Warwick junction upgrade in the UK

The A46 Stoneleigh Junction in the UK is to benefit from a major upgrade.
By MJ Woof December 7, 2020 Read time: 2 mins
A new junction will be built on the A46 in the UK, helping cut congestion
Warwickshire County Council and key strategic partners Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council have announced the start of

A major upgrade project is planned for the A46 Stoneleigh Junction in the UK. The £38 million contract has been awarded to Colas-SIAC. The scheme will be funded by Warwickshire County Council, The Department for Transport, the West Midlands Combined Authority with developer contributions from the University of Warwick and Whitley South Works through the Coventry & Warwickshire Development Partnership.

The works between Kenilworth and Coventry will include a new bridge across the A46, and realigned slip roads forming the basis of a new signalised gyratory system. The aim of the scheme is to reduce the regular delays and queueing traffic, improve road safety for all users and ensure the junction has the capacity that will be required in the future.

The A46 and nearby roads suffer from congestion and the existing junction can no longer cope with the levels of traffic, while future development will only make this worse.

Main works will commence in November 2020 with the construction of the site offices and works compound, and are programmed to be complete in Summer 2022. Preliminary works have been undertaken over the last few months. The project will be delivered in four phases, with each phase having been designed to minimise traffic management time on the road network and impact on road users. One of these phases will see the bridge deck lifted in via an SPMT arrangement, again to minimise impact on road users.
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