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3 February 2004 - South Bedfordshire District Council withdrew support for this project.
URL: http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/modgov/Published/C00000648/M00003100/AI00017622/$LutonDunstableBuswayAppendix1.docA.ps.pdf
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Bedfordshire County Council - 12 February 2004
RESOLVED:
That the Council, having considered the reports of the Joint Advisory Committee of the 13
January 2004; the recommendations from the Dunstable Liaison Forum of 12 January and
Dunstable Town Centre Management Committee of 20 January 2004; the financial report in
relation to this project together with a risk analysis; and being aware of the decision of South
Bedfordshire District Council of 3 February 2004 to withdraw support for this project, resolves:
1) To withdraw the application under the Transport and Works Act 1992.
2) To carry out, in conjunction with other affected authorities and agencies, a full appraisal of
the current and future transport, traffic and highway needs of Southern Bedfordshire to cover,
particularly but not exclusively
a) The impact of the Growth Areas to the north and west of Dunstable, north of Houghton Regis
and north of Luton, and the reserve Growth Area east of Luton;
b) The impact of the expansion of Luton Airport to 31 Million passengers per annum, with
particular reference to access modes and patterns and passenger vehicle parking.
c) The impact of the Luton East Corridor, serving Luton Airport from the M1 Motorway;
d) The existing needs of that area not covered by the proposed Dunstable and Luton Northern
Bypasses;
e) The suitability and effectiveness of the Guided Busway scheme in the light of that appraisal.
Note -in the above context the appraisal should cover the needs of the whole of South
Bedfordshire District and Luton Borough Council areas and the reserve Growth Area to the East
of Luton.
Agenda item 10
Page 263) To urge Government to create a Strategic Rail connection between the West Coast Main
Line near Leighton Buzzard and the Midland Main Line near Luton, to serve the Luton,
Dunstable, Houghton Regis Growth Areas; Luton Airport and the Eurostar Terminal at St.
Pancras Main Line Station
URL: http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/modgov/Published/C00000648/M00003100/AI00017622/$LutonDunstableBuswayAppendix1.docA.ps.pdf
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5 June 2009
Hitchin Society, on the core strategy: "In all, the Hitchin Society finds the East of Luton development plan utterly outrageous.
It is very much to be hoped that the Joint Committee will have rapid second thoughts
about such an inadequately assessed and ill thought through proposal, which ought to be withdrawn immediately."
Hitchin Society, on the busway:
"Transport infrastructure within East of Luton
Considering in more detail the specific implications of a large-scale housing development East of Luton, it would appear that transport links to the area would be provided by a new Eastern Bypass running approximately north-south through the development and by a possible extension to the Luton guided busway, also apparently on a north-south alignment.
It would seem that such essentially orbital traffic routes would form the main communications links rather than direct radial routes into the centre of Luton. It is far from clear that such an arrangement would be satisfactory for residents in the new development with access to a car who would be expected to commute to the centre of Luton via a new Park & Ride facility on the A505. The reality is that once a journey is started by use of a private car, it is all too likely to be completed by private car.
A key feature of the public transport proposals for East of Luton is an extension of the guided bus system currently under construction and linking Dunstable with Luton station, and with unguided and on-highway sections to London Luton Airport and to Houghton Regis. It remains unclear whether any extension into East of Luton would be a guided system with its own dedicated trackway, or whether it would be an on-highway extension of bus services.
Whatever form it might take, until the first stage of the guided busway is brought into service and its impact on bus usage can be assessed, there must remain some uncertainty about the degree of modal shift from private car to public transport that can be achieved by this specific form of transport.
If the public transport offer available within East of Luton consists of on-highway bus
services, albeit marketed as part of the guided-busway system between Luton station and Dunstable, there is no reason to assume that the modal shift to public transport usage would be any higher than achieved elsewhere by conventional bus services. Caution should therefore be exercised in the claims made for sustainable transport within the proposed East of Luton development, and in all probability this would be a car-dependent development making little or no contribution to sustainability in the transport field.
The underlying suggestion that a guided bus system, even where operating on reserved trackways, can achieve the modal shift achieved by electrified Light Rail systems remains at best unproved, and indeed lacking in credibility given that the vehicles providing the service Page 9 of 15 are, for all practical purposes, on-road diesel-powered buses. On this basis, no special advantage in terms of sustainability can be claimed for the public transport proposals for East of Luton. "
Source: http://www.hitchinsociety.org.uk/ Link may be unavailable now.
http://www.hitchinsociety.org.uk/Final%20Objection%20+%20photos.pdf
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Meeting: Executive Central Bedfordshire Council
Date: 8 December 2009
Subject: Luton Dunstable Busway
Report of: Cllr Tom Nicols, Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Development
Summary: The report seeks member’s approval to progress the DfT funding application and on a successful funding offer support Luton Borough
Council in awarding a contract for the construction of the Luton Dunstable Busway.
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30 JUNE 2010
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/chan24.pdf
PETITION: Dunstable Northern Bypass
Speakers: Andrew Selous, Kelvin Hopkins
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Monday 5 July 2010
Bus Services: Luton
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what cancellation fee for the Luton Dunstable busway project was agreed with his Department. [5876]
Norman Baker: No cancellation fee for the Luton Dunstable busway project was agreed with the Department.
Source: PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD)
URL: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/chan26.pdf
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19 JULY 2010
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/lhan33.pdf
Buses: Luton Dunstable Busway
Question
Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on the Luton Dunstable Busway. [HL1143]
Earl Attlee: The previous Government granted full funding approval to the Luton Dunstable Busway scheme in March and this was reconfirmed by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 June following a review of all spending approvals made since 1 January.
The contract between Luton Borough Council and the contractor was signed on the same day (17 May) that the Chief Secretary announced the review of spending approvals.
Some advance works have already taken place to clear vegetation on the site and additional topographical and ground investigation works are currently underway. The contractor is due to begin lifting the disused railway track in early August and the main works are due to begin towards the end of September.
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