Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi Modal Study (CHUMMS)
After 18 months of work the Final Report of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study (CHUMMS) was presented to the Regional Planning Body, the East of England Local Government Conference (EELGC), in August 2001. On 2 October 2001 the Regional Planning Panel of the EELGC passed a resolution to support the Preferred Plan as a complete package and recommend it to the Secretary of State for Transport and to all other agencies involved in implementation as the basis for the resolution of transportation problems in the Cambridge to Huntingdon corridor. This resolution was confirmed by the Regional Assembly on 18 October 2001 and a submission was made to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
On 13 December 2001, the Minister for Transport, John Spellar announced that the Government was accepting the Regional Planning Body’s recommendations on CHUMMS.
A summary of the CHUMMS Preferred Plan is available (see ‘Related Documents’ below)
London to South Midlands Multi Modal Study
The London to South Midlands Multi-Modal Study examined current and future transport problems across a wide area between London and Coventry/Leicester and made recommendations on solutions to these problems. The recommendations from the study were published on 4 February 2003 and subsequently approved by the East of England Regional Planning Body. On 9 July 2003 the Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling, announced the Government's response to the multi-modal study. As a result of this announcement a number of trunk roads entered the targeted programme of improvements for construction by 2016.
London to Ipswich Multi Modal Study
The overall aim of the study was to recommend multi-modal transport plans which would address the most significant transport problems in the corridor between London and Ipswich looking in particular at opportunities for modal shift from cars and lorries.
The main transport infrastructure in the corridor consists of the A12 and the A120 trunk roads which are of varying standards, and the Great Eastern railway line and a number of branches to the North and South.
The study was undertaken by a consortium headed by Mott MacDonald, beginning in September 2000 and completed in December 2002, when its recommendations were submitted to the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) for consideration. After receiving a submission from EERA, the Secretary of State for Transport announced in July 2003, which of the recommendations would be progressed.
