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The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
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Final Strategy Leaflet
The Route Management Strategy
The A66/A174/A1053 Route
Download the Final Strategy Summary as a PDF (262KB PDF)
This Route Management Strategy (RMS) covers three major roads (A66, A174 and A1053), which form an important route connecting the towns of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar to the national strategic road network.
The A66 and A174 sections of the route are linked by a 4km section of the A19. This section of the A19 was the subject of the A168/A19 (Dishforth to South Tyneside) Route Management Strategy, which was published in 2003.
The A66/A174/A1053 route comprises roads of differing standards and characteristics:
A66
Commencing at J57 of the A1(M), a 3km stretch of two lane motorway (A66(M)) runs east to Blackwell Junction roundabout. From Blackwell Junction a 10km stretch of single carriageway road, known as the Darlington Bypass, skirts around the south and east of Darlington to Great Burdon roundabout. Running east from Great Burdon to Preston Farm is 12km of rural dual carriageway, which bypasses the villages of Sadberge, Long Newton and Elton. A further 6km of urban dual carriageway carries traffic to the A66/A19 Stockton Road Interchange, near Teesside Park.
A174
From the A19/A174 Parkway Interchange a 12km dual carriageway runs in an easterly direction past Marton, Ormesby and Eston to the Greystones roundabout.
A1053
A short (2km) length of dual carriageway, located to the west of the Wilton chemical complex, runs from Greystones roundabout to the A1085 near Teesport.
