Highways compound to deliver quicker response for A50 and A38 issues set to create 50 jobs

A NATIONAL Highways compound off a major Derbyshire roundabout has been approved as part of plans to deliver quicker responses to issues on the A38 and A50.

- By EDDIE BISKNELL Local democracy reporter

The facility, approved by South Derbyshire District Council, would be built off Etwall Road, adjacent to the Willington service station and the A38/A50 Toyota Roundabout

Documents provided by National Highways show its new operational compound is intended to provide easy access for quick responses to issues on the A38 and A50 nearby, including with “winter road treatments” such as gritting.

The site would include offices, a garage, a large salt container spanning 30 metres wide and 15 metres tall, vehicle wash and fuel storage operating 24/7.

A total of 50 staff are to be employed at the facility, the organisation says, with six gritters to be stationed at the site, with 30 overall parking spaces.