Highways England welcomes green light for major A303 upgrade
Highways England has welcomed today’s go-ahead for a major road upgrade that will transform journeys in the South West and boost the regional economy.
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29 January 2021 The Sparkford to Ilchester scheme will help to improve journey times and reliability on the A303 in Somerset
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has given the formal green light to a plan to create three miles of high-quality dual carriageway on the A303 in Somerset.
The upgrade, between Sparkford and Ilchester, will tackle congestion on the traffic-clogged single carriageway section of the arterial route.
On an average day the road carries 23,500 vehicles, but numbers increase significantly in the summer, particularly at weekends, making journeys unreliable and unpredictable.