Chancellor Philip Hammond this week announced a new £220m allocation in his budget for spending on alleviating local traffic congestion.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has now revealed where half of that money is going, the first £110m. Details of the other half are to be released later.
The first £110m will be spent on schemes to be completed by spring 2020. They include two larger projects, worth £30m, which will create an unbroken stretch of dual carriageway on the A69 between Hexham and Newcastle.
A further £14m will go towards creating a new junction on the M11 to provide another route into Harlow, unlocking housing developments as well as cutting journey times.
Including the second tranche of £110m, here is where the hotspot money is going:
£90m for the North
Northwest |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
A595 / A66 Fitz Roundabout (Low Rd) |
1 |
A595 / A66 Great Clifton Widening |
1.6 |
A585 Norcross Capacity Improvement |
3 |
M55 Junction 3 Signals |
0.8 |
Future small schemes |
21 |
Northwest total |
27.4 |
Yorkshire and Northeast |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
A69/A68 Junction Improvements near Corbridge |
15 |
A69/A6079 Junction Improvements near Hexham |
15 |
A63 Garrison Road Signals and Road Improvement |
6.35 |
M18 Junction 3 Improvements |
0.25 |
M62 Junction 27 Widening |
2.65 |
M62 Junction 28 Widening |
2.25 |
A66/B6280 Morton Palms Widening |
0.5 |
A19/ A179 Sheraton Signals |
0.8 |
M1 Junction 36 Slip Road Improvement |
2 |
Future small schemes |
18.2 |
Yorkshire and North East total |
63 |
£24m for the Midlands
Midlands |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
A5 Old Stratford Widening |
3.3 |
M1 Junction 27 Capacity Improvements |
0.9 |
A5/A5195 Ogley Hay Traffic Signals |
1.5 |
M42 Junction 3 Improvement |
4.2 |
Future small schemes |
14 |
Midlands total |
23.9 |
£53m for the Southeast
South East |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
M27 Junction 7 Improvements |
2.5 |
A3 Northbound Off Slip at University Interchange (Guildford) |
1.6 |
A3 Stoke Interchange Southbound Off Slip Improvements (Guildford) |
2.5 |
A20 Port of Dover Technology Improvements |
5 |
Future small schemes |
41.6 |
Southeast total |
53.2 |
£32m for the Southwest
South West |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
M5 Junction 19 Improvements |
2.8 |
M5 Junction 17-18 Driver Information and Queue Protection Scheme |
4.3 |
M5 Junction 24-25 Driver Information and Queue Protection Scheme |
7.1 |
M5 Junction 23-24 Driver Information and Queue Protection Scheme |
5.5 |
Future small schemes |
12.4 |
Southwest total |
32.1 |
£16m for the East
East |
Estimated cost £millions |
---|---|
M11 Junction 7a, Harlow, Essex |
14 |
A11 Fiveways Roundabout, Barton Mills Signalisation |
0.4 |
Future small schemes |
2.4 |
East total |
16.8 |
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