List of road projects in the UK
The Inverness Trunk Road Link West Section under construction in January 2020
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 Transport NI respectively.
New roads currently under construction[]
- Inverness Trunk Road Link
- Silvertown Tunnel
- Stubbington bypass, expected to cost £34.5 million[2]
- A585 Little Singleton bypass, expected to be completed in spring 2023 at a cost of £150 million[3]
- A77 Maybole bypass[4]
- A487 Caernarfon and Bontnewydd Bypass
- A120 Little Hadham bypass
- Preston Western Distributor Road
- Heyhouses Link Road
- Gedling Access Road
- Wichelstowe Southern Access
- Grantham Southern Bypass
- Etruria Valley Link Road
- North Northallerton Link Road
- East Leeds Orbital Route
- Newtownards Movilla Road to Donaghadee Road and Bangor Road Link
- Larne Distributor (South)
- Ballyclare Western Relief Road
Proposed new roads[]
- Lower Thames Crossing
- Stonehenge road tunnel
- Longdendale Bypass
- A new 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long dual carriageway paralleling the existing A428 road, between the A1 at St Neots and Cambourne, with enlarged junctions at either end.[5] A £507 million contract to build the scheme was awarded in March 2021.[6]
- A new 12.9 kilometres (8.0 mi) long dual carriageway between Morpeth and Felton, which will become part of the A1, expected to be completed by 2024-25[7]
- A new link road between the M54 and the M6, expected to be constructed between 2021–22 and 2024–25 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]
- A5 Towcester bypass, expected to cost up to £38 million and be completed in 2023[12][13]
- Northampton North-West Relief Road, a 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) bypass[14]
- Ashbourne bypass (a new 2.8 km road to the west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire)[15]
- Norwich Western Link route, a proposed new 3.8 mile dual carriageway road in Norfolk[16]
- A new 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) 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.[17]
- A5036 Port of Liverpool Access
Expansion[]
- Dualling of the A9 and the A96, planned for completion between 2026 and 2030 at a cost of £6 billion[18]
- The A66 is expected to be dualled in full.[19]
- Dualling of 8 km (5 mi) of the A1 between Alnwick and Ellingham and 12.9 km (8 mi) between Morpeth and Felton, expected to be completed by 2024-25[7]
- Dualling of the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton, expected to cost £100 million to £250 million,[20] and between Blofield and North Burlingham at a cost of £50 million to £100 million.[21]
- An additional lane for both sides of the A1 between Birtley and Coal House, a 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch. Approved in January 2021, Highways England stated the cost of this scheme was "yet to be determined".[22]
- Partial dualling of the A5, expected to start in 2024–25 at a cost of £20 million to £25 million[23][24]
- Capacity increase for three junctions along the A38 in Derby, expected to start in 2021 and be completed by 2024–25 at a cost of £200 million to £250 million.[25] The Secretary of State approved the scheme's Development Consent Order on 8 January 2021 allowing the scheme to proceed[26]
- M60 junction 18 capacity increase, expected to be constructed between 2024 and 2026 at a cost of between £66 million and £338 million[27]
- M6 junction 19 capacity increase, expected to be completed in 2021 at a cost of between £31 million and £66 million[28]
- M42 capacity increase, including a new 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long dual-carriageway link road, a new junction, junction capacity increases, and a new pedestrian overbridge. Expected to be completed in 2024–25 at a cost of £282 million.[29]
- Bypass of the Haudagain roundabout, currently under construction with an expected cost of £49.5 million[30]
- Berryden corridor, a road-widening project in Aberdeen[31]
- Grade separation of the Sheriffhall roundabout on the Edinburgh City Bypass, expected to cost £120 million[32]
- Grade separation of Binley junction on the A46, expected to be completed in spring 2022 at a cost of £61.4 million[33]
- A465 Dowlais Top to Hirwaun
- A1231 Dualling, Sunderland
- A4440 Dualling, Worcester
- A6 dualling - M22 to Castledawson
- A6 dualling - Dungiven to Londonderry
- M2 junction 5 (with the A249) capacity increase, started September 2021 and expected to end around Summer 2025 and cost £100 million[34]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Highways England publishes £14bn road building plan". The Construction Index. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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- ^ England, Highways (2020-05-06). "A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool - Highways England". Highways England. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A77 Maybole Bypass". Transport Scotland. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet". Highways England. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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- ^ "M54 to M6 link road - Highways England". Highways England. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)". Transport Scotland. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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- ^ England, Highways (2020-09-18). "A46 Newark Bypass - Highways England". Highways England. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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- ^ "A5 Towcester relief road plan submitted to council". BBC News. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Controversial North-West Relief Road in Northampton awarded planning permission". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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- ^ Bryson, Robbie (2021-04-13). "Planning application submitted for £70m road connecting 9k home new town". Clacton and Frinton Gazette. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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- ^ England, Highways (2020-06-16). "M60 junction 18 Simister Island Interchange - Highways England". Highways England. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "M42 junction 6". Highways England. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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