LIVEABLE CITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - ENABLING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES NCE100 PRESENTATION - MERSEY GATEWAY 23 APRIL 2018

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1 LIVEABLE CITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - ENABLING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES NCE100 PRESENTATION - MERSEY GATEWAY 23 APRIL 2018

2 HALTON SMALL COMMUNITY, STRATEGICALLY PLACED

3 AN INDUSTRIAL LEGACY AND A SOCIAL CHALLENGE Located in the Economic Triangle of Manchester, Liverpool and Chester The birthplace of the Chemical Industry during the Industrial Revolution due to Cheshire Salt, Pennine Coal and Mersey Water A legacy of industrial greatness, then decline and heavy residual environmental issues

4 MORE THAN A BRIDGE THE CREATION OF THIS MUCH NEEDED CROSSING HAS KICK-STARTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED HUMAN WELL-BEING The Mersey Gateway, a new bridge linking communities on either side of the Mersey, represents society focused, value based, transport infrastructure that delivers quality, reliability, sustainability and resilience that supports local and regional economic development and social benefit.

5 ONE OF THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE UK - DELIVERED BY ONE OF THE SMALLEST BOROUGHS The 1.86 Billion Mersey Gateway project: Opened in October 2017 Links two areas and communities of Halton divided by the Mersey Is a 9.2km highway improvement project between the A562 (Speke Road) in Widnes and Junction 11 of the M56 in Runcorn Features a new 1km six-lane cable-stayed toll bridge Is owned by Halton Borough Council

6 FROM CONCEPT TO DELIVERY- LONG TERM COLLABORATION

7 SERVING THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY- SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Transport Benefits improving regional transport links Providing network resilience Economic Benefits 470 permanent full-time equivalent jobs on site during the construction phase 4,640 permanent new jobs 61.9 million a year in Gross Value Added from the new jobs by 2030, and Supporting growth at Liverpool Ports and Liverpool John Lennon Airport

8 SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY- THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT STRATEGY The wider project includes plans to improve and integrate public transport, cycle and pedestrian links across Halton The Silver Jubilee Bridge will now become, as a key component in the Sustainable Transport Strategy, a quality connection for walking, cycling and public transport with better connections between Runcorn main-line station and Widnes Old Town.

9 CLEANING UP DECADES OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IMPROVING THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT In 2014 Ramboll s remediation work was awarded the North West CIHT Best Practice Award, the Ground Engineering Sustainability Award and the CIHT Technological Application Award. This work removed almost 17 tonnes of chlorinated solvent from beneath the ground reversing centuries of industrial legacy. Delivered on time and within budget, with close stakeholder engagement the judges singled it out for innovation, quality, thoroughness and efficiency.

10 SUPPORTING PEOPLE S LIVES THE HUMAN IMPACT improvements to public transport facilities improvements to walking and cycling facilities improved health as a result of reduced air pollution safer, new routes for cyclists and pedestrians across and around the river, more reliable access to emergency services and more robust emergency civil contingency planning. I use it daily for a working journey that takes me one hour in the morning and one hour and 50 minutes at night. What a transformation to my journey 25 minutes each way. Every day that is 2 hours less in my car.

11 PROJECT OUTREACH- STEM IN THE COMMUNITY We are collaborating with Liverpool University in the Shaping Futures, Building Bridges schools outreach based on our experience of the Mersey Gateway This involves casting bridge deck sections in Plaster of Paris, and threading cables in model bridge pylons We take along samples of real cables and talk to the pupils about building bridges from their own experience Our STEM Ambassadors engage with schools and sixth forms all over the UK to encourage interest in STEM careers Our engineers use their Mersey Gateway experience to assist with the ICE s Bridge to Schools project to inspire primary school children

12 THE MERSEY GATEWAY PROJECT MORE THAN JUST A BRIDGE The Mersey Gateway has been a community effort and demonstrates what can be achieved with sustained and passionate leadership. It is an exemplar of how engineering can be applied to improve the lives of residents and businesses across a region