Highways Agency

• A500 basford hough shavington bypass
• recent activities
• recent activities
• Executive summary
• 1. introduction
• 2. data collected
• 3. summary of results
• 4. conclusion

A500 Basford, Hough, Shavington Bypass

4. Conclusion

1. The traffic data collected as part of this Traffic Impact Study demonstrates that the new A500 Basford, Hough, Shavington Bypass, which officially opened on 22nd May 2003, carried between 15,000 and 17,000 vehicles per day (on an average weekday).
2. The traffic levels on the bypass are expected to increase when the rest of the Crewe Green Link Road is opened.
3. Traffic count data, post scheme opening, shows greatly reduced traffic volumes in Shavington and Hough, clearly indicating that the scheme has been successful in routing over 10,400 vehicles per day (nearly two thirds of the traffic) away from these villages.
4. The scheme has not affected traffic levels on the section of the A500 forming the Nantwich bypass or in the northern half of Nantwich itself. However, there has been a noticeable increase in traffic on Newcastle Road in Nantwich (to the west of the scheme) from 11,800 to 14,100 vehicles per day, and on the A500 east of the scheme (from 27,400 to 30,600).
5. Local traffic on the minor roads between Shavington and Crewe has been reduced on the roads not linking with the new road, and increased only slightly on the B5071 Crewe Road which forms the intermediate access point for the new road.
6. Journey times have been reduced, by up to 2 minutes on the old A500, and up to 4 minutes for those drivers who have transferred to the new road.
7. There have been large journey time reductions on the routes from east to west through Crewe, and the north - south route between Shavington and Crewe.
8. The One Year 'After' Count for this schemes' Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) will be undertaken in June 2004.