Strategic Sea Crossings Study, Scotland
We were appointed by HITRANS to undertake a study into the 2005 to 2025 outlook for development of sea crossings to the Northern and Western Isles. We prepared a national strategy for realising existing and emerging opportunities to for development of five groups of Strategic Sea Crossings (SSCs). These are:
- Shetland to the Scottish Mainland
- Orkney to the Scottish Mainland
- Argyll Islands
- Hebrides CalMac Network
- Clyde crossings serving Arran, Bute, Dunoon and Cumbrae
The final reports were submitted in November 2005 and are available for download:
Download Baseline Review (sister report)
Based upon Scottish Executive guidelines for developing transport policy, there were four stages to developing the strategy:
- Information gathering and analysis of problems and needs
- Setting objectives for the policy
- Identifying opportunities
- Making recommendations
The final recommendations were were made at three levels:
- Institutional
- Strategic
- Tactical
… a framework that we have employed in several other assignments, and are summarised as:
- Strategic development and upgrading of the ports and terminals network.
- Strategic fixed links for short crossings.
- Alternative ownership models for ferry companies.
- Application of fast Ro-Pax craft.
- Application of a fast passenger only craft.
- Capture of land uplift value.
We recommended that the future of the sea crossings network should have the socio-economic development of the Islands at its core, and that an independent Strategic Enabler should develop the expertise and capacity to facilitate development of the future network. (2005)
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