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Invitation to comment on latest proposals to improve A453 Nottinghamshire
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People are being invited to put their views on the latest proposals for widening the A453 between the M1 Junction 24 and A52 at Clifton in Nottinghamshire. The Highways Agency is holding public exhibitions in Kegworth and Clifton to show how the A453 could be improved to reduce congestion and improve accessibility and safety along the 12 km stretch. Highways Agency Project Manager, Shifeek Hussain, said: "The exhibition is a follow-up to an exhibition of our earlier proposals held in 2004. We will show how the scheme has developed since then and we are inviting people to comment on the changes. "People will be able to see our proposals and discuss them with the project team. More than 14,000 leaflets are being distributed inviting local residents to the exhibitions and posters will be put up around Kegworth, Clifton and other communities along this section of the A453." The plans are for a two-lane dual carriageway generally along the line of the existing A453 between M1 Junction 24 and Barton in Fabis, moving off line to the south between Barton and Mill Hill. The rest of the section would be widened to four lanes through Clifton. There would be improved junctions, new link roads and new and improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. The exhibitions are taking place at: ......Friday 8 June 10am-8pm at Clifton Leisure Centre, Southchurch Drive, Clifton, NG11 8AB .....Saturday 9 June 10am-4pm at Clifton Leisure Centre, Southchurch Drive, Clifton, NG11 8AB. Notes to Editors 1. The Highways Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport. We manage, maintain and improve England's motorways and major A roads on behalf of the Secretary of State. 2. Between 2001 and 2005 there were 109 accidents resulting in 42 serious personal injuries and including 5 fatalities along the M1-Clifton stretch of the A453. Through Clifton itself there were 56 recorded accidents resulting in 9 serious personal injuries including one fatality. 3. About 23,000 vehicles on average per day currently use the rural section of the A453. Through Clifton the flow increases to about 30,000 per day. 4. There have been improvement proposals for the A453 for a number of years, and over this time there have been extensive consultations, studies and inquiries. At this stage of the scheme development, the Highways Agency is holding a formal 6-week consultation period which will be preceded by the public exhibitions in Kegworth and Clifton. To supplement this, it will continue to liaise with those people directly affected by the proposals. 5. The final report for the A453 Multi-Modal Study was published in 2002. This widening scheme was one of its main recommendations. 6. Subject to completion of statutory procedures, construction work could start in summer 2009, with the road ready to open to traffic by winter 2011/12. 7. Real-time traffic information for England's motorways and major A roads is available: 8. For more general information about the Highways Agency and its work, visit the Highways Agency website http://www.highways.gov.uk, or telephone the Highways Agency Information Line on 08457 50 40 30 at any time. (Calls to 0845 numbers cost no more than 3p/min from BT residential landlines. Call charges from other landlines and mobile networks may vary) Issued on behalf of the Highways Agency by Government News Network East Midlands. Client ref EM/02/07 GNN ref 147375P |
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