Council awards £70m contract for final phase of Worcester link road

Worcestershire County Council has signed a design and build contract to deliver the fourth and final phase of the A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road.

Alun Griffiths has been working on Phase 4 under an early contractor involvement contract, Construction Enquirer reported.

The project will see the existing A4440 between Ketch and Powick roundabouts dualled, including Carrington Bridge over the Severn, a notorious bottleneck.

A new bridge will be constructed with a 1.5 metre gap from the existing bridge which would continue to be used for traffic in both directions until its counterpart was complete.

The proposed 200m long bridge will have just three spans rather than six built before to minimise construction works within the floodplain and adjacent to the River Severn.

The three-span arrangement requires a more substantial superstructure to achieve the longer spans but also reduces construction time by seven weeks.

A new steel single span cycle and pedestrian bridge is planned over Hams Way (A4440) to the west of Powick roundabout. To achieve the required 5.7m clearance above the A4440, 125m long approach ramps are being proposed at both ends.

Main construction works on the design and build contract are expected to start in March 2019 and take two years to complete.

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