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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.
A3 Hindhead Improvement
A3 Hindhead Improvement
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- Area 3
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
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The Project
The A3 Hindhead project is one of the schemes in the Government's programme of major schemes.
The project completed the dual carriageway link between London and Portsmouth and removed a major source of congestion, particularly around the A3/A287 traffic signal controlled crossroads. The new road is 4 miles (6.5km) long and includes 1.2miles (1.8km) twin bored tunnels under the Devil's Punch Bowl Site of Special Scientific Interest. The southbound tunnel was opened to traffic on 27 July 2011and the northbound on 29 July 2011.
The project will deliver quicker, more reliable journeys on a safer road, and remove much of the present peak time "rat-running" traffic from unsuitable country roads around Hindhead. It includes the closure of the existing A3 around the Devil's Punch Bowl, bringing considerable environmental benefits to an internationally prized area. The centre of Hindhead will be freed from the daily gridlock that blights the area, with the result that the project will bring benefits to road users, local residents, and the highly prized environment.
There are some Questions and Answers about the tunnel which can be viewed on The Tunnel page
A PDF showing the location of the scheme is available in the Contact Information and Map page.
Location plans showing how to get to the viewing points are available on the Community Relations page.
Latest Headlines
- Publication of the A3 Hindhead Noise Insulation Report 27 October 2011. For further details please visit the Publications page.
- As part of the Government initiative to save money on publicity we will no longer be posting out newsletters to the local community. There is an easy print version available on the Publications page and we will place printed versions at a number of locations around Hindhead.
- Roundabout at the A333/B3002 Headley Road now operational.
- Double mini roundabout at Hindhead now operational. For further details, see traffic management .
- For details of Traffic management changes including the Hindhead Crossroads see traffic management .
- For details of access arrangements between Hindhead and Thursley for pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders and access to the YHA during old A3 restoration works see walking,cycling and horseriding
- Details of the new road layout to assist road users can be viewed via this link traffic management .
- Please browse through the links in the right hand menu for more information on this project
