{"id":79812,"date":"2017-03-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=df27c88f69e751e16aab79ed69081351"},"modified":"2017-03-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:00:00","slug":"press-release-a45-tollbar-end-officially-opened-in-the-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79812","title":{"rendered":"Press release: A45 Tollbar End officially opened in the Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The major project to create free-flowing traffic will reduce the volume of traffic using the Tollbar End roundabout by providing a two lane dual carriageway underpass link and a larger layout designed to reduce congestion.<br \/>\nFor motorists the scheme\u2019s completion means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>motorists travelling along the A45 Stonebridge Highway and A46 Coventry Eastern Bypass now have a free-flow link under Tollbar roundabout<\/li>\n<li>an improved and larger Tollbar roundabout with improved access to the existing routes<\/li>\n<li>a widening of the existing A45 Stonebridge Highway to a three lane dual carriageway between the new Tollbar roundabout and Stivichall junction to improve capacity and safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A45 Tollbar End\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/62186\/welcome.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>The Tollbar End scheme was officially opened today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Highways England Chairman Colin Matthews said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tollbar End\u2019s completion is fantastic news for motorists.<\/p>\n<p>It is a key hub in the Midlands road network and the \u00a3106 million scheme is already providing the benefits of smoother journeys between the important north-south routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The opening of the underpass has improved traffic flow and alleviated congestion at what was once an historic bottleneck.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Highways England project manager Paul Nagra said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Everyone will benefit from the new road and journey times will be shorter and safer as a result of the new layout. It will also increase traffic flow and a reduction in congestion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We are really grateful to everyone for their patience while the work has been ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Highways England has also created a new footbridge across the River Sowe to accommodate a new footpath and cycleway. It has also installed new gantries on the A45 Stonebridge Highway and A46 Kenilworth Bypass, south of Stivichall junction.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the Midlands today, Highways England\u2019s \u00a3191 million scheme to improve journeys for drivers using a major interchange on the M1 was officially opened at Catthorpe today.<\/p>\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>Highways England\u2019s \u00a3106 million improvement scheme at Tollbar End in Coventry was officially opened today.<\/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\/79812"}],"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=79812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}