First phase of improvements between M40 Junction 12 and Jaguar Land Rover

Warwickshire County Council is pleased to announce that construction of the first phase of improvements between M40 Junction 12 and Jaguar Land Rover has started.

The aim of the whole project is to improve safety on the M40 and surrounding roads and unlock further economic growth in the area. This first £10.1 million phase comprises construction of a new dual carriageway to replace the B4100 and B4451 link from the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon Warwickshire to the M40 at Junction 12. New signalised junctions will be constructed to provide safe junctions with the existing roads and the new Heritage Motor Centre/ Jaguar Land Rover access.

The £10.1 million scheme is funded equally between the Warwickshire County Council, DfT Pinch point fund and the Regional Growth Fund via the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP). It is the first phase of a number of improvements in the area which, when complete, will reduce congestion, improve safety and unlock a number of proposed major new development sites at Gaydon and the immediate area.

The construction contract has been awarded to Geoffrey Osborne Ltd and work started on Monday 8th December and will take 13 months to complete.

Cllr Peter Butlin, portfolio holder for transport and planning at Warwickshire County Council, said: “This scheme has been recognised for some time as important and I am delighted that work is about to start. The project will provide vital safety improvements on the motorway and surrounding roads and that is essential as the situation needs to be addressed to keep road users safe.  We recognise that the road, as it is currently, is dangerous for road users.

“But as well as protecting drivers and road users, the work will enable more road users to travel safely and with less delay and make the area a greater proposition  is of regional importance because of the economic benefits it will bring.”

 Cllr June Tandy, Warwickshire County Council’s representative for transport on the board of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “The improvements to this junction are critical to the economic development of the county and will greatly improve access for workers at the Jaguar Land Rover site and other proposed development sites in the area.  We need to make sure that the area is easily and safely accessible by road; these works will do much to achieve that.”