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THE 4.8 km (3 mile) Little Eaton to Holbrook £41/2million by-pass in Derbyshire opened on Monday — 10 months ahead of schedule.
The road by-passes the village of Little Eaton and replaces the existing overloaded and congested length of the A61 trunk road. It runs northwards from the roundabout at the eastern end of the Allestree link road to join the Ripley-Swanwick-Alfreton By-pass, east of Holbrook, due to open next month. When both schemes are complete, there will be a continuous high standard dual carriageway route from Derby to the MI east of Alfreton (Junction 28).
A road deck is to be built on the Britannia railway bridge to carry the A5 London-Holyhead trunk road across the Menai Straits together with the provision of the necessary approach roads.
The Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Transport have fixed the route of the 7km (4-mile) Canterbury by-pass in accordance with the draft Order published earlier this year. They have also announced their approval of the Orders for Interchanges and connecting roads for detrunking twc short lengths of the A2 east and west of the city.
Work will start soon on the realignment and dualling of part of the A638 trunk road and the construction of a fly-over to cross the Doncaster by-pass Motorway A 1 (M) south of the existing Redhouse junction roundabout.
Colliery shale, from the nearby tip al Broadsworth is to be used for fill material Because it is close to the construction site transport of the shale will be unlikely to calls( traffic or environmental problems.
The A638 will be diverted on to a new dual two-lane carriageway, 1.5km long, which wil cross the motorway on two parallel bridges To the east, the present single-carriagewa,) road is to be dualled to modern standard: through the Woodlands district of Adwick le-Street for a distance of 1.2km; side-roa( alterations will be necessary throughout thi: section.
As construction of the flyover will free th' Al from cross-over traffic the existinl roundabout will be removed and replaced by length of dual two. lane carriageway linkin; Al and Al(M). A system of slip and link road will connect both roads.
Work will start soon on the second stage o the West Rattenraw Diversion of the A6' Sunderland-Carlisle trunk road. It will b carried out by Northumberland Count; Council Direct Labour Organisation an should take about two and a half years ti complete.
The scheme will replace a section of th existing trunk road between Tunnel Top an Haydon Bridge and a new bridge will be buil over the railway at West Rattenraw imm€ diately west of Haydon Bridge.
Maintenance work on the M4 east of th Crindau Tunnels, Newport, will mean Ian closures and diversions for about a month.