Plans for ‘long overdue’ relief road between Peterborough and Whittlesey to be drawn up

Whittlesey Town Council has pledged to fund a new report which it believes will be the first step in securing funding for a relief road between the Station Road Industrial Estate and Cardea in Peterborough.

This would help alleviate traffic congestion at the A605 which is expected to increase once the bridge over the King’s Dyke railway track is complete next year.

Cllr David Mason, leader of the town council, said it is hoped a new inception report will “establish a strong business case to enable effective lobbying of central government for funding of a relief road,” although he acknowledged “the process is a long one and no immediate action can be expected for quite some time”.

He told the Peterborough Telegraph: “An inception report is the first step on a long process to establishing a business case for a much needed relief road south of Whittlesey which effectively will run from Cardea to access the Station Road Industrial Estate in Whittlesey.

“This will alleviate the heavy goods traffic that at present has no option but to use the A605 and then pass down Cemetery Road and Inhams Road before accessing Station Road itself to the industrial estate.

“Further delays of traffic frequently occur in Station Road with southbound traffic being held up by the closure of the railway crossing in Station Road.

“This initiative is long overdue, and with the anticipated completion of the bridge over the King’s Dyke railway crossing in 2022 the traffic is then expected to pass along the A605 in increased continual numbers.

“At present the railway crossing does at least have the function for road users of breaking up the traffic by the frequent lowering of the crossing barriers.”

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