Mickledale Lane Junction

The County Council has removed the Mickledale Lane scheme from the Department for Transport funded programme. A revised scheme will now be solely funded by the Council as approved by Cabinet in June 2023.  The proposal to construct a new road and roundabout at this location has been dropped and instead the existing junction will be signalised.  The anticipated cost to signalise the junction is £5m and design work is underway.  The project team will go out to consultation on this alternative approach once the design process is complete.  Traffic signals were strongly supported by local road users during the original consultation back in 2019, to create easy access to and from local villages, but were initially ruled out because of the potential detrimental impacts the proposal may have on the economic case for the A614 scheme.