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R R Welcome to the first A585 Windy Harbour Constructing the bypass will not only move traffic h o c r a u d h C to Skippool newsletter, giving you the latest away from the surroundingSingleton villages, but will also

information and stories around the project. support additional traffic flows and economic d Roa Mile growth opportunities5266 whilst reducing the5269 impact on The A585 is the main road in and out of the local community. and surrounding areas. It’s heavily congested between Windy Harbour and Skippool and drivers We’re pleased to announce that the Development currently suffer from significant delays during peak Consent Order was approved by the Secretary of periods. State on the 9 April 2020, enabling the project to If improvements are not made, congestion and proceed. You can find out more on the the number of accidents will continue to increase. Planning Inspectorate’s website.

Covid-19

Please be assured that we have strict safeguarding measures on site to prevent the spread of COVID19 and will be closely monitoring the ongoing situation. We will continue to follow all the latest government advice and will adapt our plans to take account of any changes, keeping our workforce and road users safe. Public information exhibitions

We held two exhibitions on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 March at the Wyre Civic Centre and Singleton Village hall and were attended by over 600 people! In addition to this, a briefing was held for some of our key stakeholders, led by Senior Project Manager Jon Stokes.

Members of the Oxford Archaeology team displayed some of the significant archaeological findings, such as pottery, stone tools and preserved ancient plant remains. The findings were discovered during the pre- construction investigation work.

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone that attended these events, and that your input is very much valued.

What’s next? Sign up for future updates

On the 27 March, we started our advanced works, To be more environmentally friendly, all future project ensuring we were able to move forward in the most updates will be in a form of an e-newsletter! We plan efficient and least disruptive way possible. Since to send out our next update in August, where we then, we’ve installed a small site compound at will give you information on our next set of Public Skippool with welfare cabins planned to be delivered Information Exhibitions, as well as the latest updates shortly. A dedicated habitat area for Pink Footed on the project. Please be sure to sign up for updates Geese has also been set up adjacent to Mains Lane. on our web page at www.highwaysengland.co.uk/ projects/a585-windy-harbour-to-skippool/. Over the coming months, the archaeological work will continue, ensuring we’ve found everything of Alternatively, follow us on Twitter @HighwaysNWEST notable interest in the surrounding area before the or sign up for updates by email. Please contact a main construction work starts. The ground investigation member of our team via the details below. work will also begin. This will help us to understand the conditions of the ground in the area, and the results Have your say will also feed into the overall design of the project. On the website you will find our engagement tool A design is currently being developed for the new where you can give your views on the project. drainage system between New Road Please log on and let us know what you think. and Mains Lane, which we hope to deliver later this year. We will continue to keep you updated as the programme of work develops and before main construction work starts. Contact us

If you have any further questions or concerns about the project, please do not hesitate to contact the dedicated project inbox at [email protected], or call us on 0300 123 5000

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