List of road projects in the UK
This article lists current and planned road building in the United Kingdom. Significant investment is expected, including plans for £14 billion of investment in road expansion by England's National Highways.[1] In addition to physical expansion, smart motorways have been pursued as a means to increase capacity by introducing regular traffic on the hard shoulder. Transport is devolved, projects in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are delivered in co-operation with the devolved authorities of Transport Scotland, the Welsh Government, and DfI Roads respectively.
New roads currently under construction
England
- Silvertown Tunnel
- Heyhouses Link Road
- Wichelstowe Southern Access
- Grantham Southern Bypass
- A5 to A43 link (Towcester bypass)[2]
- St Austell to A30 link road
- Botley Bypass
- Lyminster Bypass
- North-South Link Road (Weston-Super-Mare)[3]
- Mottram Bypass (under preparation for construction[4])
- Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet. A new 16 km (9.9 miles)-long dual carriageway, to be renamed A421, mostly paralleling the existing A428 road, between the A1 south of St Neots and Caxton Gibbet, with enlarged junctions at either end.[5] A £507 million contract to build the scheme was awarded in March 2021.[6]
Scotland
Northern Ireland
- Newtownards Movilla Road to Donaghadee Road and Bangor Road Link
- Larne Distributor (South)
Proposed new roads
- Lower Thames Crossing
- A new 12.9 km (8.0 miles) long dual carriageway between Morpeth and Felton, which will become part of the A1, expected to be completed by 2024 2025[7]
- A new link road between the M54 and the M6, expected to be constructed between 2021 2022 and 2024 2025 at a cost of between £175 million and £200 million[8]
- Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
- A new route to parallel the existing A83, currently under consultations[9]
- A27 Arundel bypass[10]
- A46 Newark-on-Trent bypass, under planning, expected to cost between £400m and £500m[11]
- Northampton North-West Relief Road, a 1.9 km (1.2 miles) bypass[12]
- A509 Isham bypass. Will start at Junction 9 A14 Kettering, bypassing Isham village reconnecting at Great Harrowden, reducing traffic between Kettering and Wellingborough.
- Ashbourne bypass (a new 2.8 km road to the west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire)[13]
- Norwich Western Link route, a proposed new 3.8 mile dual carriageway road in Norfolk[14]
- A new 2.4 km (1.5 miles) dual carriageway west of Elmstead Market linking the A120 and the A133. Planning application submitted in April 2021 with an expected cost of £70 million.[15]
- A5036 Port of Liverpool Access
- A66 Dualling Temple Sowerby to Appleby
- A66 Dualling Stephen Bank to Carkin Moor
- A64 Hopgrove, under planning,
- Banwell Bypass – from the A371 west of Banwell, Somerset, to the A368 near Sandford, with a spur towards the A371 Winscombe.[16]
Expansion
- Dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness
- A9 Tomatin to Moy (due 2027)
- A9 Tay Crossing to Ballinluig (due 2028)
- Dualling of the A96
- A96 Inverness to Nairn including Nairn Bypass
- A66 Dualling: [17]
- Penrith to Temple Sowerby
- Appleby to Brough
- Bowes Bypass
- Cross Lanes to Rokeby
- Dualling of 8 km (5 mi) of the A1 between Alnwick and Ellingham and 12.9 km (8 mi) between Morpeth and Felton, This is still awaiting government consent with a decision now due in June 2024[7]
- Dualling of the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton, expected to cost £100 million to £250 million,[18] and between Blofield and North Burlingham at a cost of £50 million to £100 million.[19]
- An additional lane for both sides of the A1 between Birtley and Coal House, a 6.5 km (4.0 miles) stretch. Approved in January 2021, Highways England stated the cost of this scheme was "yet to be determined".[20]
- Partial dualling of the A5, expected to start in 2024 2025 at a cost of £20 million to £25 million[21][22]
- Capacity increase for three junctions along the A38 in Derby, expected to start in 2021 and be completed by 2024 2025 at a cost of £200 million to £250 million.[23] The Secretary of State approved the scheme's Development Consent Order on 8 January 2021 allowing the scheme to proceed[24]
- M60 junction 18 capacity increase, expected to be constructed between 2024 and 2026 at a cost of between £66 million and £338 million[25]
- M42 capacity increase, including a new 2.4 km (1.5 miles) long dual-carriageway link road, a new junction, junction capacity increases, and a new pedestrian overbridge. Expected to be completed in 2024 2025 at a cost of £282 million.[26]
- Berryden corridor, a road-widening project in Aberdeen[27]
- Grade separation of the Sheriffhall roundabout on the Edinburgh City Bypass, expected to cost £120 million[28]
- A465 Dowlais Top to Hirwaun (Section 5 and 6)
- A1231 Dualling, Sunderland
- A4440 Dualling, Worcester
- A6 dualling - M22 to Castledawson
- A6 dualling - Dungiven to Derry, under construction
- M2 junction 5 (with the A249) capacity increase, started September 2021 and expected to end around Summer 2025 and cost £100 million[29]
- M621 junctions 1 to 7, capacity increase, Including extra lanes at J2.
- A64 Askham Bryan Junction Improvement
- M1/M62 Lofthouse Interchange
Legal challenges
Legal challenges against the construction of specific roads:
- A47 road schemes
- A38 road expansion]
Transport Action Network challenged the Government over its Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) on climate grounds.[30]
See also
References
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- ^ https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/towcester-relief-road-reaches-key-milestone-4424167
- ^ "North South Link Road". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Hatmaker, Julia (12 July 2024). "Work to start on Mottram Bypass next year". Place North West. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet". Highways England. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "£507m contract for A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements awarded". Cambridge Independent. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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- ^ "M54 to M6 link road - Highways England". Highways England. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)". Transport Scotland. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "New A27 Arundel bypass avoids national park". BBC News. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ England, Highways (18 September 2020). "A46 Newark Bypass - Highways England". Highways England. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Controversial North-West Relief Road in Northampton awarded planning permission". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Route selected for £21 million bypass around traffic-troubled Derbyshire town". DerbyshireLive. 8 February 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "About the Norwich Western Link - Norfolk County Council". www.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Bryson, Robbie (13 April 2021). "Planning application submitted for £70m road connecting 9k home new town". Clacton and Frinton Gazette. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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- ^ "£27billion roads investment to support 64,000 jobs". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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- ^ Dawson, Nick (30 October 2020). "Frustration as upgrade for A5 is put back for several years". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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- ^ "Plans submitted for Berryden Corridor improvement project in Aberdeen, UK - World Construction Network". World Construction Network. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ McLeod, Keith; Fairnie, Robert (11 April 2020). "Plans for Edinburgh City Bypass flyover near Sheriffhall delayed". edinburghlive. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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