GB03 – Firepool and Taunton Station Access

The new signalised all movements junction on Trenchard Way, Taunton will serve  both the Firepool Development and the new multi storey station car park that is part of the Taunton rail station redevelopment.   It includes pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities as well as the widening of an existing signal-controlled pedestrian / cycle crossing located at the Station Approach. This is on the line of the proposed Boulevard which is to run through the Firepool Development providing a high-quality direct link for pedestrians and cyclists between the Railway Station and the Town Centre.

The multi storey car park will provide replacement parking and additional spaces for forecast increased rail demand as part of the Railway Station Enhancement Scheme.   The Firepool development site is playing a key role in growth in the town and will create a new attractive waterfront pedestrian and cycle link through to the town centre. It comprises 7.1ha of land to include food retail, non-food retail, office space, hotel and leisure uses, and residential dwellings and delivering 210 new jobs and 698 new housing units.

 

Getting Building Funding: £0.4m

Completion date: March 2023

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    David Ralph

    Chief Executive

    David Ralph started as Chief Executive of Heart of South West LEP at the beginning of June 2018. Previously, he had spent 5 years as CEO of the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (D2N2) LEP from 2013 where he oversaw the development of the D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan and sector strategies, 3 Growth Deals with HM Government to deliver a £1billion capital investment programme, securing and implementing £200m ESIF programme, the Derby and Nottingham Enterprise Zone, the D2N2 Skills Deal and Time for Innovation programme, community fund and led the executive team to develop the HS2 East Midlands hub. He was also closely involved in the proposed North Midlands Devolution Deal and one of the key architects in establishing the Midlands Engine, chairing the officer steering group. Whilst in this role David was a NED of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, and Marketing NG, the Outer Estates Foundation and a Governor of Nottingham College and on the advisory Board of Nottingham Business School.

    Before the East Midlands, David was CEO of the Have Gateway Partnership working closely with local stakeholders including the ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich and BT Adadastral Park across Suffolk and Essex and prior to that was Chief Exec of the Barton Hill New Deal for Communities programme in Bristol and the Nelm Development Trust in Norwich.

    David is a keen sailor, walker and trail runner.