A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project

January 2021

• Strategically important national & regional route • 18 miles remain single carriageway • High HGV usage – 25% • Intensive agricultural use with tractors and trailers • Regular influxes of tourism traffic cause conflicts and congestion at key junctions • Variable speed limits • Lots of private means of access (PMAs) directly onto the route • 50% more casualties than average for Strategic Road Network • 20% accidents lead to road closures lasting longer than five hours • Congestion and delays impact business and leisure locations • Traffic modelling shows 15% more users in 2046, and 20% more users in 2051 • Vital tourist route to North Pennines AONB, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District National Park WhyA66 we needproject this scopeproject Our objectives Support Reconnect Reduce the Deliver safer, economic communities – number of more enjoyable growth and connect people accidents journeys for improve access with places cyclists, walkers for services and locally and and horse riders jobs nationally

Reduce Reduce delays and Improve resilience Minimise impacts congestion and queues and - keep traffic on people, places improve reliability improve key moving in case of and the junctions bad weather and environment accidents

• £1Bn investment • One of the largest and most significant investments in the north • Complete the dualling of the 50-mile trans- Pennine route through 18 miles of new dualled carriageway • Improved junctions at: • Kemplay Bank • Junction 40 on the M6 • Scotch Corner on the A1(M) • Minimise disruption during construction phase • Start of Works 2024; Open for Traffic 2029

Section Selected Route

Kemplay Bank Underpass

Penrith to Temple Sowerby Offline southern division

Temple Sowerby to Appleby – Kirkby Thore Northern Bypass

Temple Sowerby to Appleby – Crackenthorpe Northern Bypass – Roman Road

Appleby to Brough Online

Bowes Bypass Online

Cross Lanes to Rokeby Offline Southern Division

Stephen Bank to Carkin Moor Northern Bypass

The Kemplay Bank roundabout suffers from dangerously high levels of congestion This bottleneck negatively affects the flow of traffic along the A66 and the A6

We are proposing to create a new dual carriageway underpass This will facilitate free- flowing traffic and improve access to Penrith on the A66

The Penrith to Temple Sowerby stretch of the A66 varies in width This creates an inconsistent driving experience and causes safety issues

We are proposing to introduce a dual carriageway south of the existing A66 so as Local roads will be to avoid the hamlet of realigned and Lane End alternative routes provided to nearby junctions where required in order to ease access

© 2020 Highw ays England Temple Sowerby to Appleby – Kirkby Thore This section of the A66 varies in width and is connected to several junctions, which makes it prone to high accident levels We are proposing to create a new dual carriageway north of Kirkby Thore

This will facilitate free-flowing traffic around Kirkby Thore and reduce the number of HGVs moving through the village

The new dual carriageway bypass will replace a 2.5-mile stretch of single It will divert the A66 carriageway away from Crackenthorpe and make the route safer for users

We will construct a new bridge east of Long Marton to facilitate better links between the A66 and the local roads

The five-mile section of the A66 contains six junctions in close succession This can present safety issues when vehicles attempt to join and leave the A66

We are proposing to create a new dual carriageway as well as three revised junctions: Sandford junction, Warcop junction, & Langrigg junction

This section of the A66 is sandwiched between dual carriageways This bottleneck causes last-minute lane changes and congestion which causes safety issues

We are proposing to create a new dual carriageway with new merge and diverge lanes This will require new bridges as well as the demolition of derelict buildings

This 1.8-mile stretch is sandwiches between dual carriageways The mix of fast- and slow- moving vehicles is a major cause of congestion and accidents in this section

We are proposing to create a new carriageway parallel to the existing A66 We will create a new junction for better access to Moorhouse Lane and Barnard Castle

© 2020 Highw ays England Stephen Bank to Carkin Moor The steep inclines and declines along these 4 miles of single carriageway cause significant visibility issues We are proposing a new dual carriageway directly north of the existing A66

A new junction will provide access to the old A66 and the villages of East and West Layton

© 2020 Highw ays England Major junctions Our work to the A66 includes the major junctions at each end of the route: M6 Junction We are undertaking 40 & Scotch Corner traffic modelling to gain a better understanding of the works required to each junction

These works will be delivered as part of this project and will include measures to increase capacity and traffic flow at each location

Early 2021 Through 2021 May – June Ongoing Winter 2021 engagement: 2021/2022

• landowners 1-2-1s Further Environmental Statutory • stakeholders focus Development groups Consent Order surveys and assessments consultation • communities CLGs investigations application of developed • interested parties submitted design correspondence