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The Project Control Framework
This framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major road improvement projects.
Introduction
1.1 This report outlines the results of traffic surveys carried out to monitor the effects of the A10 Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End Bypass which opened on October 8th 2004. The trunk road scheme provides an alternative route for traffic travelling through the villages of Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End on the A10 route between Ware and Puckeridge in Hertfordshire.
1.2 Figure 1.1 outlines the location of the bypass that diverges from the existing A10 at the northern end of the Ware Bypass and rejoins the trunk road at the roundabout at Puckeridge. The scheme consists of a 7.5 km long new section of dual carriageway and includes a road bridge over the River Rib, together with 8 other bridges, underpasses and culverts. A detailed plan of the scheme is shown in Figure 1.2.
1.3 The objectives of the scheme were defined in the Scheme Appraisal Summary Table (AST) and can be summarised as follows:
- Remove 90% of the existing traffic from the villages of Wadesmill, Colliers End and High Cross (combined population approx 1,400), returning the A10 to the local community;
- Reduce delays and disruption to through traffic, created by a bottleneck as a result of a single carriageway road through the villages in between dual carriageway sections South of Wadesmill and North of Colliers End;
- Improve local air quality and reduce local noise levels; and
- Improve safety conditions for pedestrians and cyclists in the villages.
1.4 'Before' and 'After' traffic data was collected from Highways Agency, Hertfordshire County Council and Atkins traffic count sites immediately prior to and after the opening of the bypass, in order to evaluate the effects of the scheme opening on both local and strategic traffic routeing patterns in the East Hertfordshire area.
1.5 Chapter 2 of this report discusses the data collected as part of the TIS study. Chapters 3 and 4 summarise the main results and conclusions.
Figure 1.1 - Location of the A10 Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End Bypass (JPG 219KB)
Figure 1.2 - Detailed Plan of the A10 Wadesmill, High Cross and Colliers End Bypass (PDF 1.0MB)
