{"id":79542,"date":"2017-03-08T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=258619a3e138cf402e03357e5eb4a501"},"modified":"2017-03-08T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:08:18","slug":"press-release-public-exhibitions-for-a500-etruria-widening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79542","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Public exhibitions for A500 Etruria widening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Drivers, business owners and residents are invited to find out more about plans to widen a section of the road that connects the M6 with the city of Stoke-on-Trent.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England is developing a scheme to widen the A500 from two to three lanes between Porthill (A5271) and Wolstanton (A527), helping to reduce congestion and improve journey times.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England will be working in collaboration with Stoke-on-Trent City Council to ensure the scheme will tie in with the local authority\u2019s proposed improvements at the A500 Wolstanton junction and the associated access into the Etruria Valley site.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England project manager, Malcolm Mitson, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This scheme will improve journeys for people using the A500 by easing the flow of traffic and reducing congestion, making journey times more reliable. And increasing capacity with a third lane will support the growth of the local economy as well as improve safety.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is proposed the speed limit will be lowered from 70mph to 50mph, for safety and consistency with other parts of the route in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also proposed to close the public footpaths that run alongside the A500, instead providing an alternative footpath\/cycle way at a safer distance from the main carriageway, as well as safe pedestrian access to cross the road at Porthill junction.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, part of the government\u2019s \u00a315.2bn road investment strategy, will take approximately 18 months to complete, with construction starting by spring 2020 and opening to traffic autumn 2021.<\/p>\n<p>People attending the exhibitions will be able to see plans of the proposals, find out more about the scheme and ask questions of the project team.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England will be attending events being run in conjunction with Stoke-on-Trent City Council on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday 15 March, 9am to 3pm, at Middleport Medical Centre, Newport Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3NP<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 16 March, 2pm to 8pm, at Bradwell Lodge Community Centre, Bradwell Lane, Porthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 8PS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation to the public to find out more about plans to widen the A500 from two to three lanes between Porthill and Wolstanton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}