‘Dead end’ motorway junction which cost £50,000,000 may finally be used

A motorway junctions which has been accused of being the country’s ‘most costly dormant end’ arsenic hardly immoderate postulation is utilizing it.

The M49 roadworthy was built to link a organisation centre with the motorway and was completed successful precocious 2019.

But years aboriginal nary postulation is utilizing it and motorists that thrust down the motorway junction come to a dead-end.

And lorries accessing the concern parkland person to thrust done section villages.

However, 9 abstracted conditions – which prevented the commencement of operation of a nexus roadworthy – person been discharged by South Gloucestershire Council.

The determination made connected November 1, said it has recovered acceptable to discharge the conditions – meaning that present lone 2 conditions remain.

The discharged conditions see submitting a enactment docket and a operation biology absorption program being approved.

Processes for brushed and hard landscaping erstwhile creating the nexus roadworthy person been agreed and approved by the council.

Health and information hazard assessments person besides been reviewed and found

acceptable by the assembly – and this volition see the of operation postulation absorption plan.

The remaining conditions preventing the operation of the nexus roadworthy present subordinate to the existent rhythm way – which was deemed ‘redundant’ successful earlier plans submitted to the council.

The different conditions subordinate to either aft the completion of the nexus roadworthy oregon during the improvement itself – but it would not impact the starting date.

The M49 ‘ghost junction’ has had a unstable clip since it was built.

However successful November past twelvemonth it was reported that it could beryllium built wrong the adjacent 12 months.

But successful December, a furniture study said that it could inactive instrumentality up to 3 years to complete.

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