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Project Summary Project Description Application of Tools Opinion of Tools Decision making process Contact Details

Contact details

Name of the case study
Ebbw Valley Railway

Websites
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (21st November 2003), Planning Application for new Rail Link Station, Press Release,
http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/News/Older%20Press%20Releases/2003/nov%2003/rail.htm
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (9th December 2003) New Rail Project – European Tender, Press Release,
http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/News/Older%20Press%20Releases/2003/dec2003/rail_contract.htm
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (12th January 2004) Topographical Survey for the Ebbw Valley Passenger Railway, Press Release.
http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/News/Older%20Press%20Releases/2004/Jan2004/rail.htm
This is Gwent: South Wales Argus, Ebbw Vale
http://www.thisisgwent.co.uk/gwent/info/history/ebbw.html

References
TIGER (Transport Integration in the Gwent Economic Region), 2002, Ebbw Valley Railway: Rail Passenger Partnership Formal Bid, Vol 1. Prepared for the Strategic Rail Authority by Steer Davies Gleave.
TIGER, 2002, Ebbw Valley Railway: Rail Passenger Partnership Formal Bid, Vol 2. Prepared for the Strategic Rail Authority by Steer Davies Gleave.
TIGER, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council and Newport City Council, with support from the Welsh Assembly Government, (2003) Ebbw Valley Railway – Public Exhibition leaflet.
TIGER, 2003, Environmental Statement – Station Sites Volume 1, General Statement.
TIGER, 2003, Environmental Statement – Station Sites Volume 2, Appendices and Drawings.
TIGER, 2003, Public Consultation Report, 18th January – 1st February 2003, Volume 1.

Other sources
Meeting between Welsh School of Architecture staff, Joanne Patterson and Anna Lermon and Capita Gwent Consultancy staff, David McCallum and Catriona Amey on the 19th December 2003 at Capita Gwent Consultancy offices in Cwmbran.

What tools were used to assess sustainability?

Demand forecasts

Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment

Feasibility Study

Public consultation exercise

Road side questionnaires

More information

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