M4 Park & Ride Costs
Costing the M4 Park & Ride is highly speculative, however the plans developed for the Southfield proposal give an indication. It should be noted however that the scheme presented by the Conservatives to the Council Cabinet in November 2007 included many uneccessary items.
2007 Scheme Capital Costs
The capital costs indicated for the 2007 scheme were £19 million paid for by capital grants from central and regional government. £ 7 million of grants had already been obtained by the Lib Dems at the point the scheme was cancelled.
The scale of the scheme was relatively small compared to the Conservative's contemporary plans for a £67million new town hall.
The scheme included a number of elements which were expensive or unneccessary:
- Dedicated seperate rail line for the Park and Ride instead of using the existing railway.
- High level railway station built at viaduct height instead of ground level
- Dedicated train fleet to serve Park & Ride only instead of using existing train
We anticipate that a new scheme at a different site could reduce these capital costs.
2007 Scheme Running Costs
The running cost of the scheme was given as £275,000 a year. However the figures used for this calculation assumed a low rate of traffic interception based on the intercept of all such schemes and failed to look at the intercept rate of Park & Ride schemes located close to the traffic flow as this scheme would be.
We anticipate that a scheme located close to the M4 could intercept a higher proportion of traffic and consequently generate more revenue that the plan suggested.
2007 Scheme Source Documents
- Click here to read the Conservative's Cabinet Report on the Eton Southfield Park & Ride from 2007 as a Microsoft Word document @ rbwm.gov.uk
- Click here to read the Conservative's Cabinet Report on the Eton Southfield Park & Ride from 2007 as a PDF document @ windsorlibdems.org.uk
- Click here to see the plan from Conservative's Cabinet Report on the Eton Southfield Park & Ride from 2007 as a PDF document @ rbwm.gov.uk
- Click here to read the minutes of the Conservative Cabinet from November 2007 as a Microsoft Word Document @ rbwm.gov.uk
- Click here to read the minutes of the Conservative Cabinet from November 2007 as a PDF document @ windsorlibdems.org.uk
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