November 2023
Full Business Case for A382 upgrade gets approval for submission
Councillors have approved the submission of the Full Business Case for improvements to the A382 near Newton Abbot.
Devon County Council’s Cabinet has endorsed moving ahead with the next stage of the £56 million scheme and the Full Business Case is now expected to be submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) by the end of the year.
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January 2023
Ambitious project to make A382 link road the UK’s first carbon negative highway
Innovative proposals for the A382 link road development near Newton Abbot to become the UK’s first “carbon negative” highway have received Government support.
The Live Labs 2 programme, funded by the DfT (Department for Transport) and organised by ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport), has announced that we have been successful in our £3.7 million bid for the project to decarbonise the construction and maintenance of the road.
Find out more about the programme on the Devon County Council website.