East Coast Motorway
The East Coast Motorway was an unofficial proposal brought forward in early 1991 solely by pressure groups, including private sponsors and consulting firms, for a new motorway which would run along the eastern side of England. It is important to note that this proposal was never created or supported by any central Government body, and so should be not treated or implied as such.
It was seen in some quarters as a way of trying to gain marginal constituencies for an upcoming election to vote for the proposers and also as a way of trying to make some use of the Humber Bridge. It was claimed by the so-called East Coast Motorway Feasibility Study that an East Coast Route would have been justified by following the standard cost-benefit analyses of the time. Both tolled and a non-tolled options were put forward.
Despite what is often claimed, no specific route was ever identified; and only an outline of a preferred route corridor with approximate junction locations.
Much of the route passes away from large places (especially between Boston and the Humber Bridge) and would have been unlikely to gain much traffic. Approximate junction locations were only planned as far up as Hartlepool.
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