£1.8million roadworks for A38 junction at Manadon, Plymouth
ROAD improvements at a busy junction on to the A38 have been given the go-ahead – aimed at supporting the creation of thousands of jobs and new homes in Plymouth.
The £1.8 million scheme will see the widening and lengthening of the entry slip roads onto the expressway at Manadon in a bid to tackle congestion.
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Work is due to start in 2014, and is designed to support developments in the area that could create 2,350 jobs and 2,735 homes by 2020.
It is among 57 road improvements given the green-light by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin aimed at boosting the economy, tackling congestion and improving safety.
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The £170 million investment is part of a £217 million programme to remove bottlenecks and keep traffic moving on the nation’s motorways and major A roads.
The economic benefit of the schemes has been put at around £3 billion.
The announcement brings the total number of schemes to receive investment from the Government’s pinch point fund to 65. A third stage of projects will be announced next year.
The Secretary of State said: “These £217 million road improvements prove the Government’s determination to accelerate growth and cut congestion.
“Keeping traffic moving is vital to securing prosperity. By removing bottlenecks and improving access to local enterprise zones, key international trading ports and communities, these road schemes will help get people to and from work and power the economy.
“They also have the potential to help deliver more than 300,000 new jobs and 150,000 new homes.”
The improvement schemes form part of the Government’s growth initiative outlined in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November 2011.
It comes as George Osborne said he believed the “economy is healing”, and the Government had the “right balance” on the pace of spending cuts.
He said: “Our entire economic policy is an enterprise policy. If you don’t deal with the debt then the interest rates go up, that clobbers business, it hits families and leads to the kind of mess that, frankly, we inherited from the last government.”
Comments
by blogtodi
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:43AM
“It would be better if they could have a new lane created at every slip road onto a dual carriageway, as they have from Marsh Mills towards Exeter then merge the outside lane into the next lane (as they do just past Deep Lane, to maintain the number of lanes.
That way you can get up to speed easily and the merging lanes would be able to cope with the change.
I don't suppose you could do this at all junctions due to lack of space...”
by Camoxide
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 1:33AM
“If you go on Google street view and go past this slip road you can see a silver car running out of sliproad. The day changes before they make it onto the A38 so I can only assume they crashed...”
by DoWhatNow
Monday, October 08 2012, 1:13PM
“Fixing the sliproads - good move, especially the on-slip at Manadon heading towards March Mills/Exeter which is so inadequate and dangerous it's not even funny. However, increasing the volume of traffic on and off the A38 isn't going to solve the main issue at Manadon interchange which (as fiest1406 says) is lack of capacity in any direction. Traffic to/from Outland Road - bottleneck. Traffic to/from Mannamead - bottleneck. Traffic to/from Tavistock Road/Derriford - bottleneck. What on earth is £1.8M going to do to fix this? Not a bloody lot!”
by rob5gt
Monday, October 08 2012, 1:04PM
“On the subject of Deriford roundabout, when the traffic lights fail is when traffic moves with ease. Can't wait for them to break again soon !”
by unclecat
Monday, October 08 2012, 12:40PM
“Is 2 years still not long enough to stop the Tory t*****s from blaming the Labour party for everything??? These whinging politicians do not know the area because they are not nterested in anything this side of Bristol. We need motorway, high speed rail and an airport with potential to grow. Move some of the flights from overcrowded Heathrow to Birmingham and Bristol then move some of the Birmingham and Bristol flights to Exeter and Plymouth with a longer runway and room for new modern infrastructure. If only we had someone with the bottle to push for a bigger and better airport instead of Tudor Evans et al in charge with hindsight being their only ally.
It is possible to build a runway over the top of roads etc (see approach to Heathrow) and I know it costs money but surely the economic return would be worth the capital investment in the long term.”
by 10thattempt
Monday, October 08 2012, 11:42AM
“The A38 and sliproads belong to the Highways Agency, and are nothing to do with PCC. They only own the roundabouts.
Really, you couldn't make it up.”
by generation_X
Monday, October 08 2012, 11:31AM
“as mentioned already, tavistock road between george and woolwell needs widening more urgently.
and where are you going to fit 2735 new homes around manadon area??”
by m_dalston
Monday, October 08 2012, 9:43AM
“I heard it was one of the "proposals" that SHH requested to cope with the increased traffic once they develop the airport.”
by timplymouth
Monday, October 08 2012, 9:21AM
“This is great news. The A38 sliproad at Manadon is dangerous, it's simply too short and the concrete wall blocks vision of the carriageway so you can't merge easily.”
by Pilly40
Monday, October 08 2012, 8:28AM
“Single lane along Tavistock Rd to Robourgh Tescos is a joke.
Deriford roundabout , which feeds the city hospital, is a joke.
Personally I think these locations should be sorted out before Manadon roundabout”