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A303 upgrade in Devon and Somerset to get 'degree of success' as part of infrastructure review alongside A358 and A30 in Cornwall
| Posted: May 16, 2014
"The Government has given its strongest signal yet that it will find the money to end some of the traffic nightmare on the A303.
Roads Minister Robert Goodwill told MPs all six major road upgrades being audited by Whitehall officials – including the A303, A30 and A358 corridor – will enjoy a "degree of success" when Chancellor George Osborne unveils his autumn budget.
Most believed they would be competing with each other for funds.
Last month, the Department for Transport unveiled the scope of its study into upgrading the second main road connecting London and the South West.
If the entire 110-mile road, which is often single carriageway and stretches from near Exeter in Devon to near Andover in Hampshire, was upgraded, it would cost around £1.2 billion.
Nine blackspots on the highway will be given special attention by civil servants, notably a road tunnel under Stonehenge – a notorious section of the road that often gets snarled up."
Please read my letter to Under Secretary of State Robert Goodwill MP last month:
Please can you sign our petition to improve the A303 past Stonehenge and beyond at: www.sh2.co.uk
Thankyou!
Roads Minister Robert Goodwill told MPs all six major road upgrades being audited by Whitehall officials – including the A303, A30 and A358 corridor – will enjoy a "degree of success" when Chancellor George Osborne unveils his autumn budget.
Most believed they would be competing with each other for funds.
Last month, the Department for Transport unveiled the scope of its study into upgrading the second main road connecting London and the South West.
If the entire 110-mile road, which is often single carriageway and stretches from near Exeter in Devon to near Andover in Hampshire, was upgraded, it would cost around £1.2 billion.
Nine blackspots on the highway will be given special attention by civil servants, notably a road tunnel under Stonehenge – a notorious section of the road that often gets snarled up."
Please read my letter to Under Secretary of State Robert Goodwill MP last month:
Please can you sign our petition to improve the A303 past Stonehenge and beyond at: www.sh2.co.uk
Thankyou!
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