M40 Junction 9 (Wendlebury) Improvement

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Type: Junction improvement with some parts under motorway restrictions
Status: Under construction
Authority: Highways Agency
Cost: £ 3.6m
Finance: Highways Agency
Timescale: 2010

Scheme Outline

This scheme aims to improve the flow of traffic from the southbound M40 onto the southbound A34 at the Wendlebury Interchange, and thus reduce the queue of traffic that builds up on the M40 southbound exit slip-road and encroaches onto the motorway at busy periods. To achieve this, the M40 southbound exit slip-road, part of the roundabout, and 600m of the southbound A34 will all be increased from two lanes to three.

The plan is to signalise the exit from the A34 northbound, allowing two lanes for the M40 north to be provided at a later date, as part of a second phase of the scheme which is still subject to funding.

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Progress

8 June 2010	Work is expected to begin in July 2010 and be finished by the start of December 2010. The start of work was delayed to await a decision on a proposed eco-town at Weston-on-the-Green, a short distance to the south-west.
2 August 2010	Preliminary works started on 26 July 2010 to prepare the site. The main phase of work is scheduled to start on 9 August 2010.
25 February 2011	Phase 1 of the improvements is now complete. There are three lanes throughout the junction from the M40 southbound exit sliproad to the A34 southbound.

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