Public consultation is soon to start on four options for improvements to Deep Lane junction on the A38 by Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and the Highways Agency.

Improvements at the junction will form a part of the Plymouth Eastern Corridor improvements which also aim to provide a high quality public transport link between Langage, Sherford and Plymouth city centre. These improvements are needed to accommodate growth in travel demand associated with further developments at Langage business Park and the New Community at Sherford.

Plymouth City Council is in the process of preparing a Major Scheme Bid to the Department for Transport to provide funding for the transport improvements. Public consultations are an important element of the process undertaken to prepare a Major Scheme Bid and in the summer of 2008, Plymouth City Council arranged a consultation on the whole of the Eastern Corridor scheme.

For more information on this visit http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/ecmsphase1publicconsultation

This consultation included a possible arrangement for Deep Lane. Since then, further traffic assessment and design work has been undertaken on the potential junction layout. Further options have come forward and are the subject of this consultation.

For details of the junction options included in the consultation please view the brochure below:

• Download the brochure. (692KB - pdf help)

The consultation ran from November 16 to December 11 2009. During this period, a series of consultation events took place to provide an opportunity to ask questions of officers from Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and the Highways Agency.

The dates for the consultation events were:

• Monday November 23^rd - Ivybridge Watermark Centre (12.30pm-6.30pm)
• Tuesday November 24^th - Langage Energy Park (Eastern Wood Road (12pm-6pm)
• Thursday November 26^th  - Chaddlewood Farm Community Centre (12:30pm-6.30pm)
• Friday November 27^th  - Elburton Village Hall (12:30pm-6.30pm)

Thank you for your views on the four options included in the consultation. This consultation has now closed.

The results of the consultation are now available to view online (953KB - pdf help). The results will be used to inform more detailed design of the potential junction improvements.

For more information please view the information below:

• Poster download (109KB - pdf help)
• Plymouth City Council website