More than £10 million will be spent on improvements to Nottinghamshire roundabouts and junctions. Nottinghamshire County Council announced on Thursday, June 22, it will invest an additional £10.8 million into the A614/A6097 improvement scheme to fund upgrades to a roundabout in Ollerton, White Post roundabout, Warren Hill junction, Lowdham roundabout and Kirk Hill junction.
£5.8 million of this extra investment will go towards improving the design of the scheme in response to consultation feedback, as well as funding changes required to secure planning permission, and mitigating an increase in costs due to inflationary pressures and project management fees.
The County Council has said these improvements include additional measures to protect residential properties near the scheme, a revised drainage and landscaping strategy in Lowdham, a new Pegasus crossing, bridleway and landscaping at Kirk Hill to aid horse riders and an increased Biodiversity Net Gain mitigation scheme at Ollerton Roundabout to secure benefits for nature and wildlife habitat. The changes to the Mickledale Lane junction will now include traffic signals, which were strongly supported by local road users during the original consultation due to their benefits in creating easy access to and from local villages.
