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(asked on 20th May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2019 to Question 252654, if he will list all Port Connectivity Study case study projects that are being progressed through the (a) Road Investment Strategies 1 and 2, (b) Control Period 6, (c) the Major Roads Network and (d) other funding route processes; and what the stage of development is for each scheme.
(a) The schemes listed below, mentioned in the “A Study of England’s Port Connectivity” report and “9 Regional case studies” report are being progressed through the current Road Investment Strategy:
Scheme Name | Stage of Development |
A1 North of Ellingham | Under construction |
A19/A1058 Coast Road | Opened March 2019 |
A19 Testos | Under Construction |
A19 Down Hill Lane Junction Improvement | In Development |
A19 Norton to Wynyard | In development |
M62 J20-25 | In development |
A1 Leeming Bar and Barton | Opened to traffic in March 2018 |
A63: Castle Street Hull | In development |
A160/A180 Improvements to Immingham | Opened to Traffic in March 2017 |
A47 Wansford to Sutton | In Development |
A47 North Tuddenham to Easton | In Development |
A47 Blofield to North Burlingham | In Development |
A47 Acle Straight | Completed |
A14 Cambridge to Huntington | Under Construction |
A12 Chelmsford to A120 | In development |
M25 Junction 30 (A13) | Opened for traffic December 2016 |
M2 Junction 5 (A249) | In development |
A20 access at Dover | Completed |
A27 Worthing and Lancing | In development |
A31 widening at Ringwood | In development |
M271/A35 Redbridge roundabout upgrade | In development |
M27 Southampton Junctions | In development |
M3 Junction 9 Improvements | In development |
A34 Oxford Junctions | Options Development |
M49 Avonmouth junction | Under Construction |
A30 Temple to Carblake | Opened for Traffic July 2017 |
A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross | In development |
M6, M60 and M62 smart motorway | Opened for traffic July 2018 |
M6 Junctions 10a-13 | Opened to traffic February 2016 |
M6 Junctions 16-19 | Opened to traffic March 2019 |
M6 Junctions 21A-26 | In Development |
M60 Junctions 24-27 and Junction 1-4 | In Development |
M6 Junctions 2-4 | Under Construction |
M62 Junctions 10-12 | Under Construction |
M62 Junction 20-25 | In Development |
M6 Junction 22 Upgrade | Options Development |
A5 Dodwells to Longshoot widening | In Development |
A5036 Princess Way – Access to Port of Liverpool | In development |
Lower Thames Crossing | In development |
In addition, the following two schemes are being funded through Highway England’s congestion relief fund:
A63: Garrison Road
A69 Junction improvements
The A120 improvement scheme has been developed by Essex County Council to be considered for potential inclusion in the second Road Investment Strategy.
The Government intends to announce its decisions on further enhancement schemes in the second Road Investment Strategy later this year.
The table below details schemes progressed through Control Period 6:
Scheme | Region | Status |
Diversionary access for Teesport | North East Ports | Teesport – Northallerton Gauge: in development |
Gauge clearance schemes to W12, connections to Immingham Port | Humber Ports | In delivery |
A range of capacity and gauge options identified along the Felixstowe to West Midlands corridor | Haven Ports | Ely Area Capacity Scheme, Haughley Junction, Ely – Soham redoubling and Leicester area capacity are all in development |
Felixstowe branch line | Haven Ports | In delivery |
Thames Haven level crossing improvements | London and Medway Ports | Mucking level crossing: in delivery. Other interventions are in development |
Improved connections to Southampton maritime terminal | Solent area Ports | In delivery |
Gauge clearance to W10 Bristol/Birmingham | Bristol and south west ports | In development (to Bristol / Cardiff – not Birmingham) |
Gauge clearance infill to W12 | Bristol and South West Ports | Some sections completed in CP5 in conjunction with GWEP electrification works. Further locations in development in CP6. |
Bootle branch line improvements | Mersey and North West Ports | In delivery |
(c) No Major Road Network schemes are included in the Port Connectivity Study.
(d) The following schemes are being progressed or have been progressed through other funding route processes:
Funding Route | Project Name | Port | Status |
Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund | Wirral Dock Bridges | Birkenhead | Completed June 2018 |
Large Local Majors | Lake Lothing Third Crossing | Lowestoft | DCO in preparation |
Large Local Majors | Great Yarmouth Third Crossing | Great Yarmouth | DCO in preparation |
Local Growth Fund | Port of Workington Road Access | Workington | In Preparation |
Local Growth Fund | A185/A194/A19 Traffic Movements (A194/A185 The Arches Junction) | Port of Tyne | Completed |
Local Growth Fund | A19/A194/A1300 Lindisfarne Roundabout | Port of Tyne | Completed Summer 2017 |
Local Growth Fund | A19 to North Bank of Tyne Improvements | Port of Tyne | Expected to be in construction in 2020 |
Local Growth Fund | Rail Gauge Enhancements - Port of Immingham to ECML at Doncaster | Immingham | In progress, expected completion date of 2021 |
Local Growth Fund | South Bank Wharf roundabout and access improvements | Teesport | Business Case being prepared |
Local Growth Fund | A565 North Liverpool Key Corridor | Liverpool | Start of Construction Spring 2017 and expected completion in 2019 |
Local Growth Fund | Port of Poole Infrastructure – Poole Bridge Approach Spans | Poole | Work completed and bridge reopened January 2018 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT ‘tail’ major scheme | A180/A18 Link | Immingham | Completed June 2016 |
DfT ‘tail’ major scheme | Heysham-M6 Link Road | Heysham | Completed October 2016 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT Portfolio Scheme) | Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor (Low Carbon Zone to City Centre to Port) – New Wear Bridge to City Centre | Sunderland | Construction due to begin spring 2019, Estimated completion 2021 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT Portfolio Scheme) | Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor - New Wear Crossing | Sunderland | Opened 28 August 2018 |
Regional Growth Fund | Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme | Port Salford | Completed December 2017 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT portfolio scheme) | Newhaven Port Access Road, Parker Pen & East Side | Newhaven | Under construction |
Local Growth Fund (DfT Portfolio Scheme) | Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor (Low Carbon Zone to City Centre to Port) – New Wear Bridge to City Centre |
| Construction due to begin spring 2019, estimated completion 2021 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT portfolio scheme) | Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor - New Wear Crossing | Sunderland | Opened 28 August 2018 |
Local Growth Fund (DfT portfolio scheme) | A13 Widening | London Gateway | Advance works commenced. Estimated completion Winter 2020/21. |
Regional Growth Fund | Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme | Port Salford | Completed December 2017 |