Council award £16m deal for next part of road scheme

CONTRACT FOR NEXT PHASE OF A386 PLAN

- By ALISON STEPHENSON Local Democracy Reporter

A £16 million contract has been awarded for the next phase of the Woolwell to The George transport scheme in Plymouth which is expected to start in January.

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd has secured the contract from Plymouth City Council after completing phase one in November.

The works, which will take approximately 18 months, involve road widening on the main A386 Tavis-tock Road to provide two lanes in each direction, replace the Woolwell Roundabout with a signalised junction, provision of new and improvement of existing pedestrian crossings, drainage works and carriageway reconstruction and surfacing.