Morgan Sindall begins work today on National Highways’ £37M replacement of the concrete surface on the A12 in Essex.
The project involves removing, reconstructing and replacing a stretch of the A12 between Marks Tey (junction 25) and Stanway (junction 26).
According to National Highways, decades of use and hundreds of millions of journeys have left the road in need of vital upgrades, which will improve safety, create a smoother road surface and reduce noise for drivers who travel on this section every day.
The scheme will see the complete removal of the concrete road surface and some of the foundations, before the road is rebuilt with recycled material and a new asphalt road surface. It’s expected the scheme will be complete in early 2024.
As well as resurfacing the road, the project will also see replacement kerbs installed, the drainage system refurbished, safety barriers replaced, new road markings and new reflective road studs.
National Highways programme delivery manager Karl Brooks said: “The A12 is one of the region’s most important road helping to connect London with Suffolk, a vital route every day for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, and the movement of goods and services.
“The road is now in desperate need of upgrades. Once complete, 80,000 drivers who travel on this carriageway every day will benefit from improved safety, a smoother road surface and reduced noise.”
This £37M project follows several concrete road schemes undertaken on the A12 in the previous two years.
In late 2020, National Highways made repairs to the road surface between Colemans Interchange (junction 22) and Kelvedon (junction 24), as well as resurfacing the southbound carriageway between Spring Lane Interchange (junction 27) and Eight Ash Green (junction 26) in early 2021.
In late 2021, a further concrete road project saw repairs made to the A12 surface between Webbs Farm (junction 15) and the Boreham Interchange (junction 19).
Later this year National Highways will begin a project to reconstruct the concrete carriageway on the A12 between junction 13 (Trueloves Interchange) and junction 15 (Webbs Farms Interchange).
As a part of its Road Investment Strategy, National Highways is spending £400M in the next three years to improve the quality of existing concrete roads across the country.
Concrete roads make up almost 645km (4%) of England’s motorway and major A-road network. Around half of the old-style concrete roads in the East will either have repairs or be replaced as part of the strategy, including stretches on the A11, A14, A12, A120 and M11.
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