£24m Lancashire bypass given green light

13/07/2015 | HIGHWAYS REPORTERS

Construction of the Broughton Bypass in Lancashire is due to start towards the end of this year after Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin confirmed orders allowing the county council to buy land needed for the scheme.

The proposed £23.7m bypass will reduce traffic in the centre of Broughton and improve journey times for motorists by creating a new route from the Broughton roundabout at Junction 1 of the M55 to the A6 north of the village.

An inquiry was held in Preston in April to consider the scheme, following objections to compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) needed to construct the bypass. The CPOs allow Lancashire County Council to buy land for the scheme and alter existing roads and accesses.

Lancashire County Council was first granted permission for the new road in 2001, being renewed in 2008 and 2013 as designs were progressed and funding sought. The proposal for the road gained a new lease of life after appearing in the county council's highways and transport masterplan for central Lancashire and subsequently being identified as a priority for funding by local transport body Transport for Lancashire.

County Councillor John Fillis, Lancashire County Council cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "I'm pleased with the planning inspector's decision which allows us to progress with this much-needed scheme.

"Congestion has been an issue in Broughton village for the last 40 years and traffic has continued to grow with more than 22,000 vehicles now passing through on the A6 every day.

"Construction of the full bypass would reduce traffic travelling through the centre of Broughton on Garstang Road by up to 90%.

"The bypass is a key scheme in our highways and transport masterplan and is vital to unlock future economic growth which would otherwise be strangled by worsening congestion."

County councillor Jennifer Mein, leader of Lancashire County Council, added: "The road network in north Preston is already overloaded as it was not designed to cope with this pace of growth. The bypass will make an enormous difference to Broughton village itself while greatly improving journey times for people who currently pass through the village everyday on their journeys to and from Preston."

Work is scheduled to start at the end of 2015 and be completed in Spring 2017. This will be followed by improvements to the village of Broughton designed to discourage traffic from using the village as a through route, and improve the environment for pedestrians and cyclists travelling through the village and linking in to the Guild Wheel.

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