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Background Information
A5117 / A550 Deeside Park Junctions Improvement
Why the Scheme is Needed
This section of the A5117/A550 is part of the Trans European Network, which connects Ireland with Scandinavia and provides a strategic link between North Wales and the North West of England. It is a dual carriage-way with two lanes in each direction.
Compared with the highways at either end, the M56 and A550, this part of the A5117/A550 is constructed to a lesser standard, with ground level junctions including roundabouts and traffic lights. The junctions cause significant congestion and delays for travellers, especially at peak times and holiday weekends. Queues approaching the A540 Parkgate Road Roundabout can be over 500 metres long.
This section of A5117/A550 also has a poor safety record. In the five years between 1997 and 2002 there were 124 personal injury accidents, including 3 fatal accidents. This rate is over twice the national average for this type of road.
Facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians are either poor or non-existent. There is no continuous route for them along the scheme and getting over the road at established crossing points is difficult and dangerous.
Scheme Objectives
The main objectives of the scheme are:
- To benefit the economy by reducing accidents and congestion and by making journey times more reliable.
- To reduce accidents along the route and improve safety for all users.
- To minimise adverse impacts upon people and their property, the landscape and sensitive ecological areas.
- To provide good access to local communities and businesses, including all properties which front the existing road, and to make it easier to cross the road, thereby reducing community severance. To improve access to public transport.
- To support regional and local transport strategies, and take account of the views of Regional Planning Conferences.
- To provide a safe route for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders along the length of the scheme.
