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	Lincolnshire	The A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass opens to traffic in December 2020. Single carriageway route parts with overtaking lanes (S2+1), almost whole route suitable for online dualling in the future. The B1533 was created as a link between the bypass and the cities 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	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	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	A451	Kidderminster	Worcestershire	New Churchfields link road opened 18 August 2020 providing northbound access from A456 Ringway through to Blackwell Street. Blackwell Street now becomes one-way southbound. Funded by various local enterprise partnerships and housing infrastructure fund.
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	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).
2021	-	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.
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	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.