Network changes - 2020s

A list of the changes to the road network in Great Britain from 2020 - 2029. Includes road openings and renumberings.

Road Openings

Year	Number on opening	Location	County	Notes
2020	A15	Lincoln Eastern Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 4.7 mile road from Wragby Road Roundabout to Sleaford Road Roundabout opened on 19 December 2020. It included River Witham Viaduct, consisting of five 50m spans. Contractor was Galliford Try, contract value £72 million, total cost was in excess of £122 million. Single carriageway route, parts with overtaking lanes (S2+1) with almost whole route suitable for online dualling in the future. The B1533 was created as a link between the bypass and the city's B road network. Old A15 become the A607 & A1434.
2020	A272	Billinghurst Spine Road	Sussex	Hilland road. The 0.7 mile north-eastern bypass from A29 Hilland Roundabout to Coneyhurst Road was opened on 14 December 2020. It had been built by a consortium of housing developer firms.
2020	A327	Arborfield Bypass	Berkshire	Observer Way opened on 16 November 2020. 1.4 miles between Reading Road and Eversley Road. It included a green bridge and a memorial to the Arborfield Royal Observer Corps who manned a nearby observation post.
2020	A43	Moulton Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.5 mile dual carriageway was opened on 3 February 2020 (with some works continuing until May 2020). The northern section and Sywell Road diversion had opened in early 2018 (per the 3 February 2020 Northampton Chronicle). Contractor was Balfour Beatty.
2020	A49	Wigan : Westwood Way	Lancashire	The 1.5 mile dual carriageway from Warrington Road to the Poolstock / Chapel Lane junction was opened on 26 June 2020 by David Molyneux, leader of Wigan Borough Council. Contractor was Jones Bros. Civil Engineering UK, cost £20 million. It was the first section of a projected route linking the M6 / M58 to M61.
2020	A451	Kidderminster: Churchfields Link Road	Worcestershire	Opened on 18 August 2020 providing northbound access from A456 Ringway through to Blackwell Street. Blackwell Street became one-way southbound. Funded by various local enterprise partnerships and housing infrastructure fund.
2020	A6196	Glasshoughton Southern Link Road	Yorkshire	The 1 mile westwards extension of Whistler Drive from the Whistler Drive Industrial units to A6539 Cutsyke Road North was opened on 30 June 2020. 7.3m single carriageway. Contractor was Tarmac, cost £7.3 million.
2020	A9	Berriedale	Caithness	Realignment of Berriedale Brae Hairpin with new road alignment. Built by RJ McLeod
2020	-	Castle Donington Relief Road	Leicestershire	The 1.5 mile single carriageway road to the west of the village opened on 14 February 2020. Contractor was Chasetown Civil Engineering. Funded by a consortium of developers.
2020	-	Mountain Ash Cross Valley Link Road	Glamorgan	The extension of the Cwm Cynon Industrial Estate road from A4059 at Newtown to B4275 Miskin Road opened on 16 October 2020. It included a new bridge over the River Cynon. Contractor was a Walters-Sisk joint venture.
2021	A120	Little Hadham Bypass	Hertfordshire	The 2.4 mile road from Tilekiln Roundabout to Hadham Park Roundabout was opened to traffic on 22 December 2021. The official opening was on 11 December 2021 by Richard Roberts, Hertfordshire County Council leader, and Oliver Heald, MP for North East Hertfordshire. Contractor was GRAHAM, cost £40 million.
2021	A1231	Sunderland : Northern Spire Bridge Link	Durham	The 1.5 mile dual carriageway from Woodbine Terrace to Deptford Terrace (for Trimdon Street to the City) opened on 3 November 2021. 1 mile was offline. Contractor was Esh Construction, cost £42.5 million. It was phase 3 of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor to connect the City Centre and Port to A19.
2021	A1307	Huntingdon : Views Common Link Road	Huntingdonshire	The 0.4 mile link from Views Common Roundabout to Hinchingbrooke Park Road opened on 3 September 2021 and allowed traffic from Spittals Interchange to access the town centre via Brampton Road. Archaeological work unearthed the earliest evidence of beer brewing in Britain, dating back to 400 BC.
2021	A2690	Hastings Queensway	Sussex	B2092 north of A2690 Combe Valley Way to The Ridge West become part of the A2690
2021	A361	Chipping Warden Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 0.6 mile road was opened on 18 June 2021 by Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire. Designed and built by High Speed Two Ltd.. A361 was an approved route for construction traffic. Northamptonshire County Council made a contribution of £2 million. Contractor was originally Dawnus who went into administration shortly after commencement of work. Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd. completed the scheme.
2021	A3259	Monkton Heathfield Western Relief Road	Somerset	Opened on 26 July 2021. Yallands Hill to Sellicks Road. Built by developer Persimmon, cost £3 million.
2021	A536	Congleton Link Road	Cheshire	Wolstenholme Elmy Way. The 3.5 mile northern bypass of the town from Sandbach Road to Macclesfield Road opened to traffic on 19 April 2021 (walkers and cyclists on 16 April 2021). Contractor was Graham Construction, cost £90 million.
2021	A5288	Stafford Western Access Route	Staffordshire	Linking A518 Newport Road to A34 Foregate Street at Madford Retail Park. The final part of the scheme, the viaduct over River Sow, connecting Doxey Road to A34 was reported as completed by the Express and Star on 19 November 2021. Unicorn Way had opened earlier in the year. The Doxey Road bridge and re-alignment had opened by 2 July 2021. The existing Martin Drive and Kingsway was used for the A518 link.
2021	A82	Inverness	Inverness-shire	Opening of Inverness West Link Phase 2. New swing bridge. Opened 1st July 2021.
2021	A9	Luncarty to Pass of Birnam	Perthshire	Dualling. Opened 30th August 2021.
2021	-	Winnersh Relief Road	Berkshire	Longdon Road extension completed the relief road and was opened on 10 May 2021 by Malcolm Richards, Wokingham Borough Mayor. Contractor was Balfour Beatty.
2021	-	Middle Deal Link Road	Kent	Albert Road to South Wall Road, Deal. Reported as opened by a 19 October 2021 Kentonline article. Opened by Natalie Elphicke, MP for Deal and Dover. Cost £2.5 million. Funded by Quinn Estates with contributions from the Local Growth Fund and South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP).
2022	A1025	Harlow: Gilden Way to M11 Link Road	Hertfordshire	The extension of Gilden Way from Marsh Lane to a new M11 J7A was opened to traffic on 10 June 2022. The formal opening event took place on the previous day. The original Gilden Way (formerly B183) was also widened to D3 from the London Road roundabout to Marsh Lane. Contractor was Graham Construction, scheme cost £76 million.
2022	A1307	Huntingdon: Mill Common Link Road	Huntingdonshire	Opened on 2 June 2022. It linked the former A14 bypass route from the south to Brompton Road and was the last section of the A14 upgrade project.
2022	A355	Beaconsfield Eastern Relief Road	Buckinghamshire	The road from Maxwell Road to A40 Pyebush Roundabout was fully opened on 5 April 2022. The section south of Minerva Way had been developer built. The section north of Minerva Road had been completed by Buckinghamshire Council on 7 November 2019.
2022	A487	Caernarfon and Bontnewydd Bypass	Caernarfonshire	The 6 mile road from Goat roundabout to Plas Menai roundabout opened on 19 February 2022. The original opening, planned for the day before, was cancelled due to Storm Eunice. Measures to minimise the environmental impact of the scheme included 170,000 plants, providing around 14 hectares of new native species, woodlands and scrub, as well as over 12.5 miles of new hedgerows. Contractor was a Balfour Beatty / Jones Bros joint venture, cost £139 million.
2022	A4104	Northern Pershore Link Road	Worcestershire	The 0.3 mile road from Wyre Road to A44 Abbey View Road / Wyre Piddle Bypass opened on 10 September 2022, the day of the accession to the throne of King Charles III. It completed a bypass for Pershore Station Road.
2022	A6120	East Leeds Orbital Road	Yorkshire	The 4 mile dual carriageway from the Leeds Ring Road at Red Hall Roundabout to M1 J46 Austhorpe Interchange was opened on 22 August 2022 by James Lewis, Leader of Leeds City Council, and Helen Hayden, Executive member for infrastructure and climate. A short section east of Manston Lane Roundabout had opened in 2018 and 2019. It had 8.7 miles of dedicated cycleways, pedestrian, and equestrian pathways. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £126 million.
2022	A6184	South Heywood Link Bypass	Lancashire	Queen Elizabeth Way (was originally to be named Airbourne Way). The 1.4 mile dual carriageway from the Heywood Distribution Park at Pilsworth Road to M62 J19 Heywood Interchange was opened to traffic on 3 November 2022. The formal launch had been on 1 November 2022 by Mayor of Rochdale, Coun. Ali Ahmed and council leader Neil Emmott. The northern part was an upgrade to part of Hareshill Road. Contractor was John Sisk and Co. Ltd., cost £20 million.
2022	A6211	Gedling Access Road	Nottinghamshire	Colliery Way was opened on 21 March 2022 to pedestrians and cyclists by Mike Quigley, County Council Chairman. It opened to all traffic on 22 March 2022. 2.4 miles from B684 Mapperley Plains to A612 Trent Valley Road, Burton Joyce. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £49 million.
2022	A77	Maybole Bypass	Ayrshire	The 3 mile road was opened on 31 January 2022 by Jenny Gilruth, Transport Minister. Contractor was Wills Bros. Civil Engineering, cost £29 million. Many SABRE members were annoyed by the decision to renumber the bypassed A77 as B77.
2022	A832	Slattadale Improvement	Ross-shire	Phase 2: The 0.45 mile section beside Loch Maree completed the improvement from S1 plus passing places to S2 on the West Coast road between Kinlochewe and Gairloch. The official opening was on 7 October 2022 by Chris Birt, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward Member. Contractor was Wills Bros. Ltd., contract price £1.4 million.
2022	A92 A96	Haudagain Roundabout Bypass	Aberdeenshire	The 0.3 mile dual carriageway between North Anderson Drive (A92) and Auchmill Road (A96) was opened on 16 May 2022 by Jenny Gilruth, Transport Minister. Cost £49.5 million.
2022	B3334	Stubbington Bypass	Hampshire	Daedalus Way. The 2.2 mile road was opened to traffic on 30 May 2022. The official opening, in advance, on 26 May 2022 was by Baroness Vere, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State at the Department for Transport, and Rob Humby, leader of Hampshire County Council. Contractor was BAM Nuttall Ltd., cost £42 million.
2022	B6271	North Northallerton Link Road	Yorkshire	North Moor Road. The road connecting the Darlington and Stokesley Road was opened on 16 December 2022. Financed by housing developers and a grant from the York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Cost £12 million.
2022	-	Brough Relief Road	Yorkshire	Phase 3. Saltgrounds Road / Skillings Lane to Bluebird Way roundabout. The 0.5 mile road opened on 14 March 2022. This completed the scheme to provide access from the Brough South Development, Humber Enterprise Park and BAE Systems to A63 at Welton Road Interchange. Contractor was C R Reynolds, cost £6.5 million. An earlier section was the bridge over the Hull to Doncaster railway line.
2022	-	Lyminster Bypass	Sussex	Phase 1 - The southern section from Santa Monica Way to Worthing Road (A259) was opened on 26 June 2022 by Jill Long, Mayor of Littlehampton. Contractor was Breheny Civil Engineering.
2023	A15	Yaxley Loop Road	Huntingdonshire	The 1 mile road opened on 23 July 2023. Contractor was Breheny Civil Engineering.
2023	A131	Chelmsford North East Bypass	Essex	Beaulieu Parkway was fully opened on 30 October 2023 following the opening of Boreham Bridge at A12 Boreham Interchange.
2023	A3822	Forder Valley Link Road	Devon	Platinum Parkway, connecting William Prance Road / Pintail Way (for A386 Tavistock Road) to Forder Valley Road at B3413 was opened on 28 February 2023. The official opening was to be held later. It included a 140m long bridge over the Bircham Valley of 4 sections. There were no expansion joints or bearings between the sections to reduce maintenance, and it was the longest "integral" bridge in UK. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £52 million. Named after Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the year the road should have opened.
2023	A508	Roade Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.6 mile S2 road was opened on 21 August 2023. Contractor was Winvic Construction. Built as part of the SEGRO Logistic Park scheme.
2023	A523	Poynton Relief Road	Cheshire	Roy Chadwick Way, from London Road to Chester Road Junction (A555). The 2.2 mile S2 road was opened to cyclists and pedestrians on 3 March 2023 following the official opening, and to all traffic on 6 March 2023. Contractor was Graham, contract price £26.5 million, total cost £53 million. Named after the man who designed the Lancaster Bomber at the AV Roe factory at Woodford. The A555 Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road was used for the northern part of the bypass.
2023	A582	Preston Western Distributor Road	Lancashire	Edith Rigby Road. The 2.5 mile road from M55 J2 Becconsall Bridge to A583 Lea Interchange was opened on 3 July 2023. It also included the link roads - 2 mile B5467 William Young Way and 0.4 mile B5468 Avice Pimblett Way, although these may have opened earlier. Contractor was Costain, cost £207 million.
2023	A585	Little Singleton Bypass	Lancashire	Skippool Junction to Windy Harbour Junction (A586). Opened with single lane running in both directions on the dual carriageway on 18 December 2023 (whilst work continued). National Highways reported on 4 March 2024 that it was fully open to traffic. Forecast cost £162 million.
2023	A5010	Etruria Valley Link Road	Staffordshire	The 0.75 mile road from A500 Wolstanton Junction to Festival Park was opened on 23 January 2023. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £43 million.
2023	A602	Watton at Stone to Tonwell Improvement	Hertfordshire	The upgraded road including a re-aligned section between Heath Mount School and Stoneyhills was opened on 7 August 2023. Previous work included improving roundabouts and junctions. Contractor was Tilbury Douglas.
2023	A9	Perth: Cross Tay Link Road	Perthshire	Dual carriageway re-alignment to the north of River Almond in advance of the Link Road Works. Opened on 3 August 2023. Contractor was BAM Nuttall.
2023	A9294	Perth: Cross Tay Link Road	Perthshire	The section of New Kingsway from Stormontfield Road to A93 Isla Road was opened on 2 October 2023 per The Courier. Contractor was BAM Nuttall.
2024	A487	Machynlleth: New Dyfi Bridge	Montgomeryshire • Merionethshire	The bridge and 0.75 mile road crossing the Afon Dyfi flood plain was opened on 2 February 2024. It is S2 with a 2.5m wide shared use path. Contractor was Griffiths. Anticipated cost was £46 million.