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MRCMH has worked with a number of authorities and agencies to develop and advance area wide strategies for growth. We have developed a prioritisation methodology that is top-down, policy-based and objective-led and provides a broad view on what interventions contribute to specific policy objectives, including economic, social, environmental and spatial concerns. Our approach involves developing a ‘strategic proposition’ that is a synthesis of policy objectives and sub-objectives for the geography being considered.
MRCMH was commissioned to provide strategic advice on growth and connectivity models for London post the current 2015 London Plan. This led on to a prioritisation project where we built a Strategic Prioritisation Framework enabling Transport for London to assess their project list against London’s economic, environmental and social objectives.
MRC McLean Hazel was appointed by Northamptonshire County Council to develop a transport prioritisation framework and provide ongoing strategic transport policy and planning advice.
We were responsible for the development of a methodology and approach that would enable Northamptonshire County Council to create an evidence-based, affordable and justifiable transport investment package that not only dealt with ongoing traffic and transport problems but would enable the delivery of nearly 100,000 new homes required as part of the Milton Keynes and South Midlands growth area.
We developed a top-down, policy-led framework which related a broad range and number of social, environmental and economic objectives through the identification of strategic connectivity requirements and needs for specific types of transport investment.
Our range of advice to this client has centred on strategic transport policy and developing packages for the delivery of the prioritised transport interventions as well as aiding with more innovative solutions such as smartcards, demand management and Bus Rapid Transit.
West Northamptonshire Development Corporation were involved in this work for Northampton County Council and MRCMH was subsequently commissioned to carry-out a similar prioritisation approach to their infrastructure requirements.
A primary and a secondary prioritisation framework were developed to support the Milton Keynes and South Midlands (MKSM) sub regional strategy. Firstly MRCMH established a prioritised, short list of MKSM interventions that the emerging MKSM Strategic Transport Board could support and on which they could focus lobbying for funding. The second element was to develop a spatial investment strategy that set out what interventions are needed, where and by when.
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