A JUNCTION planned for an accident blackspot at Wittering Village near Peterborough has been shelved.
The flyover was to be built on the A1 to provide easier access into Wittering Village for motorists and other road users.
Currently, access to the village from the A1 is provided by a junction which requires traffic to turn across the northbound c
arriageway of the busy road, which sees more than 48,000 vehicles travelling on it every day.
There is no right turn available from Wittering onto the A1 southbound, and traffic is forced to divert north to the Carpenter's Lodge junction south of Stamford.
In 2002 the Government labled the turning as a priority site, and the Highway's Agency announced in 2004 that it was planning to close the central reservation gap.
The announcement was part of a scheme along the length of the trunk road to improve access to villages.
A number of proposed designs for the new junction were put forward, including a multi-level "flyover" junction linking the A1 to Burghley Avenue. When the plans were shown at a public display in 2005 it met with broad support.
However, now the Highways Agency has decided to scrap the scheme after research suggested the junction would not provide value for money.
In a statement a spokesman for the agency said: "The Highways Agency's appraisals suggest that, when compared with other schemes, the Wittering grade-separated junction scheme represents relatively poor value for money.
"As a result, the agency is unable to secure funding to take the scheme forward for the foreseeable future."
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