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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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A3 Hindhead Improvement
A3 Hindhead Improvement
- Status
- Current
- Located in
- Area 3
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
The Project
The A3 Hindhead project is one of the schemes in the Government's programme of major schemes.
The project will complete the dual carriageway link between London and Portsmouth and remove a major source of congestion, particularly around the A3/A287 traffic signal controlled crossroads. The new road will be 6.5km (4miles) long and includes 1.8km (1.1miles) twin bored tunnels under the Devil's Punch Bowl Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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.
Work started in January 2007, and the main tunneling works started in February 2008 and both tunnel bores broke through on 26 February 2009. The tunnel is planned to be open for traffic in mid 2011. Further details about the timetable of works can be found in the Timetable 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
- Live and historic journey time information to keep drivers informed - see the Journey Times page
- Latest Progress Update to 31 March 2009
- Full tunnel cross section now excavated in both tunnel bores
- New Hazel Grove junction and Hammer Lane diversion now operational following weekend closure on 27-30 March
- Major changes to traffic management planned for 2009
- Boundless Road to be closed from 20 April for 3 months. Knockhundred Lane junction with A3 now closed until December 2010. See the Traffic Management page for further information.
Please browse through the links in the right hand menu for more information on this project.
