A38 and A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route

Major roadworks to carry out extensive repairs to the A38 and A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route are due to get underway early in the new year.

The £5m project has been funded through the Department for Transport’s Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund, following an announcement in August.

The funding bid involved D2N2 and Ashfield District and Mansfield District Councils, as well as local MPs and businesses.

Delivered by Via East Midlands and Tarmac, the project includes the resurfacing and upgrading of roadside barriers along 5km of the route and skid resistance upgrades.

 

Outline of programme

Works are due to start on 2 January and run until 31 March, subject to weather conditions.

Work will take place overnight on week nights, typically between 8pm and 6am, and during weekends to minimise any disruption to residents and road users.

Local diversions will be in place as the works progress, but we will attempt to maintain vehicular access to properties wherever possible.

Access to King's Mill Hospital will be maintained throughout the works with emergency vehicles allowed access through any closures. If you are visiting the hospital during evenings and weekends we recommend that you allow extra time for your journey.

Access to local shopping and amenities will be maintained during the works.

Local road closures and diversions will be in place during the works. Details of diversion routes will be published shortly. All dates are planned works and subject to change.

Resurfacing/reconstruction

  • A617 Adams Way to junction with A60 - 15 January to 24 January
  • A617 at its junction with the A60 heading towards Hamilton Road and A38 - 25 January to 25 February
  • Old A38 Sutton Road - 15 January to 15 February
  • Kingsmill Road East - 18 February to 26tFebruary
  • B6023 Mansfield Road to Kingsmill - 27 February to 5 March
  • A38 Kingsmill to Coxmoor junction - 6 March to 21 March.

Safety Barriers

Safety barrier and ancillary works will commence on 3 January and will be completed by 31 March. These will utilise road space for the surfacing programme and specific lane reductions in the McDonalds area of A38.

Background

The Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund was first announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement. Following a competition in 2015, Tranche 1 was launched and, with additional schemes added in the summer of 2015, 34 schemes were funded.

This is the first element of Tranche 2, of £75 million, which will be funded in 2017/18. The Challenge Fund reflects the Government's strong commitment to ensure that we have well maintained local highway infrastructure fit for the 21st century.

The purpose of the Fund is to enable local highway authorities in England to bid for major maintenance projects that are otherwise difficult to fund through the usual formula needs element allocations they receive.

Highway assets have a definitive lifespan after which they decay and lose functionality.

It is clear that some of this country's existing highway assets may now be moving to more costly stages of their natural life-cycle. Some components are reaching the end of their serviceable life.

In addition to the natural ageing process of highway infrastructure, the life-cycle of the asset has in places deteriorated at a faster rate than originally envisaged, sometimes as a result of past under-investment, while severe weather events have compounded the problems.

The roads network is used by 95 per cent of people every day. It is vital this lifeline is enhanced and maintained.

The Government is committed to upgrading and renewing local road infrastructure, with:

  • £210m from the National Productivity Investment Fund in 2017/18, with £185m of that to improve local road networks such as highways and public transport networks, and £25m from the new Safer Roads Fund element (from a total of £175m over four financial years) to start to tackle some of the most dangerous A roads
  • £75m from the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund, to which this guidance refers, where local authorities can compete for funding for large maintenance schemes
  • £75m from the Highways Maintenance Incentive Element.

These funds are in addition to the £801m for 2017/18 we have already committed for highways maintenance and in addition to the £70 million funding in 2017/18 being shared across local highway authorities in England from the Pothole Action Fund.

The documents below represent our bid, working in partnership with Via East Midlands Ltd, for funding to carry out extensive repairs to the A38 and the A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route:

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