The Highways agency has allocated £1.4bn to start work on the schemes.
Improvements to the M62 in West Yorkshire, the M4/M5 around Bristol and on the A23 in West Sussex will begin in the next 12 months - reducing congestion, improving safety and journey times, and providing a boost to the UK economy, said roads minister Mike Penning.
A further three schemes - on the M1 near Sheffield, M6 around Birmingham and A11 in Norfolk - will start in the financial year 2012-2013, he also confirmed today as he published the timetable for the 14 major road Highways Agency schemes due to start construction by 2015.
Between now and March 2015, the Highways Agency will, subject to statutory processes, start work on three projects in 2011/2012:
- A23 Handcross to Warninglid improvement scheme, West Sussex - between October 2011 and December 2011;
- M62 J25 to J30 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, West Yorkshire - between October 2011 and December 2011; and
- M4 J19 to J20 & M5 J15 to J17 Managed Motorways with hard shoulder running, Bristol - between January 2012 and March 2012.
Work will start in 2012/2013 on:
- the A11 Fiveways to Thetford dualling scheme in Norfolk;
- the M6 J5 to J8 managed motorway with hard shoulder running in Birmingham;
- the M1 J32 to J35a managed motorway with hard shoulder running, near Sheffield.
Eight schemes will see a start of work in 2013/14 or 2014/15:
- M25 J5 to J6/J7 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Kent to Surrey
- M25 J23 to J27 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Hertfordshire to Essex;
- M1 J28 to J31 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Derbyshire;
- A556 Knutsford to Bowdon improvement scheme, south of Manchester;
- M60 J8 to J12 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Manchester;
- M60 J12 to J15 (Lane Gain) Managed Motorway, Manchester;
- M62 J18 to J20 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Manchester; and
- M1 J39 to J42 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running, Wakefield.
Construction will be completed on seven schemes:
- A1 Dishforth to Leeming upgrade scheme in 2011/12, North Yorkshire;
- M1 J19 Catthorpe Viaduct replacement scheme in 2011/12, near Rugby;
- A3 Hindhead Tunnelling scheme 2011/12, Surrey;
- M25 J16 to J23 widening scheme in 2012/13, Buckinghamshire to Hertfordshire;
- M25 J27 to J30 widening scheme in 2012/13, Essex;
- M1 J10 to J13 Managed Motorway with hard shoulder running - 2012/13, Bedfordshire; and
- A46 Newark to Widmerpool dualling scheme in 2012/13, near Nottingham.
The Highways Agency will also be developing a further 18 schemes in preparation for future spending review periods.
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