About this project
The scheme involves the upgrading of the existing 4.5km stretch of single carriageway road to a dual carriageway standard, with the provision of 3 new grade separated junctions with over bridges.The existing side road traffic movements will be rationalised and new public highway will be constructed to link the side roads with the 3 new junctions.
Recent activity
The following documents have now been published:
Submissions for Deadline VI
Responses to the Examining Authority’s request for further information dated 20 June 2014
Documents submitted at the hearings held 23 June 2014 to 27 June 2014
The audio recordings of the hearings held from 23 June 2014 to 27 June 2014 have now been published.
Draft agendas for two Compulsory Acquisition Hearings issues relating to compulsory acquisition of common land, issues relating to general compulsory acquisition matters and the Open Floor Hearing have now been published.
Draft agendas for the Issue Specific Hearing on landscape and visual impact and ecology and the Issue Specific Hearing on highway design have now been published.
What happens next
Notice of the procedural decision has been issued by the Examining authority to interested parties in the Rule 8 letter; this includes information about how the examination will be conducted and the timetable as currently set out.
Dates of the examination can also be viewed on the Examination Timetable page.
If you have a legal interest in land affected by a nationally significant infrastructure project and have not already registered to become an interested party, then you can make a request to the Examining Authority to become an interested party under s102A of the Planning Act 2008 (as amended).