The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Funding for new road projects in Peterborough is approved
Four schemes across the city could get the go-ahead
A range of major road projects across the city have moved a step closer after the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority approved £600,000 to develop the plans.
The mayoral body’s transport and infrastructure committee granted the funding to develop business cases for four infrastructure projects.
Peterborough City Council leader Cllr John Holdich called it a “great day” for the city, saying he was confident the plans would “stack up”.
Two specific proposals have now been narrowed down for either end of the Nene Parkway, one of which was for upgrades to the roundabout at Junction 15 on the A47 (Soke Parkway).
Cllr Holdich, a member of the committee, welcomed the decisions saying the roundabout “has been a hold-up getting into Peterborough to work and for emergency services for a long while”.
Plans for developments at the other end of the parkway will also progress to the outline business case stage. In total, £130,000 was approved to develop the plans for upgrades between Junction 32 of the Nene Parkway (Oundle Road) and Junction 3 of the Fletton Parkway (where the two parkways meet).
A further £200,000 was approved for a strategic outline business case to assess the options for infrastructure developments around the planned University of Peterborough, particularly the Frank Perkins Parkway.
And £130,000 was approved to develop a strategic outline business case to look at options to improve infrastructure to, as Cllr Holdich put it, “unlock” the proposed 2,000 home Norwood development.
The combined authority report said the infrastructure projects will look to dual a section of the A16 and improve the roundabout with the A47.
Cllr Holdich said of the approved funding to develop the four plans: “It’s a great day. There’s not only safety issues here being dealt with, but there are issues where we can unlock considerable pieces of land for employment and housing.” The full list of proposals for the Nene Parkway can be found at: https://www. peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ news/politics/council.