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The Project Control Framework
This framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major road improvement projects.
A417 Cowley to Brockworth Bypass Improvement
Environmental Study Findings
BACKGROUND
Known locally as the 'missing link', the 3 mile stretch of the A417 from the Cowley roundabout near Nettleton Bottom to the eastern end of Brockworth Bypass has a poor safety record and queues occur regularly at peak periods. It is the only remaining single carriageway section on the A417/A419 route between the M4 (Jnc.15) and M5 (Jnc.11a) and carries over 30,000 vehicles per day, of which 14% are heavy goods vehicles.
This section of the trunk road lies in an area of particularly high environmental sensitivity and importance, being within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Scheduled Monuments close by. In August 2001, Ministers asked the Highways Agency to carry out an environmental study and examine the environmental effects of possible plans to improve the A417 between Cowley and Brockworth Bypass.
PUBLIC OPEN DAY
200 people attended the public open days held in Birdlip Village Hall in February last year, to view a display of the study findings and discuss them with the Highways Agency and WSP, the consultants appointed to carry out the study.
The open days indicated strong support for a major road improvement, and many local people expressed a preference for a tunnel.
PURPOSE OF THE BROCHURE
This brochure explains why Ministers have chosen to take forward an on-line improvement scheme (Option 2), and why it has been decided not to do any further work on Option 1 (on-line) or on a tunnel.
