• A refusal to listen to residents of the towns concerned
• Failure to invest in an adequate national road network
• Lobbying by Environmentalists and anti-car activists
• Government anti-car policy

In 1998, 90% of responses to a government consultation were in favour of roads, but the government decided that 75% of the responses were connected with 'local lobbying campaigns' and so decided to ignore them. As a result only 37 of 125 schemes were approved. Doubtless if 75% had been from the environmental lobby, the government would not have ignored them.

The list below includes new roads other than bypasses, improvements to existing roads, schemes that have been approved but are still awaiting construction, and roads that are obviously needed.

Information on this page has been gleaned from various sources at various times, some schemes may have undergone a name change, resulting in duplication — please advise the webmaster of any errors or updates.

Schemes are grouped by prefix (A1.., A2.., Motorways). Within each section schemes are listed in numerical order (A1, A10, A11, A100, etc, followed by any B roads). Un-numbered routes follow. Northern Ireland, with it's own set of A and M routes, appears in the last section.

Numbered routes
A1 prefix routes	Status	Date
A1 Bowerhouse – Spott Road dualling, Scotland	Approved	2001
A1 Haddington to Dunbar Expressway, East Lothian — Scottish Executive Press Release	Open	2004-04-14
A1 Thistly Cross to Bowerhouse dualling, Scotland	Approved	2001
A1 Howburn to Houndwood dualling, Scotland	Approved	2001
A1 Berwick–Morpeth Dualling, Northumberland.   Petition	Needed	2000
A1 Gateshead Western bypass improvement, Tyne & Wear	Under review	July 1998
A1 Willowburn–Denwick, Northumberland	Approved	July 98
A1(M) Ferrybridge–Hook Moor improvement, N/W Yorks	Approved Work starts	July 98 2003
A1(M) J6–8 widening, Herts	Under review	July 98
A1(M) Redhouse–Ferrybridge improvement, N Yorks	Under review	July 98
A1(M) Stamford bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A1(M) Wetherby–Walshford improvement, N Yorks	Approved Work starts	July 98 2003
A1(M) J60..62 Crawler Lanes, Co Durham	Approved	Mar 2001
A1 Notts/Lincs/Cambs Replacement of 6 roundabouts between Peterborough & Blyth with flyovers or underpasses. £31M	Approved	Mar 2001
A10 Wadesmill bypass	Underway	Spring 2004
A10 Royston south-eastern bypass, Herts	Needed	2001
A10 Broxbourne to M25, graded junctions, Herts	Needed	2001
A11 Attleborough bypass, Norfolk	Under review	July 98
A11 Fiveways – Thetford improvement, Norfolk	Under review	July 98
A11 Roudham Heath – Attleborough, Norfolk	Underway	2001
A12 widening, Colchester to M25	Approved	2003-07
A12 Wrentham bypass, Suffolk	Cancelled	Nov 96
A12 Yoxford bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A13 Lakeside – M25 widening, Essex	Under review	July 98
A14 upgrade to motorway standard   (M1/M6 junction – M11 – Felixstowe link, Northants/Cambs/Suffolk)   This major freight route should have been built as a motorway in the first place!   Cambridge News campaign	Under review	July 98
A14 Rookery Crossroads, Suffolk	Approved	July 98
A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass. BBC	Approved	Apr 2005
A16 Market Deeping bypass, Cambs/Lincs	Approved	Nov 96
A16/A52 Boston bypass, Lincs   Boston Bypass Pressure Group	Needed	1990
A120 Stansted – Braintree improvement, Essex. A120 website. (See also our POLO proposal)	Open	2004-07-09
A120 Braintree – Marks Tey dualling, Essex. Braintree Times.	Cancelled	2009
A128 Chipping Ongar bypass, Essex	Needed	2002
A140 dualling, Suffolk, including numerous bypasses.   A140 Campaign • Long Stratton Bypass Petition	Locally funded. To be reviewed.	2007
A142 Fordham bypass, Cambridgeshire	Approved	Dec 1999
A143 Ellingham & Broome bypass, Norfolf	Approved	Dec 1999
A158 Improvements, Lincs   BBC — Partney Bypass Open	Approved	Dec 2000
A167 Chilton Bypass, Durham	Approved	Dec 2000
A184 Boldon Bypass, Tyneside	Proposed	Nov 2002
A1033 Hedon Road improvement, E Yorks	Underway	2002
A1073 Spalding to Eye improvements, Lincs/Cambs	Approved	Dec 2000
A1237 York Ring Road (North & West Section) Dualling   Anyone with any gumption would have built this as a dual carriageway in the first place.   York City Council try to get York City FC to pay for it!	Needed	2002
A2 prefix routes	Status	Date
A2 Bean–Tolgate improvement, Kent	Approved	July 98
A2 Lydden – Dover improvement, Kent	Under review	July 98
A2 Tolgate – Cobham improvement, Kent	Approved	July 98
A2/A282 Dartford improvement, Kent	Approved	July 98
A21 (M25 – Hastings) Trunk Route This should be treated as a single route which requires upgrading to dual carriageway along it's entire route, not piecemeal sections of dual carriageway with utterly inadequate narrow twisting single carriageway in between.
— A21 Tonbridge – Pembury dualling, Kent	Under review	July 98
— A21 Pembury – Lamberhurst dualling, Kent	Cancelled	1996
— A21 Lamberhurst bypass, Kent	Construction scheduled	2001
— A21 Lamberhurst – Hastings dualling, Kent/Sussex	Needed	2001
A23 Coulsdon inner relief road, Croydon, Surrey	Open	2008
A24 (M25 – Worthing) Trunk Route Upgrade all remaining single carriageway sections to dual carriageway. Another example of the government treating one route as lots of little bits.	Needed	2001
A27 South Coast (Southampton–Folkestone) Trunk Route, including:
— Arundel bypass, W.Sussex	Cancelled	2003-07
— Worthing & Lancing bypass, W.Sussex	Cancelled	2003-07
— Sotherham (Lewes) to Beddingham dualling, E.Sussex     Highways Agency	Downgraded to single carriageway	2004-03
— Selmeston bypass, E.Sussex	Cancelled	2003-07
— Wilmington bypass, E.Sussex	Cancelled	2003-07
— Polegate bypass, E.Sussex   Highways Agency Newsletter    Actually only half of it is Underway. John Prescott cancelled the western part that would have included the Wilmington bypass mentioned above. Who in their right mind would build half a bypass?	Underway	2000
— Pevensey–Bexhill improvement, East Sussex (replacing A259)	Under review	July 98
— Bexhill & Hastings bypass (to replace A259)     Urgently needed, existing mostly single carriageway urban road is totally inadequate, even for local traffic.     BBC News article on the cancellation	Cancelled	Jul 2001
— Guestling Thorn & Icklesham bypass (to replace A259)	Cancelled	Nov 96
— Winchelsea bypass, E.Sussex (to replace A259)	Cancelled	Nov 96
— Rye bypass, E.Sussex (to replace A259)	Cancelled	Nov 96
— New Romney bypass (to replace A259)	Cancelled	Nov 96
A205 Catford town centre improvement, London	Local?	July 98
A249 Iwade–Queenborough improvement, Kent	Approved	July 98
A3 prefix routes	Status	Date
A3 Hindhead improvement, Surrey, Hants; including a 1.7km tunnel.	Approved	Mar 2001
A30 Bodmin – Indian Queens (Goss Moor) dualling, Cornwall   Highways Agency   BBC News   Cornwall County Council PR	Public Enquiry	Jun 2003
A30 Blackwater – Carland Cross dualling, Cornwall	Needed	2001
A30/A303 Honiton – Marsh, and A35 Honiton eastern bypass, Devon	Under review	July 98
See also A303 below.
A30 West Coker bypass, Somerset  Cancelled by County Council in favour of traffic calming!	Cancelled	Jun 2004
A30/A37 Yeovil bypass, Somerset	Needed	2001
A31 Poole Link Road, Dorset	Local?	July 98
A34 Congleton bypass, Cheshire	Proposed	2002
A34 Trent Vale bypass, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs Using river valley to the west of Trent Vale	Needed	2002
A34 Talke bypass, Staffs Using route of dismantled railway from the A500 to the A5011 thence east to the A34.	Needed	2004
A34 Chieveley/M4 (J13) improvement, Berks	Approved	July 98
A35 Chideock – Morecombelake bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A36 Codford – Heytesbury improvement, Wilts	Local?	July 98
A36 Salisbury bypass	Cancelled	Oct 97
A37 Bristol – Yeovil improvements, Somerset	Needed	2001
A38/M1 junction Derbyshire. Underpass linking A38 North direct to M1 North.	Needed	1999
A38/A52 junction Derby. Flyover for A38.	Needed	1999
A38/A61 junction Derby. Improvements.	Needed	1999
A38 Derby ring road (NE), Derbys	Under review	July 98
A38 Dobwalls bypass, Cornwall	Approved	Mar 2001
A38 Saltash – Stoketon Cross improvement, Cornwall	Under review	July 98
A38 Selly Oak bypass, Birmingham	Approved	2006
A39 Walton & Ashcott bypass, Somerset    Walton Relief Road Action Group   Promised for over 40 years. Top of County Council list in 2001, but turned down by the Government Office for the South West.	Rejected	2001
A39 Barnstaple western bypass, Devon	Approved	Dec 2000
A39 Bideford–Bude improvements, Devon/Cornwall	Needed	2000
A39 Camelford bypass, Cornwall	Approved	Dec 2000
A303 (M3 to Exeter) Trunk Route Why do they have to waste time and money on reviews, when it is patently obvious to anyone that all the remaining non-dual carriageway sections of the A303 require upgrading? This route must be treated as one, not lots of little sections with inconsistent decisions.   Beware of the speed camera on a short uphill stretch with an overtaking lane!
— Stonehenge, Wiltshire   Highways Agency announcement	Approved	July 98
— Winterbourne Stoke bypass	Approved	Nov 96
— Wylye – Stockton Wood improvement, Wilts	Under review	July 98
— Chicklade Bottom – Mere improvement, Wilts	Under review	July 98
&mdash Sparkford – Marsh improvement, Somerset	Under review	July 98
A325 Wrecclesham bypass, Farnham, Surrey  Wrecclesham Bypass Action Group	Requested	2001
A350 Poole to M4 improvements, Wilts/Dorset including:	Needed	2001
A350 Semington – Melksham diversion, Wilts	Underway	2003/4
A354 Weymouth Relief Road, Dorset	Approved	Dec 2000
A356 Crewkerne & Misterton bypass, Dorset	Needed	2000
A358 Taunton (M5) to Ilminster (A303) dualling, Somerset. BBC	Proposed	2004
A377 Crediton bypass, Devon	Under review	2000
A380 Kingskerswell bypass (Missing link in the route to Torbay)	Cancelled	Nov 96
A4 prefix routes	Status	Date
A4 Henlys/Waggoners Corner improvement, Hounslow, west London	Cancelled	July 98
A40 Llandeilo bypass, Carmarthenshire. Press article	Delayed until	2008
A41 Aston Clinton bypass, Bucks    Highways Agency Newsletter	Underway	Due Aug 2003
A42 (M42 to M1) upgrade to Motorway	Needed	1995
The whole of this route should have been built as 3 lane motorway in the first place.
A43 Stamford – Oxford Trunk Route
— A43/A16 Stamford Relief Road, Lincs	Local?	July 98
— Geddington/Corby bypass, Northants	Approved	Dec 2002
— Moulton–Broughton improvement, Northants	Local?	July 98
A45 Weedon, Flore & Upper Heyford bypass, Northants	Local?	July 98
Locals have been campaigning for a bypass for 50 years! House of Lords Select Committee (Sections 1878+, 1916+) Contact: Paul Holdsworth, Flore Parish Council.
A45/A46 Tollbar End improvement, Warks	Under review	July 98
A46 Newark – Lincoln improvement. HA Press release	Open	July 2003
A46 Newark (Fosse Way) – A606 junction near Widmerpool improvement, Notts.   Highways Agency	Approved	Mar 2001
A46 flyover at M40 junction, Warks	Underway	2009
A46 between M69 and M5 — Upgrade to Motorway	Needed
A47 Birmingham – Great Yarmouth Trunk Route Another inconsistent mis-managed shambles with bits of dual carriageway having been added over decades, but many sections still single carriageway. It could be argued that the section from Birmingham to Leicester has been largely replaced by the M6/M69 but you have a problem when you get to Leicester — there is no bypass — you have to go through the city. The very fact that the Highways Agency have an anuual safety report on the A47 in East Anglia [pdf] is proof of their own failure.
— Earl Shilton bypass, Leicestershire.  Leics County Council info	Underway, but only single carriageway	2007
— Leicester southern bypass (M69–A47)   All eastbound traffic coming off the M69 is currently dumped into the city.	Needed	2006
— Thorney bypass, Cambs    Campaign page     Highways Agency Info     Still waiting after 65 years!	Approved	2002
— Tilney All Saints – King's Lynn dualling	Needed	2002
— Hardwick roundabout flyover, King's Lynn	Approved	2002
— King's Lynn – Swaffham dualling, inc Middleton & East Winch bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
— Swaffham – Dereham dualling, inc Little Fransham bypass, Norfolk	Cancelled	Nov 96
— Blofield – North Burlingham dualling, Norfolk   Highways Agency	Approved Work due	Aug 2002 2008
— Acle Straight dualling, Norfolk   Norwich Evening News	Cancelled	June 2006
A49 Hereford bypass	Cancelled	July 98
A49/A51 Calveley – Tiverton bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A404 improvements, Bucks/Berks (several roundabouts need upgrading to flyovers)	Needed	2000
A406 North Circular Road, London
— Bounds Green–Green Lanes improvement, Enfield, London	Local?	July 98
— Golders Green Road junction improvement, London	Local?	July 98
— A406/A1/A598 Regents Park Road junction improvement, Barnet, London	Local?	July 98
A415 dualling (A40–A34), Oxfordshire	Needed	2002
A415 Marcham bypass, Oxfordshire Estimated construction start 2004. (Ought to be part of larger scheme above)	Approved	2002
A419 Blunsdon bypass, Wiltshire   Highways Agency	Underway	2008/9
A420 Swindon–Oxford dualling, Oxfordshire	Needed	2002
A421 Great Barford bypass, Beds.	Open	2008
A426 Rugby Western bypass	Approved	Dec 2000
A428 Norse Road Link, Beds	Cancelled	July 98
A428 Caxton Common – Hardwick	Under review	July 98
A429 Barford bypass, Warks	Approved	Dec 2000
A435 Studley bypass, Warwickshire	Local?	July 98
A452 Brownhills Bypass, Walsall	Proposed	2006
A453 Bassett's Pole, Sutton Coldfield (A38) to Tamworth (A5) dualling, Staffs	Needed	2000
A453 Clifton Lane improvement, Notts. Highways Agency	Approved	Sept 2004
A453 Clifton–M1 improvement, Notts	Approved	Sept 2004
A456 Kidderminster, Blakedown & Hagley bypass, Worcs The A456 is the Primary trunk route heading WSW from West Midlands conurbation, presently a chaotic mix of dual and single carriageway including narrow sections through Blakedown. Road requires complete dualling from Bewdley to Stourbridge. The section south and east of Kidderminster will also serve as part of the A449 Worcester–Wolverhampton route.	Cancelled	Nov 1996
A487, A489 numerous improvements & bypasses, Wales   See National Assembly for Wales : Welsh North–South Transport Links Study	Proposed	Mar 2001
— A470/A44 bypass, Rhayader, Powys	Requested	May 2002
— A470/A481/A483 Builth Wells bypass (orbital road), Powys	Requested	May 2002
— A483/A489 Newtown bypass, Powys	Requested	May 2002
A483 Pant/Llanymynech bypass, Shropshire   Shropshire County Council Press Release	Approved	Aug 2001
A4146 Stoke Hammond and Linslade bypass, Bucks.  Bucks CC	Open	Sep 2007
B4009 Watlington bypass (single carriageway), Oxfordshire   Narrow village streets totally unsuitable for traffic travelling to and from M40 Junction 6	Needed	1999
A5 prefix routes	Status	Date
A5 Dunstable eastern bypass, Beds	Under review	July 98
A5 Towcester bypass, Northants	Needed	2000
A5 Weeford–Fazeley and A38 underpass improvement, Staffs	Open	2005
A51 Littleton bypass, Cheshire	Cancelled	Nov 96
A51 Rugeley bypass, Staffs.   Official Site	Underway Completion due	2005 2008
A52 Radcliffe-on-Trent bypass, Notts	Cancelled	Nov 96
A52 Grantham East–West bypass, Lincs	Requested	2000
A53 Hodnet bypass, Shropshire	Approved	Dec 1999
A57/A628 Tintwistle–Mottram–Hollingworth bypass, Derbys/Gtr Manchester  GlossopSpur	Approved	April 2003
A500 Basford/Hough/Shavington bypass, Cheshire	Approved Re-approved	July 98 Feb 2000
A500 City Rd & Stoke Rd junction improvements, Stoke on Trent	Approved	July 98
A505 Dunstable northern bypass (A5–M1)	Approved	2003-07
A505 Baldock bypass, Herts   Diary   Maps and Photos   Herts County Council	Underway	2005
A507 Ridgmont bypass and Woburn Link, Beds  Website	Approved	Dec 1999
A509 Isham bypass, Northants. For info contact: flagaction (a) aol.com	Requested	Feb 2003
A550 Deeside Park – A5117 improvement, Cheshire	Under review	July 98
A555 Manchester Airport West Link	Approved	July 2001
A555/A523 Poynton bypass, Cheshire	Approved	July 2001
A556(M) M6–M56 link   Main route into Manchester from south via M6 — should have been built years ago!	Approved then Unapproved, then some pityful token effort proposed.	2003
A564 Derby Southern bypass	Open	1998
A570 Southport–M58 dualling, including Ormskirk bypass, Lancashire	Local?	July 98
A590 Cumbria All non dual carriageway sections between the M6 and Barrow-in-Furness require upgrading. Including:
— High and Low Newton bypass  A590 NOW!     Message from Tim Collins, local MP	Underway	July 2006
— Ulverston–Dalton bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A595 Parton–Lillyhall improvement, Whitehaven, Cumbria	Approved	Mar 2001
A5117 M56–A550 improvement, Cheshire	Under review	July 98
A6 prefix routes	Status	Date
A6 Lancaster Western bypass   Originally proposed in 1949	Proposed	2000
A6 Broughton bypass, Lancs	Proposed	2000
A6 Stockport / Hazel Grove bypass, Gtr Manchester	Approved	July 2001
A6 Alvaston bypass	Open	Dec 2003
A6 Bedford Western bypass A428 – A421 Link	Approved Re-approved	Nov 1996 Dec 1999
A6 Disley & High Lane bypass, Cheshire/Gtr Manchester	Cancelled	Nov 96
A6 Great Glenn bypass, Leics	Approved	July 98
A6 Kegworth bypass, Leics (To be included in M1 widening scheme)	Requested Proposed	1998 2004
A6 Kibworth bypass, Leics	Cancelled	Nov 96
A6 Rothwell–Desborough bypass, Northants	Open	2004
A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers bypass, Northants	Open	2004
A63 Castle Street improvement, Hull	Under review	July 98
A63 Melton grade seperated junction, E.Yorks	Approved	2002
A63 Selby bypass, N.Yorks    Highways Agency News	Open	11 June 2004
A64 York–Scarborough dualling	Needed	2005
A65 Coniston Cold bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A65 Gargrave bypass, N.Yorks	Local?	July 98
A65 Hellifield and Long Preston bypass, N.Yorks	Local?	July 98
A66 Stainburn and Great Clifton bypass, Cumbria   HA Newsletter	Underway	2002
A66 Penrith to Scotch Corner dualling Including: Kirkby Thore bypass  Kirkby Thore Traffic Steering Group	Approved Completion	Aug 2002 2011
A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass, Mid Lothian Unfortunately this is only being built as a single carriageway.	Underway	2006
A69 Haydon Bridge bypass, Northumberland   Bypass Campaign: Telephone Eileen Charlton (01434) 684505, or Mike Jeffs	Requested	2000
A69 Warwick Bridge bypass, Cumbria	Cancelled	Nov 96
A607 Rearsby bypass, Leics	Approved	Dec 2000
A614 Middleton-on-the-Wolds bypass, East Yorks   Single carriageway bypass needed around village with narrow streets.	Proposed	1998
A619 Chesterfield to M1 junction 30, Derbyshire   A new dual carriageway to bypass communities along the existing A619.   An appalling road barely worthy of B-road status.	Needed	2006
A628 Dodworth bypass, Barnsley	Open, but a pretty dismal effort with excessive silly little roundabouts and a 40mph speed limit.	2006
A629 Skipton–Kildwick improvement, N.Yorkshire	Cancelled	July 98
A631 West Bawtry Road Improvement, Rotherham	Approved	Dec 2000
A650 Bingley Relief Road, W.Yorks	Underway	2001
A650 Hard Ings Road improvement, Yorks	Cancelled	July 98
A650 Shipley Eastern bypass	Cancelled	Nov 96
A685 Kirkby Stephen bypass	Needed	1999
A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Link, Durham	Approved	Dec 2000
A689 Sedgefield to Wynard Improvements, Durham	Approved	Dec 2000
A7, A8, A9 prefix routes (Scotland)	Status	Date
For A1/A6 prefix routes in Scotland see A1 prefix routes / A6 prefix routes
A71 Kilmarnock to Darvel dualling, East Ayrshire Including bypasses for Hurlford, Galston, Newmilns, Greenholm, Darvel.	Needed	1999
A75 various improvements & overtaking schemes	Underway	2007
A77 Ayr bypass — dualling	Needed	2005
A77 Maybole bypass	Needed	2005
A77 Turnberry climbing lane	Approved	2001
A77 Girvan bypass	Needed	2005
A78 Ardossan, Saltcoats & Stevenston bypass	Open	2005
A701 Bilston bypass, Mid Lothian	Proposed	2003
A737 dualling, Howwood to A78 south west of Kilwinning, including Dalry bypass	Needed	1999
A8 M8J6–M8J8 Upgrading to Motorway and addition of third lane	Approved. Due	2010
A82 Pulpit Rock — improvement and removal of traffic lights. BBC	Approved	2006
A82 Crianlarich bypass. BBC	Approved	2006
A83 Inveraray bypass, Argyll   Single carriageway bypass to take through traffic (esp HGVs) away from tourist centre.   Would also bypass a single track bridge controlled by traffic lights.	Proposed	1990
A85/A816 Oban Development Road, Argyll. Argyll & Bute council	Proposed	2006
A830 Arisaig to Kinsadel (Morar), Highland. Improvements	Approved	2001
A8000 from M8/M9 to the Forth Bridge — dualling Previously cancelled by Labour in 1997	Completed	2007
A9 Perth–Inverness dualling At present this 100 mile primary north-south route consists of a few sections of dual carriageway linked by many sections of single carriageway. A consistent approach is needed. In places a corridor has been cleared to allow for widening but no construction work is planned. Mile-long queues can build up behind lorries and other slow moving vehicles.   BBC — Businesses voice road frustration   The Scotsman — A9   ABD PR 558 — We'll Take The High Road	Needed	2005
A9 North Kessock, Graded junction	Approved	2001
A90 Aberdeen bypass ('Western Peripheral Road')   Official Site   BBC — Deal reached on route	Proposed Completion due	2005 2011
A90 Inchmicheal, Graded junction	Open	2005
A90 Inchture, Perth & Kinross. Graded junction	Open	2005
A90 Glamis, Angus. Graded junction	Approved	2001
A90 Glendoick. Graded junction	Approved	2001
A90 Kinfauns. Graded junction	Approved	2001
A90 Kirriemuir, Angus. Graded junction	Approved	2001
A92 Arbroath–Dundee dualling, Angus.  Angus Council	Underway	Due 2006
A95 Gaich – Craggan, Re-alignment	Approved	2001
A96 Keith bypass, Grampian	Cancelled	May 97
A96 Elgin bypass, Grampian	?	?
A96 Fochabers and Mosstodloch Bypass, Moray	Approved	2001
A96 Newtongarry, Grampian. Realignment & climbing lane	Approved	2001
A96 Coachford. Realignment & climbing lane	Approved	2001
A96 Nairn bypass, Highland	?	?
Scottish Executive Press Release on roads 27th March 2001
Motorways	Status	Date
M1 J6A–10 widening, Herts	Underway	2008
M1 J10–14 widening in Beds and Bucks	Cancelled	July 98
M1 J21A–23A widening in Leics and Derbys	Under review	July 98
M1 J23A–25 widening, Notts, Derbys and Leics	Under review	July 98
M1 J25–28 improvements in Notts and Derbys	Under review	July 98
M1 J31–32 widening at Rotherham, South Yorks	Under review	July 98
M1 J40A – M62 J27B new 3 mile link road to reduce congestion at M1/M62 junction and save 7 mile journey.	Needed	2004
M4 Newport Southern Relief Road   BBC	Proposed	Dec 2004
M4 J4B–8/9 widening in Bucks and Berks	Under review	July 98
M5 J17–21 widening in Gloucs and Somerset	Cancelled	July 98
M6 J0 / M1 J19 / A14 junction improvements, Leics This junction of three major routes is a joke, and was obviously done on the cheap. It consists of two tiny roundabouts joined by a three lane road under the M1 that used to be a B road. A full interchange is required. Read the government study. We'd sum it up as "Why didn't you do the job properly is the first place?"	Needed	2001
M6 Toll (formerly 'Birmingham Northern Relief Road')  Official Site	Open	Dec 2003
M6 J11A–19 widening, Staffs/Cheshire	Under review	July 98
Preliminary bridge work already carried out. Now they're reviewing it !
M6 extension to connect with A74(M) 'cumberland gap', Cumbria.	Open	2008
M11 J4 improvements, London	Needed	2001
M11 J5 north facing slip road improvement, Essex	Cancelled	July 98
M11 J8–9 widening Should have been built with three lanes in the first place!	Cancelled	July 98
M11 J14 improvement, Cambs	Under review	July 98
M11 extension north to Humber Bridge	Needed
M23 J8–9 widening, Surrey	Cancelled	July 98
M25 J2 (A2) — upgrade existing roundabout to full interchange	Needed	2000
M25 J12–15 (M3–M4) widening  Highways Agency info	Approved	July 98
M25 J15–16 (M4–M40) widening to 5 lanes	Cancelled	July 98
M25 J16–19 widening, Herts and Bucks	Cancelled	July 98
M40 J4 improvements, Bucks The M40 needs widening to three lanes beneath Junction 4, and a full interchange with the A404 south is required.	Needed	2000
M40 southbound from J6, add Crawler lane where road climbs over Chilterns What fool decided to build one of the steepest inclines on any motorway without a crawler lane?	Needed	2000
M40 J9 improvements, Oxfordshire Link road between M40 southbound and A34 southbound, or A34 flyover, to stop traffic queuing back onto M40.	Needed	2000
M42 J3A–7 widening, W.Mids	Under review	July 98
M54 extensions east to M6 northbound and M6 Toll, Staffs. Highways Agency PR	Approved	May 2006
M60 J5–8 widening (formerly M63 J6–9), Manchester	Approved	July 98
M62 East – M606 link road, West Yorkshire	Under review	July 98
M62 J6 (M57) improvement, Merseyside	Approved	Mar 2001
M62 J12–18 improvement, Gtr Manchester	Underway	2002
M74 extension westwards to M8 near Kingston Bridge.  Official Site   Completion due 2008. The slip roads for this route were built 35 years ago!	Approved	Jan 2001
M77 extension south-west to Fenwick	Open	2005
M80 — connect M80 Jn 3 to Jn 4, and link in the M73	Needed	1999
M876 extension across River Forth to bypass Kincardine Construction of new bridge began June 2006 BBC. Due to open 2008. Kincardine southern bypass open.	Underway	2008
Un-numbered routes	Status	Date
Ambleside bypass, Cumbria    Ambleside Relief Road Campaign	Requested	?
Bristol & Bath southern motorway – M5–M4 link	Needed
Malvern – M5 link road, Worcs	Requested	2002
Poole Harbour crossing, Dorset	Local?	July 98
West Midlands conurbation — Western Orbital Route (Mway)	Cancelled	Nov 96
Wrexham Industrial Estate Link Road.   PR By area this is one of the largest industrial estates in Europe, yet the access roads are little more than country lanes making it impossible for lorries to pass one another.	Start postponed to 2009	2004
Proposed Outer London Orbital (Mway)	Needed	May 2001
Northern Ireland	Status	Date
A1 dualling north of Newry	Proposed	2002
A2/A37 Limavady bypass (single). Roads Service page	Part Open	2003
A29 Cookstown (on the Coleraine – Dungannon route)	Proposed	2002
A4 Augher and Clogher (on the Belfast – Enniskillen route)	Proposed	2002
A5 Newtownstewart bypass (single). Roads Service page	Underway	2002
A5 Omagh bypass	Proposed	2002
A5 Strabane bypass (single). Roads Service page	Underway	2003
A6/M22 Toome bypass (dual).	Underway	2004
A6 Dungiven bypass	Proposed	2002
A8 dualling north of Belfast part of the way to Larne	Underway	2004
M1 widening Black's Road to Stockman's Lane. Roads Service page	Planned	2003

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