Dorset plans new A30 safety measures after recent fatalities
Dorset Council has announced that appropriate action is ti be taken by the end of this summer to improve safety on the A30 near Sherborne. This is in response to a Coroner’s report and a number of serious and fatal road traffic collisions at Loscombe Crossroads. The measures, to be introduced by the council, follow a report […]
National Highways making local connections as part of A30 Cornwall upgrade
National Highways is working towards opening the Trevalso underpass in early summer, further improving local connectivity as part of the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross dualling scheme. Since opening the new dual carriageway last June, National Highways and principal contractors Costain have been continuing ancillary work through the winter and spring, including local road connections, […]
Long-awaited A30 to St Austell link road becomes a reality
A new road linking St Austell, Cornwall, to the A30, taking heavy traffic away from clay country communities and supporting employment, housing and regeneration in the area, is now open. The 3.9-mile single carriageway road, with new junctions to provide local access, connects the A391 at Singlerose Roundabout in Stenalees with the A30 at Victoria. […]
National Highways opens up new road in Cornwall as part of major dualling scheme
A section of the old A30 in Cornwall has this week reopened as the new B3288, providing improved connectivity for local communities. Since opening the new dual carriageway last June as part of the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross road upgrade, National Highways and principal contractors Costain have been continuing ancillary work, such as local […]
Cornwall: £330m A30 upgrade nearing an end
Progress continues on the local road connections alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall which will see the £330m scheme finally completed. The newly dualled 14km stretch of the A30 between Chiverton and Carland Cross opened last June and now National Highways, in collaboration with principal contractors Costain, is carrying out essential ancillary works, […]
Tarmac and National Highways trial noise reduction concrete on A30
A section of the A30 in Cornwall has become one of the first in the UK to trial a new technique to make travelling on concrete roads quieter for drivers. In a National Highways trial, the specialist technique has been used by Tarmac, Wirtgen and Atmo Technology and has successfully reduced noise by up to […]
Road worker dies after multi-vehicle crash on A30
A road maintenance worker has died after a multi-vehicle crash on the A30 in Cornwall. Police said the man in his 50s was from one of two highways maintenance vehicles involved in a crash with a heavy goods vehicle on the west-bound carriageway near Launceston at about 07:30 GMT on Sunday. The HGV driver, a 51-year-old man, […]
Cornwall’s A30 road upgrade homes in to provide perfect bat habitat
Bats have been found making themselves at home and settling nicely into a specially built house alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall. As part of National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade, and among a number of environmental mitigation measures, the bespoke bat house was constructed close to the new dual carriageway […]
Cornish Councillor criticises “cut price” solution at A30 junction
A Liberal Democrat councillor in Cornwall has criticised plans to improve the safety of one of Cornwall’s most dangerous junctions as “cut-price”. The BBC reports National Highways has proposed a range of measures for the Plusha junction, which features a left turn onto the westbound carriageway with a very short slip road, but that councillor […]
New Cornish dual carriageway open for traffic
Costain has successfully delivered a critical piece of south-west infrastructure with a new stretch of A30 dual carriageway between Chiverton and Carland Cross in Cornwall. The National Highways scheme opened for traffic on 24 June 2024 after a four-year upgrade to this critical south-west highway. The widening of the nine-mile stretch of road has already […]