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In this section you can find out more about how we manage and maintain these roads and plan for the future
The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
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Key Events
The Programme of Major Schemes
In 2001, the Government announced a package of transport proposals to be taken forward as part of the 10 Year Plan. Among the proposals the A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement Scheme was added to the Highways Agency's Programme of Major Schemes. Since then, the Highways Agency has appointed Brown and Root (trading subsequently as KBR and now Jacobs Babtie) as the firm of consulting engineers to take the scheme forward.
Timetable of Events
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Public Consultation and Exhibitions | March - April 2003 |
| Contract Awarded to Balfour Beatty (Civil Engineering Ltd) | March 2004 |
| Preferred Route Announcement | July 2005 |
| Environmental Statement and Draft Orders Published (withdrawn) | December 2005 |
| Public Exhibitions | January 2006 |
| Environmental Statement and Draft Orders republished | January 2007 |
| Public Inquiry | September 2007 |
| Inspectors Report | February 2008 |
| Scheme was included in Governments Fiscal Stimulus initiative | November 2008 |
| Made Orders Published | January 2009 |
| Advanced Works Commence | March 2009 |
| Draft Suplementary Orders Published | April 2009 |
| Start of Works Ceremony and Exhibitions | June/July 2009 |
| Construction Begins | July 2009 |
| Public Inquiry into Supplementary Orders | January/February/April 2010 |
| Scheme opens to traffic | Summer 2012 |
For further details of the above events and the processes involved in delivering the scheme see Statutory Processes/Scheme History.
