The A1 in North Yorkshire will be closed overnight on 21 and 28 June 2014 as part of major work to upgrade part of the A1 to a three-lane motorway.
Highways Agency senior project manager Sandie Forte-Gill said: These closures are required for safe installation of traffic management including narrow lanes, temporary safety barriers and additional average speed cameras. The traffic management is necessary to enable the safe construction of the new motorway. During the closures we ask that drivers plan their journeys. Diversion routes will be clearly signed and drivers should allow extra time for travelling along the diversion routes.
The A1 will be closed overnight on 21 and 28 June, from 10pm on Saturday evening until 10am on Sunday morning.
The A1 and A1(M) will be closed:
- Northbound between junction 50 (Baldersby) and Scotch Corner
- Southbound between Scotch Corner and junction 51 (Leeming)
The 12 hour closures have been carefully planned to minimise disruption to drivers and will be put in place when traffic flows are at their lowest.
Following the first overnight closure on 21 June, narrow lane running will be in place on the northbound carriageway between Leeming (junction 51) and Catterick South. On completion of the second overnight closure on 28 June, narrow lane running will be in place on the southbound carriageway between Low Street and Leeming (junction 51).
Work to widen a 12 mile section of the A1 between Leeming and Scotch Corner, and to create an alternative route for local traffic, started earlier in March. The scheme will unlock growth and boost the economy by creating a continuous motorway-standard route between London and Newcastle (including the M1 and A1M).
When the scheme opens to traffic in 2016/17, journey times between Leeming and Barton will be reduced by approximately 20 per cent, and over a sixty-year period, the improvements are predicted to save around 100 lives and prevent around 650 serious casualties. The work is also estimated to generate 750 jobs in the construction industry over three years.
The work is part of a £380m scheme to upgrade 12 miles of the A1 between Leeming and Barton to motorway standard.
