Transport for South Hampshire is a partnership of transport stakeholders in south Hampshire.
Despite investment in new highways the demand for highway capacity has consistently exceeded the rate of supply. Traffic levels on the area's motorways and other major roads have now grown to the point that peak hour traffic congestion is commonplace and incidents can lead to widespread disruption. Unless urgent action is taken, congestion, with its adverse effects on the economy, is forecast to get much worse in future years.
Traffic studies have shown that an "Invest only" policy designed to meet even existing trends would need long stretches of five lane motorways in South Hampshire by 2026, as well as massive investment in local roads. Such expenditure is neither practical nor deliverable and even if it were would be environmentally damaging. A new approach which emphasises a reduction in the need to travel and better public transport options, making better use of existing transport networks as well as selective and targeted investment in additional road capacity, is the basis of the TfSH/PUSH strategy.
TfSH is fundamental to that new approach. TfSH is a formal joint committee of the three highway authority councils, supported by a partnership of government bodies and businesses providing transport services. Complementing PUSH, TfSH is the delivery agent for sub-regional transport projects and programmes necessary to meet the transport requirements of the sub-region in line with the need for economic growth and continuing development.
TfSH covers the southern part of Hampshire including: