Milton Road - Mitcham's Corner Paramics Model - Initial Option Testing

Sep 18, 2026

Initial Option Testing evaluates movement proposals for Mitcham’s Corner at the southern end of Milton Road where it meets Victoria Road and Chesterton Road. The study uses a validated Base model prepared for Cambridgeshire County Council and applies the proposals from the Draft Mitcham’s Corner Development Framework SPD. Modelling is conducted with S-Paramics to test how speed reduction and network geometry affect traffic behaviour, gap acceptance, and network performance results.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages26

Reading Time1 h 6 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Background

Movement Proposal Modelling

Description of Modelling Work

Suitability of S-Paramics

Modelling Results

Conclusions

Tables

Table 3-1: Average Network Performance

Table 3-1: Peak Hour Link Flows (Vehicles)

Figures

Figure 6-1: Paramics Network of the Movement Proposals for Mitcham’s Corner

Appendices

Appendix A: Movement Proposals for Mitcham’s Corner

Appendix B: Journey Time Graphs

Appendix C: Queue Graphs

MILTON ROAD ~ MITCHAM'S CORNER PARAMICS MODEL INITIAL OPTION TESTING NOVEMBER 2016 MILTON ROAD ~ MITCHAM'S CORNER PARAMICS MODEL INITIAL OPTION TESTING Cambridgeshire County Council Type of document (version) Project no: 700012012 Date: November 2016 – WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff 62-64 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1LA Tel: +44(0)1223 558050 [www.wsp-pb.com](www.wsp-pb.com) | Q U A L I T Y M A N A G E M E N T | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ISSUE/REVISION | FIRST ISSUE | | REVISION 1 | REVISION 2 | | REVISION 3 | | | | Remarks | DRAFT | | ISSUE | FINAL ISSUE | | | | | | Date | 18TH July 2016 | | 7TH November 2016 | 28th November | | 2016 | | | | Prepared by | S Biggs | | S Biggs | S Biggs | | | | | |
Signature | | | | | | | | | | Checked by | D Pacey | | N Poulton | N Poulton | | | | | | Signature | | | | | [neil.poulton@wspgroup.com](neil.poulton@wspgroup.com)[ ](neil.poulton@wspgroup.com)CHECKER
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Report number | | | | | | | | | | File reference | Mitcham’s Corner | | Mitcham’s Corner | Mitcham’s Corner | | | | | | | Gyratory | | Gyratory | Gyratory | | | | | | | Options_ 160718.docx | | Options_ 161107.docx | Options_ 161128.d | | | | | ii P R O D U C T I O N T E A M WSP | PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF Project Director Darren Pacey Project Manager Neil Poulton Project Modeller Stephanie Biggs Milton Road ~ Mitcham's Corner Paramics Model WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cambridgeshire County Council Project No 700012012 November 2016 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................1 2 MOVEMENT PROPOSAL MODELLING ......................................1 3 MODELLING RESULTS...............................................................3 4 CONCLUSIONS............................................................................6 T A B L E S TABLE 3-1: AVERAGE NETWORK PERFORMANCE.....................................................4 TABLE 3-1: PEAK HOUR LINK FLOWS (VEHICLES) .....................................................5 F I G U R E S FIGURE 6-1 PARAMICS NETWORK OF THE MOVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR MITCHAM’S CORNER ...................................................................2 A P P E N D I C E S A P P E N D I X A MOVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR MITCHAM’S CORNER (FIGURE 27, PAGE 33 IN DRAFT SPD) A P P E N D I X B JOURNEY TIME GRAPHS A P P E N D I X C QUEUE GRAPHS Milton Road ~ Mitcham's Corner Paramics Model WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Cambridgeshire County Council Project No 700012012 November 2016 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND 1.1.1 WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff have been appointed by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) to assess initial conceptual designs for the development of a public realm and reduced speed environment at Mitcham’s Corner located at the southern end of Milton Road where it meets Victoria Road and Chesterton Road. 1.1.2 The existing layout provides a 2-lane one-way circulatory carriageway forming a gyratory for the movements through the junction. Pedestrian crossings are provided on the approach roads into and out of the junction. 2 MOVEMENT PROPOSAL MODELLING 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF MODELLING WORK 2.1.1 The validated Base model that was prepared by Atkins for CCC in January 2015 has been used to assess the movement proposals for Mitcham’s Corner identified in the Draft Mitcham’s Corner Development Framework SPD, prepared by Cambridgeshire City Council in September 2016 (Figure 27 on page 33): Æ The movement proposals for Mitcham’s Corner from the SP

FAQs

What location and scope does the modelling cover?

The modelling assesses initial conceptual movement proposals for Mitcham’s Corner at the southern end of Milton Road where it meets Victoria Road and Chesterton Road, focusing on a reduced speed public realm environment.

Which modelling tools and input are used?

A validated Base model prepared for Cambridgeshire County Council is used, and the tested scheme options are modelled using the S-Paramics software with the validated traffic model flows from 2014.

How is the reduced speed area represented in the model?

The proposed layout envisages replacing the existing one-way operation with ‘roundal junctions’ and reduced speeds; the modelling approach relies on road network geometry and its impact on speeds and gap acceptance built into S-Paramics.

Sep 18, 2026

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