A1(M) Dishforth - Barton
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- Type
- New road under motorway restrictions
- Status
- Under construction
- Authority
- Highways Agency
- Cost
- £325m
- Finance
- Central government/DBFO
- Length
- 61.2 km (38.0 miles)
Scheme Outline
Upgrade of existing two-lane all purpose dual carriageway A1 to three-lane motorway standard, from Dishforth (northern terminus of North Yorkshire motorway) to Barton (southern terminus of County Durham motorway). This will create a continuous motorway from Darrington to Washington. Scotch Corner Services is to be redesigned as part of the scheme.
Progress
- Autumn 2004
- Prelimenary excavation works are under way to determine the scale of archaeological works required at Catterick and the best alignment for the section south to Dishforth.
- May 2005
- Public exhibitions on the plans to upgrade the section between Dishforth and Barton to three-lane motorway are held. The improvement will cost £325m.
- October 2007
- It now looks clear that the scheme will begin in spring 2008.
- March 2008
- The scheme has now been put back (again) to Autumn 2008.
- 2 November 2008
- The High Court challenge period expires on November 14th 2008 and work is expected to start on the southern section in March 2009.
- 15 February 2009
- Tree clearance has started in earnest with sites around the A61 and Leeming Bar well under way. The Highways Agency website shows long term roadworks, due to run until February 2012, from 1 March.
- 25 April 2009
- Construction of the section between Dishforth and Leeming officially commenced on 26 March 2009.
- 26 May 2009
- Many old farm buildings have been cleared to the east of the A1, and all current junctions show signs of alterations.
- 5 January 2010
- Rainton Services officially closed on 3 January. B6267 junction has been half completed, with a new roundabout added and streetlights on it. There are also new sliproads on the northbound side of the A1. Further south, the A61 junction is slowly getting done, with the new southbound slip-road tarmacked, and the current crossroads on the Thirsk side of the A1 slowly turning into a roundabout shape with some streetlights on it.
- 10 May 2010
- Progress happening on new bridges for the south carriageway over the rivers. Rainton Services is still standing!
- 5 June 2010
- A lot of the new bridges are complete or nearly complete and the extreme southern section near the A61 junction now has the central concrete barriers in position with a lot of tarmac down already.
More information
- Website
- highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5187.aspx
- Press Release
- highways.gov.uk/news/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=172243
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With thanks to Scott Spencer, Joe Beard, John Dye, Jeremy Haile, Owen Brown, AJ, Nick Lamb, Jonathan Roberts, James Fletcher, Matthew Kilburn, Gerry McKenna, Toby Speight and Thomas Dennison for information on this page. This scheme was last updated on 09/06/2010.
