1.2
Km New Link Road Constructed
4
Roundabouts Constructed
OX12
Location
Challenge
The planning permission for the 1,500 home development stipulated the requirement for a new link road.
The Wantage Eastern Link Road is designed to alleviate traffic congestion in Wantage town centre by providing an orbital by-pass to the east of the town between the A338 Grove Road and A417 Reading Road. The link road is split into 3 sections, the first 2 of which were delivered by the developer, with the third delivered by the local highways authority.
The most challenging aspect of the project was the construction of two, on line, roundabouts connecting the new link road to the existing carriageway at each end. This required complex temporary traffic and pedestrian management, the diversion and lowering of existing live services and the installation of storm water storage tanks in a live traffic environment.
Solution
Following an in depth review of the technically approved design, we commenced the offline elements of Section 1 while road space was being obtained from the local highways authority.
Once the road space was granted, our temporary traffic management system was put in place to facilitate the construction of the online elements.
These included the diversion and lowering of Statutory Undertaker’s equipment, the installation of a new storm water drainage system, including storage tank, to suit the new highway layout and the construction of new carriageway and footways.
The process was then repeated for Section 2.
The project comprised the following elements:
- Construction issue design
- Temporary works design including temporary traffic management systems
- Diversion and lowering of Statutory Undertaker’s equipment
- Installation of new storm water drainage system including a network of SUDS swales and 2 storage tanks with flow controlled outfalls into watercourses
- Road construction
- Footway construction
- Toucan crossing
- Signage
- Street lighting
- Street furniture
- Landscaping
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