Council decides on Bromsgrove A38 schemes in advance of funding application

A funding application for £49million to allow Worcestershire County Council to cut congestion in Bromsgrove will be submitted to the Department for Transport later this month.

The Outline Business Case for significant investment would enable the County Council to deliver Phase 3 of the A38 Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme.

Councillor Alan Amos, Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Highways and Transport said: "The A38 is one of the most important and busiest roads in the county which suffers from heavy congestion at peak times leading to prolonged and unreliable journey times with subsequent environmental impacts.

If nothing is done to address these issues, the situation will only get worse leading to more congestion. We received some valuable feedback from local residents and we have made revisions to two of the schemes within the programme.

We had originally planned to close the junction of School Lane and the A38, however I have decided that we will keep School Lane open.  We will instead only prohibit the right turn from the A38, given the need to keep traffic flowing and reduce congestion, both being key objectives of this scheme."

The original proposals also included plans to construct a pedestrian and cycling footbridge to link the two severed ends of Old Station Road on either side of the A38 which is on a direct line between the railway station and town centre. However, the County Council has paused the development of the bridge scheme whilst exploring the possibility of other options that could deliver the same objectives".

Further information about the improvements to the A38 in Bromsgrove, including a summary highlighting the key findings from the engagement exercise on the bridge scheme can be found here: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/A38BREP