP SEA Environmental Report (PDF 1.41MB)
• Appendix 1 – Environmental Baseline Data/Maps (PDF 262KB)
• Appendix 2 – SEA Sub Objectives (PDF 148KB)
• Appendix 3 – Assessments (PDF 2.88MB)
• Appendix 4 – Cumulative Assessments (PDF 411KB)
• Appendix 5 – Causal Chain Analysis (PDF 88KB)

The South West Herts Growth and Transport Plan was developed in partnership with Watford Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in January 2020. 

• Metropolitan Line Extension Alternatives (PDF 15.67MB)

A Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report has been produced which summarises the outcomes of a Strategic Environmental Assessment on the SW Herts GTP, it also contains an Environmental Statement which details how recommendations from the assessment and consultation has influenced the development of the SW Herts GTP.

• SW Herts GTP SEA Environmental Report (PDF 1.41MB)
• Appendix 1 – Environmental Baseline Data/Maps (PDF 262KB)
• Appendix 2 – SEA Sub Objectives (PDF 148KB)
• Appendix 3 – Assessments (PDF 2.88MB)
• Appendix 4 – Cumulative Assessments (PDF 411KB)
• Appendix 5 – Causal Chain Analysis (PDF 88KB)

The South Central GTP - Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel (May 2022) was developed in partnership with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. It was endorsed by the Highways and Transport Panel in May 2022.