Policy GESP31: Settlement Specific Enhancements
Key towns, including in particular those with strategic growth proposals, will be improved by:
- Building a comprehensive pedestrian and cycle network within identified towns, including in Newton Abbot, Cranbrook, Crediton, Cullompton, Dawlish, Exmouth, Honiton, Teignmouth, Tiverton and the GESP allocations. [Policies map and Infrastructure Delivery Plan to be published with the next version of the GESP]
- Focussing on quality of place by requiring and enabling streets and corridor improvements to reduce the dominance of cars, support town centre vitality and create people focussed urban areas. [Locations to be determined after this consultation and identified in the next version of the GESP]
- Achieving a modern, reliable and low carbon bus route network within and between the main settlements and growth areas. This will include through improved bus routes and services, as well as Park and ride facilities to be allocated and delivered in growth areas and main towns along the following corridors, as identified on the relevant policies map and to be detailed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. [Locations to be determined after this consultation and identified in the next version of the GESP]
8.43 Draft policy GESP31 identifies a range of travel improvements for the main towns and growth areas, including improved active travel networks, quality of streets and movement corridors and bus networks.
8.44 Streets which prioritise people and active travel over car traffic will be provided by new or improved routes, which will connect key destinations and form resilient primary movement corridors within settlements.
8.45 Measures to enable the delivery of a low carbon and low emissions bus fleet will need to be considered in partnership with bus operators.
8.46 More detailed transport infrastructure routes and requirements will be identified in the GESP allocations policies and in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan, both of which will be published within and alongside the next version of the GESP. Further locations, including towns, may be added depending on the outcome of this consultation and the sites proposed for allocation in the next version of the GESP.