The A382 is a strategically important link to Newton Abbot. The latest improvements will improve safety, help to ease congestion and provide better active travel links by upgrading and re-aligning the road between Forches Cross and Stover (Ice House Copse), and also developing the Jetty Marsh Link Road to connect West Gold’s Way to the A382.
It will upgrade the road by including:
- road widening and realignment between Stover (Ice House Copse) and Forches Cross
- new roundabouts at Whitehills Cross and Forches Cross
- a new link road at Jetty Marsh to connect West Gold’s Way to the A382
- extending the shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians
- developing a dedicated right turn at Stover School.
The project will also unlock the development of housing and employment land allocated nearby in the Teignbridge Local Plan.
This will build on the previous improvements to the A382 and the first phase of the link road connecting the A382 to the A383 at Houghton Barton.
Project phases
The initial phase of the scheme from Forches Cross to Whitehill Cross was completed in May 2021.
The remaining elements of the scheme will widen the A382 between Stover (Ice House Copse) and Forches Cross to increase capacity, ease congestion and improve safety. A pedestrian and cycle route will link to Stover School and the A382/A383 Link Road and a new roundabout will be developed north of Forches Cross.
The Jetty Marsh II Link Road connection will provide a new road between Whitehill Cross and West Golds Way, and a shared pedestrian and cycle path will ensure that pedestrians and cyclists will also enjoy better journeys.
A revised full business case was submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) in March 2025 and they approved funding in July 2025 which should allow construction to start in autumn 2025.
Full Business Case documents:
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- Commercial Dimension : A382 MRN FBC 2025 Commercial Dimension.pdf
- Economic Dimension: A382 MRN FBC 2025 Economic Dimension.pdf
- Executive Summary and Introduction: A382 MRN FBC 2025 Executive Summary and Introduction.pdf
- Financial Dimension: A382 MRN FBC 2025 Financial Dimension.pdf
- Management Dimension : A382 MRN FBC 2025 Management Dimension.pdf
- Strategic Dimension: A382 MRN FBC 2025 Strategic Dimension.pdf
A low carbon construction site
Our site offices and vehicles will be as low carbon as possible, from solar generators, to the use of a sustainable biofuel called HVO (Hydrotreated vegetable oil) as an alternative fuel.
By keeping more than 2,000 trees growing in the temporary nursery, they will have absorbed about 50 tonnes of Carbon by the time they are replanted. There are also further carbon savings from not having to transport new trees to site from elsewhere.
Where trees were felled in 2024, not only have some been used to produce Biochar, others are being re-used to make marker boards to mark out the new earthworks slopes and to make fencing materials.
Despite needing to move 140,000 tonnes of material during the work, no material will be taken away from site, a significant benefit in terms of removing vehicle movements and their associated carbon.