The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent Order 2024

A66 all-purpose dual carriageway

88.  A 6.2 km length of new road to be constructed and classified (as identified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) below) as part of the A66 trunk road all-purpose dual carriageway (such length also including existing highway to be improved, as identified in sub-paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) below)—

(a) commencing from a point 675 metres to the west of the existing junction of the A66 with access to Browson Bank, and following the existing A66 alignment for a distance of 675 metres in a generally easterly direction;

(b) then departing from the existing alignment of the A66, to run generally parallel with the north side of the existing A66 for a distance of 1.4 km in a generally easterly direction;

(c) continuing in a generally north-easterly direction, passing under the C12 Collier Lane via a new underbridge 50 metres to the north of the existing junction of the A66 with Collier Lane, then continuing in an easterly direction, to a point 250 metres to the north of the existing A66, at Fox Grove, before curving back in a south-easterly direction;

(d) continuing in a south-easterly direction through the new Mains Gill Junction, then crossing the existing Moor Lane road at a point 135 metres to the north of the existing junction of the A66 with Moor Lane, and then continuing in a south-easterly direction to cross the existing A66 at a point 328 metres to the east of Mainsgill Bridge;

(e) then continuing in an easterly-direction and re-joining the existing alignment of the A66, at a point 287 metres to the west of the existing junction of the A66 with the C108 Warrener Lane;

(f) continuing on the existing alignment of the A66 in an easterly direction for a distance of 1.1 km, to a point 775 metres to the east of the existing junction of the A66 with the C108 Warrener Lane,

identified by a red line on the classification of roads plan for scheme 09.