Uttoxeter GSJs

[wrinkly]

Two notices in the London Gazette about an A50/A522 GSJ at Uttoxeter:

DfT notice

Staffs CC notice

Strangely, there's nothing about it on the HA website. Maybe the county council has been doing all the running.

Poking around on Staffs CC website finds this.

The scheme to which the London Gazette notices refer is called "Project A" on the Staffs site. Arguably this is not so much a new GSJ but a modification of an existing one (replacing the skew bridge and the two LILOs by a new bridge and slip roads). However, following links from the above page, we find a map of "Project B", which will enable the removal of the two at-grade roundabouts in the area.

There were hints of GSJs at Uttoxeter in December, discussed in this thread.

[vlad]

There's a link to the project B map (in PDF format) here.

It seems that they're taking SABRE advice and using the current overbridge as part of a dumbbell GSJ. The map doesn't really explain what's going to happen to the roads that meet the current roundabouts.

If this does go ahead then great - but they still need to get rid of the roundabout at Blythe Bridge!

[Comstock]

If this does go ahead then great - but they still need to get rid of the roundabout at Blythe Bridge!

And at Sudbury!

[Truvelo]

With two bridges already existing near the roundabouts it's crazy that they haven't already been used to create GSJs. The one near JCB already acts as a GSJ with LILO slip roads on each side of the A50.

[mapboy]

There's a link to the project B map (in PDF format) here.

It seems that they're taking SABRE advice and using the current overbridge as part of a dumbbell GSJ. The map doesn't really explain what's going to happen to the roads that meet the current roundabouts.

If this does go ahead then great - but they still need to get rid of the roundabout at Blythe Bridge!

Quite similar to one of my own designs from a while ago:

[fras]

It's nice to know something is at last to be done at Uttoxeter as I pass this way quite frequently. However, assuming it is all built, what happens to the filling station, motel, and "burgerbar complex" at the eastern roundabout, because Plan B shows the roundabout be abolished. At the moment, it can be accessed from the A50 in either direction off the roundabout. BTW the access road to this "facility" is very, very, badly maintained and one has to be careful of massive potholes. A new road was not built for access, they just used an existing one that goes to a sewage works. Whoever built this fuel and food facility made a real pig's ear of access to it. A really awful effort, frankly. Yes, I have been in there !!

There is also the matter of the filling station & Macdonalds at the western roundabout, (A518)
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Presumably when new road designs put people out of business they get compensation; or do they ?

I plan of the complete scheme would be nice !

[wrinkly]

The orders for the A50/A522 junction (what's called "Project A" above) are to be made.

Inspector's report

Decision letter and list of technical changes to the orders

[James]

It's nice to know something is at last to be done at Uttoxeter as I pass this way quite frequently. However, assuming it is all built, what happens to the filling station, motel, and "burgerbar complex" at the eastern roundabout, because Plan B shows the roundabout be abolished. At the moment, it can be accessed from the A50 in either direction off the roundabout. BTW the access road to this "facility" is very, very, badly maintained and one has to be careful of massive potholes. A new road was not built for access, they just used an existing one that goes to a sewage works. Whoever built this fuel and food facility made a real pig's ear of access to it. A really awful effort, frankly. Yes, I have been in there !!

There is also the matter of the filling station & Macdonalds at the western roundabout, (A518)
.
Presumably when new road designs put people out of business they get compensation; or do they ?

I plan of the complete scheme would be nice !

There would seem plenty of room around the proposed A518 junction to build an access road around the sewer works to access the service area from the opposite end. With some good signage, I would see any problems maintaing a good access to the service area.

[JF2309]

McDonald's and all that is going.

[James]

Just driven through here today and lots of site clearence has taken place at the junction with the A522

Looks like something is finally starting here, although this is already a GSJ so am interested to see what they have planned

[wrinkly]

Looks like something is finally starting here, although this is already a GSJ so am interested to see what they have planned

As far as I know it still looks like this:

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transpo ... Layout.pdf

[krob2]

They need to crack on with getting this done! The traffic at the Little Chef one is dire every day and when Alton Towers opens it'll be even worse.

Good to see some movement but Project B the important one of the two is not close to start but needs to be!

[wrinkly]

Any recent developments on this?

[M4 Cardiff]

Looking carefully at the proposals, it looks like it will set up nicely for a western distributor (developer) road for Uttoxeter, with some more development to the west as well. St Modwen Developments have something planned, so I assume the whole project ties together.

[jackal]

Any recent developments on this?

Project A (which includes the A522 GSJ) is under construction:

July 2016

Controls put in place to protect residents

Material will begin arriving soon to be used in the foundations of the embankments which will support the new bridge across the A50.

Construction traffic will bypass Uttoxeter as much as possible and will not use New Road between The Three Tuns public house and the Shell garage, while no deliveries will take place at weekends.

At the same time a strict system of dust control will be in place, including routine visual inspections. There will be a damping down operation in place on the site, all lorries will have their wheels washed before leaving and unloading will be suspended if the wind is too strong.

On top of those measures, dust gauges will be installed in all directions around the site so we can regularly assess the effectiveness of the on-site controls.

Preparations are also underway at the moment to build a new 300m stretch of the A522, north of the A50, which will let us keep traffic flowing on the A522 while the embankment north of the A50 is completed.

Throughout the summer, the A50 will be largely unaffected, with only occasional night time closures of the nearside lanes. These will be listed on the Staffordshire County Council A50 Growth Corridor website when specific dates are confirmed.

Other overnight road works being carried out on the A50 are separate to this project and the responsibility of ‘Balfour Beatty Connect’. Please direct any enquiries about those to the Connect Roads website.

August 2016

A slip road on the A50 is being closed overnight for the installation of safety barriers.

The closure lasts from Monday, August 15, to Friday, August 19, inclusive, between 7pm and 5am, and has been timed to minimise inconvenience to the public.

The exit slip road from the eastbound A50 on to the A522, just east of the JCB World Parts Centre, will be closed between those times, but the access road at that junction will remain open. A diversion will be signposted.

The eastbound dual carriageway will also have one lane closed overnight in that area from the Pigeonhay Lane bridge to almost opposite the Shell garage.

The previous week the westbound carriageway also had one lane closed between 7pm and 5am, from 200 yards west of the McDonald’s roundabout to the Pigeonhay Lane bridge. Access to the A522 and the Shell garage was not restricted.

The lane closures are to allow the installation of safety barriers for engineers working beyond the hard shoulders of the dual carriageway on preparations for the new bridge and junction.

Lorries have begun arriving with deliveries of foundation material for use in the embankments on either side of the dual carriageway. Construction traffic is restricted to weekdays and is asked to bypass Uttoxeter as much as possible. Strict dust controls are also in place and unloading will be suspended if the wind is too strong.

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transp ... ridor.aspx

[wrinkly]

Project A is proceeding fairly slowly. Beams for the bridge of the new dumbell junction are to be delivered to the site next week.

[Comstock]

Project A is proceeding fairly slowly. Beams for the bridge of the new dumbell junction are to be delivered to the site next week.

Yeah there were gantry signs warning of overnight closure of the A50 yesterday.

[vlad]

Project A is proceeding fairly slowly. Beams for the bridge of the new dumbell junction are to be delivered to the site next week.

Yeah there were gantry signs warning of overnight closure of the A50 yesterday.

There's quite a long closure, west of the A518/B5030 roundabout. Westbound traffic is being diverted via the A51 although eastbound traffic isn't affected, so you can leave Stoke but have problems getting back (which seems about right...).

[c2R]

Timelapse of lifting the bridge into place at the junction at Park Farm here on the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england ... -a-weekend

More details here on the Signal2 site:
http://www.signal2.co.uk/news/local/a50 ... -in-place/

[Bryn666]

This will be a hugely welcome improvement; although Blythe Bridge is scandalous on a major trunk road - classic late 80s thinking of slapping a tiny roundabout in the middle of a fast dual carriageway a la Catthorpe. That needs to be a trumpet really.