Tag: road improvement
Win-Win for Peterborough as Fengate savings put A1260 Jct 3 on the road
Members of the Combined Authority board have unanimously approved a proposal to put an underspend of £3,441,880 from Peterborough’s Fengate Access Study budget towards building the city’s A1260 Junction 32/3 project. The Board’s decision gives the go-ahead for contracts to be signed and the use of the Transforming Cities Fund allocation for construction of the […]
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Combined Authority backs Peterborough growth with over £9m for A1260
In a unanimous vote, the Board of the Combined Authority has agreed over £9 million to push ahead the A1260 Junction 32/3 upgrade. The approval brings construction of the crucial Peterborough road scheme a step nearer. Gateway to south-west Peterborough, Junction 3 intersects two of the city’s strategic roads, serving eastbound, westbound, and northbound traffic. […]
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Fengate gets £6m+ go-ahead from influential Combined Authority committee
In the latest move towards helping Peterborough fulfil its aspirations for growth, at today’s meeting of the Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee, members voted to recommend that the Board approve drawdown of £6,665,696 to heft the Fengate Access Study Improvement Schemes from paper to construction. Members welcomed the completed Fengate Phase 1 Full Business […]
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Combined Authority Clears Way for Removal of King’s Dyke Level Crossing
The Combined Authority Board has agreed £1million of subject-to-approval funding from the Medium-Term Financial Plan for the eagerly-awaited closure and removal of the Kings Dyke level crossing. The MTFP has a subject to approval amount of £2.1m for Kings Dyke level crossing closure and the drawdown will be spent in the current financial year. A […]
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Combined Authority vote clears the way for A10 improvement
Members of the Combined Authority’s transport and infrastructure committee this week voted to recommend the Board release £2m funding from the Department for Transport for the delivery of the A10 Outline Business Case. Members also voted to recommend that the Board agrees reprofiling the remaining budget from 2021-22 to 2022-23. The Combined Authority will make […]
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A141 Huntingdon and St Ives road plans will go ahead together, Combined Authority reveals
A141 Huntingdon and St Ives road plans will go ahead together, Combined Authority reveals businesses with an interest in options to improve the A141 at Huntingdon and the road network around St Ives, Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson, has asked Combined Authority officers to take forward streamlined plans that advance the improvement […]
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Have your say on plans to improve Peterborough’s A16 Norwood
A public consultation was launched today (Monday, 1 November) which invites Peterborough residents and road users to have their say on plans to improve the A16 Norwood and A16/A47/Welland roundabout. The six-week consultation asks people to complete a survey with their views on plans to improve this stretch of road, which suffers from significant congestion and delays during peak hours. The road scheme is […]
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A505 Royston to Granta Park Strategic Growth and Transport Study
Members of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority transport and infrastructure committee today heard how cooperation between the county council, the Greater Cambridge Partnership and the Combined Authority will be vital in taking the A505 Royston to Granta Park scheme to the next stage. Members were briefed on the progress of the first stage of […]
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We want bikes and a bypass, Hunts people tell A141 planners
Road safety, congestion, air quality, protection from rat-running and concerns about HGVs were all high on the agenda of people responding to the A141 Have Your Say survey run by the Combined Authority to gather public opinion on the transport options around Huntingdon. Clawing roadspace back from motor vehicles for cyclists and walkers also topped […]
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Combined Authority wins £2m for A10 dualling study
Bringing a safer, greener A10 a little closer, the Combined Authority’s transport and infrastructure committee today heard that central Government has agreed to fund a study into potentially dualling Cambridgeshire sections of the crucial but over-burdened road. The committee noted the Department for Transport’s decision to fund the Outline Business Case for A10 dualling and […]
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£1m improvements to A142 Lancaster Way roundabout at Ely finish on schedule
Highway improvement work to the A142 Lancaster Way roundabout finishes on schedule this week. The £1m scheme was reopened to traffic on Tuesday afternoon, following its 13 weeks delivery programme to the end of April. The improvement works, which started in February, have provided two-lane entries for the A142 approaches to the Lancaster Way roundabout […]
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More Progress for A47 Upgrades as Transport Committee hear latest news
Mayor reveals upbeat talks with transport minister about A47 ‘Gateway to the East’ James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough informed members of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Transport and Infrastructure Committee that transport minister Baroness Vere had told him yesterday that the A47 “needed a solution”. Committee members heard how Highways England has […]
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‘Smart savings’ on A141 to fund St Ives travel improvements
‘Smart savings’ on A141 business case can fund St Ives – with work starting this month Good housekeeping and joined-up planning hallmark the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s proposal for the St Ives road network, with efficiency savings from one scheme’s Strategic Outline Business Case – SOBC – being used to fund another. Today’s […]
Find out morePeterborough road users get say on Combined Authority-funded plans for greener, safer city junctions
Peterborough residents and road users can now give their opinion on Combined Authority-funded plans to improve two major Peterborough city chokepoints, freeing up access for cyclists and pedestrians, and easing traffic jams and delays. Headed by Mayor James Palmer, the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, has given Peterborough City Council funding to prepare a Full […]
Find out moreMayor welcomes news of the successful bid for safety barrier replacement on the A15 improving safety and saving Peterborough Tax Payers nearly half a million pounds
Peterborough City Council have been successful in their bid for funding for A15 Vehicle restraint system (Safety Barriers) replacement work along nearly 8km of the A15, part of Peterborough’s parkway system. The Department for Transport will provide a maximum funding contribution of £ 419,000 by 31 March 2020 towards an estimated total scheme cost of […]
Find out moreCombined Authority Board approves funding for A605 in Peterborough
Plans for improvements to the A605 in Peterborough took a leap forward yesterday when the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board agreed to provide further funding of £795,000 to progress construction. The development project originated from a need to improve traffic flow between the village of Alwalton and the Lynchwood Business Park, which has historically […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer supports taking key next step for dualling A10 between Ely and Cambridge
The key next steps to dual the A10 between Ely and Cambridge will be presented to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board next week. The Board will be recommended to carry out a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) study for the dualling scheme. The study has the backing of Mayor James Palmer who has […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer welcomes news that A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road upgrade works can begin in 2021
News that Highways England will begin work on its major A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road dualling scheme in 2021 and not 2022 has been welcomed by Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough James Palmer. He met with officials from Highways England on March 5 to be updated on progress and to follow up on […]
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Combined Authority Board approves £10.5 million Wisbech road upgrade package to help deliver on growth ambition for town
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board has approved allocating £10.5 million of funding to bring forward a package of improvements to the road system around Wisbech. The highway improvements will stimulate housing, economic and jobs growth in the town, with the funding coming via the Government’s Growth Deal package. The interventions have been independently […]
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Mayor James Palmer welcomes ‘single route approach’ as significant step forward in accelerating plan to fully dual A47 in Cambridgeshire
Mayor James Palmer has described the Combined Authority Board’s approval of a comprehensive, single route approach to dualling the whole of the A47 in Cambridgeshire as a significant step forward in the long wait for the road to be upgraded. A paper presented to the Board on Wednesday (October 31) also described the economic case […]
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