Carrington Relief Road
Key Milestones
Winter 2022 | Formal public consultation
Spring/Summer 2023 | Submission of a planning application
Spring 2024 | Full business case
Winter 2024 |Start of work on site (subject to securing planning permission)
Spring 2027 | Completion of construction
Funding
To date £24.7m has been secured for the project, the current estimate completion cost is £56.3m.
Additional Levy funding will come from employment and residential developments within Trafford, but it's all estimates; both in terms of the project cost and how much funding can be secured.
Risks
Major risk identified for the project
Funding Gap
Failure to get planning permission
Contamination on site
Land Acquisition
Compulsory Purchase Orders
The council doesn't own all the land, they will work with developers to purchase it. Where they can't Compulsory Purchase Orders would be needed
TMBC strategic objectives for the scheme will include:
Providing sufficient capacity within the transport network
Improving journey times and journey time reliability
Providing an alternative route for traffic using the A6144
Creating the ability to introduce speed and safety measures and to encourage active travel, especially through Carrington Village
Providing improved infrastructure and environmental enhancements which encourage active travel
Improving connectivity to the outlying district of Partington
(extracts from Exec Report 1.8)
Propose active travel route in red | Walking and cycling route in green
Proposed Junction design on Isherwood Road
Proposed route onto the Carrington Spur Road
Pg 12 Design Parameters - defines the standards by which a prospective relief road will need to be built.
Carrington Relief Road would be designed as an urban primary distributor road. Speed limits would be determined by considering key factors such as road environment and existing traffic speeds, accident record, road geometry, road function and environment. This will be considered during the outline design and therefore doesn’t impact the options appraisal. [But expected to be 40MPH]
Pg 13 Non-motorised Users
Having to design in walking, cycling and horse-riding.
Displayed is a typical road design for mixed use, which the a model that may be used.
Please see Peak and Northern footpath society report for alternative routes, to avoid a vehicle and Active travels being mixed.
The proposed speed limit is 40MPH. With experience of existing traffic through the village, this limit will constantly be breached.
Ideally Active travellers should not be in proximity with Traffic.
