Project progress

Over the coming weeks there are several traffic management schemes to continue with work. These are detailed individually below: Overnight road closures: North Aller roundabout – Landkey roundabout Overnight closures from 8pm-6am will be in place between North Aller roundabout … Continue reading →

Despite the unfavourable weather during the first half of 2024, the project has made good progress in all sections over recent months, with a number of key project milestones being met. With the weather improving, work will continue apace during … Continue reading →

Work on the A361 North Devon Link Road upgrade is accelerating as the project nears its final stages. With the scheme due to be completed in the summer, a big push is being made to complete one of the key … Continue reading →

The North Devon Link Road will be partially closed for a month from Wednesday 11 October to allow essential maintenance work to go ahead. As part of our ongoing scheme to upgrade the A361, contractor Griffiths needs to excavate the … Continue reading →

The project includes various lengths of widening from two lanes to three lanes, providing overtaking opportunities, improved journey times and network resilience. Junction improvements at Landkey Junction, West Buckland Junction, Hacche Lane and Borners Bridge will give road safety benefits … Continue reading →

The construction on the ‘Main Works’ widening are some two years into the programme. Most of the work to date has included the detailed design and clearance of vegetation. Other works that have progressed include the widening/lengthening of culverts and … Continue reading →

The ‘Main Works’ element for the project was tendered during 2019/20, with submission of tenders in mid-March 2020. This was prior to the impacts of Covid-19 being understood. During the tender appraisal process, the contractors were asked if they wanted … Continue reading →

As part of the overall NDLR project, the second of the ‘minor junctions’ has been completed at Buckleigh Junction on the A39. The upgrade has seen this priority junction remodelled into a signalised junction with new kerbing, signals, streetlighting and … Continue reading →

Improvements to Westleigh Junction have been completed and the upgraded layout is now open to traffic.  The upgrade scheme has created an additional ahead lane in the westbound direction to increase capacity at the signalised junction during peak hours. This is … Continue reading →

Work has started on the major upgrade of the North Devon Link Road. A turf cutting was carried out by Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development, to mark the start of the A361 improvements … Continue reading →