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A45/A46 Tollbar End Improvement
The Need for the Scheme
The A45 between Stivichall and Tollbar End junction carries 59,000 vehicles per day. This, together with high flows on the A46 from the north (48,000 vehicles per day) and the A45 (Ryton) (43,000 vehicles per day) imposes a severe burden on the junction roundabout. Congestion and delays result at peak hours on all these approaches to the roundabout. In the future, as traffic flows increase and Local Plan development along the A45 and A46 corridors takes place this situation will worsen. Improvement Scheme Options have been designed to alleviate and provide a junction that can operate safely and without serious congestion well into the future.
What are the Proposed Options?
Three possible improvement options have been developed following careful consideration of traffic flows derived from an extensive forecasting exercise using a traffic model of the junction based on information from a comprehensive data collection traffic survey. Each Option achieves or gets close to achieving the primary objective of managing the predicted 35% increase in traffic passing through Tollbar End in 2020.
A "Comparison of Route Options" table and plan showing the three options can be found towards the end of this brochure.
