DfT advances twelve local major road plans

Roads

The Treasury has announced the second round of successful local authority Major Road Network and Large Local Major road schemes that can now proceed to the  next stage of development. 

The schemes announced in last week’s Budget are: 

• Suffolk’s junction improvements to the A12 east of Ipswich  
• Wiltshire’s improvement to the A350 at Junction 17 of the M4 
• Devon’s single carriageway bypass on the A39 Atlantic Highway 
• Warwickshire’s junction improvements to the A426/A4071 Avon Mill/Hunters Lane, and a short dual carriageway
• Derbyshire’s link road from Chesterfield town centre to the A6192 and A619 at Staveley 
• Suffolk’s carriageway dualling and roundabout improvements on the A12 in Woodbridge 
• junction improvements on the A127 growth corridor 
• Hampshire’s capacity enhancement on the A326 in the Waterside area of the New Forest 
• Someset’s plan to alleviate congestion pinch points through the villages of Walton and Ashcott on the A39 
• Essex’s junction improvements at the Army and Navy roundabout near the centre of Chelmsford 
• Transport for London’s refurbishment of the flyover structure carrying the A232 
• Cambridgeshire’s plan to improve the Ely to Cambridge A10 junction 
• TfL’s refurbishment to the Hope and Anchor flyover which carries the A316 Twickenham Road 
• TfL’s refurbishment of Kew Bridge 
• Gloucestershire’s upgrades to M5 Junction 9 and a bypass on the A46 Ashchurch