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• Background
• Urban Section Through Clifton
• Rural Section M1 Junction 24 to Clifton
• Benefits and Impacts

Benefits and Impacts

New Junction at Nottingham Trent University

• Would improve accessibility to NTU by allowing vehicles to turn right into the campus
• Would reduce congestion at Green Lane Junction caused by 'U-turners'
• Would slightly increase congestion due to signals
• We would need to acquire more land

New Link Road at Mill Hill

• Would improve accessibility to and from the
  A453
• Would remove traffic from Barton Lane
• Would allow access to the proposed NET 'Park & Ride' site with minimal future disruption to A453
• We would need to acquire more land
• Would increase farm severance

The Off-Line Route Between Barton and Clifton

• Would provide a better access to Fox Covert Lane
• Would avoid the need for a long deep cutting through Brands Hill
• Would reduce the amount of surplus excavated material
• Would be easier to build
• Would reduce disruption during construction
• Would allow for a future connection to the NET Park and Ride scheme
• Would enable us to use the existing A453 carriageway to improve accessibility for local communities and non-motorised users
• We would need to acquire more farmland
• Would increase farm severance
• Would increase light pollution at the edge of Clifton
• Would introduce a new junction close to the edge of Clifton

Barton - Gotham Underpass

• Would be more in keeping with local traffic needs
• Removal of the junction would reduce the impact on the local environment
• Would provide non-motorised users crossing via new underpass
• We would need to acquire less land
• Would eliminate 'rat-running' through Barton in Fabis
• No direct access to and from the new A453
• Would increase farm severance

West Leake Junction

• Would improve layout of split-level junction
• Would mean greater loss of mature trees
• We would need to acquire more land

Ratcliffe on Soar (Parkway) Junction

• Would provide better access to the Power Station via a new roundabout
• We would need to acquire more land