A1073 Spalding to Eye Improvement
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Scheme Outline
Construction of a new single two-lane carriageway to replace the existing A1073 which connects Peterborough to Spalding via Crowland. The existing road is non-primary, but is preferred by traffic over the official A15/A16 routing via Market Deeping as it is more direct. As a result the A1073 is heavily overloaded, has a very poor accident record and is difficult to maintain.
It is expected that the resulting high-standard road will become a primary route on opening.
Project Statistics
- Cost
- £80.3m
- Finance
- Lincolnshire CC, Peterborough CC and Central Government grant
- Estimated duration of works
- 2008-2010
- Length of new road
- 22km (13.5 miles)
Progress
- August 2007
- Funding is confirmed by the Department for Transport. Having cleared all necessary public inquiries, the scheme is cleared to start in summer 2008.
- February 2008
- On 26th February, Rosie Winterton, a roads minister, dug the first sod on the project. Construction is now under way.
More information
- Website
- www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=15020
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With thanks to James Hewson, Jim Rayner and Gerry McKenna for information on this page.
