A616/A61 Westwood roundabout and Proposed area of carriageway widening A628 technology scheme Part of the Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme Public information booklet A616 Maple Road A61N A61N BARN A616W SHEFF M1N A61 A616 A616E M1S A61 Westwood New Road A61 Westwood New Road A61N A61S A616 A61 M1N A61 M1 A616 Diagrammatic representation only © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 OS 100030649 At Highways England we believe in a connected country. We operate, maintain and improve England’s motorways and major A-roads. We are currently delivering £15 billion of investment across our network, the largest investment in a generation, to ensure our roads are dependable, durable and, most importantly, safe. The Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme is a on the latest changes to the A57 link roads in critical part of this investment. The route, which November. Keep an eye on their website for more provides a key connection between Manchester and details. Sheffield, suffers from significant congestion, high accident rate and poor journey times and reliability. The programme, which aims to make various improvements to the route, consists of two separate schemes: A616/A61 (T) Westwood roundabout and technology Mottram Moor and the A57 (T) link roads This booklet focuses on the technology element of the A616/A61 (T) Westwood roundabout and A628 technology scheme. We’ll also be consulting Why is the scheme needed? Proposed locations of new VMS, CCTV and automated closure gates (ACG) The existing A628/A616 route (Woodhead Pass) We’ll also be installing CCTV and upgrading the connects the M67 at Mottram in Longdendale two existing closure gates on the A628 Woodhead to the M1 north of Sheffield. It is mostly single Pass to and installing a new gate at Dunford Bridge to prevent drivers getting caught between A6024 carriageway with steep gradients and sharp Meltham A629 Mapplewell bends. The road is regularly closed to traffic due the gates when the road is closed. to accidents, severe weather and maintenance of The scheme will: A635 A635 A628 A635 its single carriageway sections. M1 Improve network resilience A635 Barnsley A629 Uppermill A628 A6133 Currently, shutting the road for severe weather or Increase reliability for drivers by providing Springhead ACG them with up to date real-time information so A6024 & VMS incidents can take longer than we’d like as the gates A635 CCTV A628 they can make informed decisions about their VMS Penistone Westwood roundabout need to be manually closed. Due to the lack of Mossley VMS, Flouch ACG & improvements A6195 journey CCTV Hoyland technology in the area, driver information along this Mottram Moor link road Woodhead A628(T) Jct.36 VMS, A61(T) Salter’s ACG & VMS VMS route is provided using manually installed signs, so Brook CCTV A616(T) VMS A628(T) Jct.35a Tintwistle Stocksbridge A616(T) drivers aren’t getting up to date real-time information Trans-Pennine route A629 Hyde Hollingworth Mottram in M1 to make informed decisions about their journey. Longdendale VMS Chapeltown M67 Jct.4 A57(T) Peak District National Park VMS lossop What we’re doing A61 MCR17_0028 A57 We will be improving the current closure gates and A57(T) to A57 link road the information available to road users by installing Work is due to start Marple A61 a series of new electronic variable message signs Bridge A6101 in autumn, and will be A57 Sheffield along the A628, A616 and A61 route. They will A57 A57 be controlled automatically from the Regional complete by spring 2021 © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 OS 100030649 Diagrammatic representation only Operations Centre in Wakefield to provide drivers with real-time information to allow them to make effective decisions about their journey. All of the new signs will sit within the existing highways boundary. VMS No Location Carriageway 1 Mottram Moor/Coach Road Eastbound 2 A628/Church Street Eastbound 3 A628 Woodhead approach Eastbound 4 A628 Dog and Partridge Westbound 5 Dunford Bridge Southbound 6 Flouch roundabout Westbound approach Westbound 7 Stocksbridge East Westbound 8 A616 Westwood approach Westbound An example of what the variable An example of what the new snow message signs will look like gates will look like 9 A61 Westwood approach Westbound What we’re doing at the A616/A61 Westwood roundabout Congestion is a big problem at Westwood Adding an extra lane on the roundabout roundabout, and unless we do something about it, Adding traffic lights to manage peak congestion it will get worse as traffic increases over time. We’re: on all approaches but for Maple Road Installing additional lanes on the approaches to And, installing two pedestrian crossings on the the roundabout north side of the A61 Work began in March 2020 and is due to be completed by winter 2020/21 Join us on our LIVE webinar We’re hosting two public information webinars to talk about the scheme in more detail and give you the chance to ask the team any questions you may have. The webinars are being held on: Wednesday 21 October 2020, 12pm-2pm Saturday 24 October 2020, 10am-noon You can join the webinars by visiting www.highwaysengland.co.uk/a61- westwood and following the online instructions. Find out more A616/A61 (T) Westwood roundabout and technology www.highwaysengland.co.uk/ © Crown copyright 2020. a61-westwood You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. 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