Highways Agency

Newsletter Issue 1 - December 2003

Introduction

Work on a new junction on the A64 at Bilbrough Top, near York, is due to start in January 2004.

The £11 million improvement scheme will make the route safer for all road users by providing new road links between the villages of Colton and Bilbrough and improving access to Bilbrough Top service area.

The completed scheme will benefi t road users and the local community, but we are aware the construction phases of the project may have an impact on local residents and the many drivers who use the A64.

This newsletter explains details of the scheme and the timetable of work. It also aims to answer some of the questions local residents and road users may have about the project. Further newsletters will be distributed as the scheme progresses, but if there are any issues you would like to discuss with the Highways Agency, please contact the project manager Lynne Biddles

Tel: 0113 283 5467
Email:lynne.biddles@highways.gsi.gov.uk

Project timetable.

Work on the new junction is expected to take around 15 months to complete. Some of the project milestones with anticipated dates are:-

January 2004

• contractors move onto the site to begin early preparations and set up site offices.

February 2004

• construction work begins in early February
• work begins on the north and south connector roads on either side of the flyover
• work begins on constructing the re-aligned Redhill Field Lane
• start of work on the north and south side bridge foundations. Some piling work will be required in the early stages.

March 2004 - January 2005

• widening and re-alignment of the A64. This may require some overnight lane closures on the A64.

July - September 2004

• installation of steel beams for the bridge.
• This may require some overnight lane
• closures on the A64.

October - November 2004

• installation of the concrete deck for the bridge.

March 2005

• completion of surfacing.

Spring 2005

• planned project completion date.

Project timetable update

What you can expect to see on site from April to July 2004

April 2004

• traffic on the A64 eastbound carriageway will switch onto new lanes created in the central reserve and existing westbound carriageway to allow work on the flyover bridge.
• realignment of the existing gas and water mains running on the northern verge of the eastbound carriageway
• work will continue throughout April on the bridge embankments and bridge pier construction

May 2004

• new drainage to be installed around Redhill Field Lane
• work to begin on foundations for new realigned eastbound carriageway

June 2004

• completion of embankments
• completion of bridge piers
• first section of bridge deck to be installed
• surfacing of new realigned eastbound carriageway

July 2004

• switch traffic onto new eastbound carriageway
• start construction work on southside piers
• resurfacing of existing westbound carriageway