Works starts on new £45m road that will take two…

Hull Daily Mail Icon News Hull & East Yorkshire News East Riding of Yorkshire Council The relief road will divert traffic from town centre Alan Menzies, East Riding Council Chief Executive, Jonathan Atkinson, JG Hatcliffe, Councillor Anne Handley, East Riding of Yorkshire Council leader, Louise Pavitt, Aureos, Councillor Gary McMaster, East Riding of Yorkshire Council cabinet member for planning, housing and infrastructure, pictured at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Howden Relief Road (Image: East Riding of Yorkshire Council) A groundbreaking ceremony has marked the start of one of East Riding of Yorkshire Council ’s largest construction projects – the Howden Relief Road. The ceremony was attended by Councillor Anne Handley, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Councillor Gary McMaster, cabinet member for planning, housing and infrastructure. Representatives of the council’s contractor Aureos and the developer of the wider Howden north site, JG Hatcliffe Associates, were also in attendance. The £45m Howden Relief Road is designed to reduce congestion by diverting heavy traffic away from the town centre, reducing accidents, lowering carbon emissions and improving travel times. The project will see the building of a link road between the A614 Thorpe Road and Station Road (B1228), together with four roundabouts, on what is currently farmland. The contract for the main works was awarded in June and is scheduled to take just over two years to complete. The relief road forms part of a broader planning application for the site by JG Hatcliffe Associates to develop a new area north of Howden for mixed residential and commercial use – including houses, services, businesses and green spaces – which is allocated in the East Riding Local Plan as HOW-G. The HOW-G development aims to create hundreds of jobs, bring businesses to the area and boost the local economy. The Howden Relief Road plan (Image: ERYC) The relief road project will be funded through a mix of developer contributions and council funding via Invest East Yorkshire, including a £2m Devolution grant and a £1m Local Transport Grant. Councillor Handley said: “This relief road is a vital piece of infrastructure, to ease congestion and help local residents. It will allow HGV traffic to avoid the town centre, to the benefits of motorists, residents and businesses in Howden.” Do you feel safe on the roads? You can have your say by completing the poll below or by…
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