MORE than 1,000 people have pledged their support for a £250 million solution to the worst traffic spot in the South West.
The government will set out its future road schemes at the end of March and Gloucestershire County Council is spearheading a campaign to see the missing link solution – the A417 loop - added to the list.
The missing link is a 5km stretch of single carriageway on the A417 trunk road with the remaining route between the M4 at Swindon and M5 at Gloucester being dual carriageway.
It is a significant bottleneck and has the worst average vehicle delay of all strategic routes in the South West.
The A417 loop is a new road made up of a short bypass of Nettleton Bottom, widening of Birdlip Bypass, a new junction at Birdlip, a new junction replacing the Air Balloon roundabout and construction of an additional two lane carriageway down Crickley Hill.
The result will be an uninterrupted dual carriageway all the way from the M5 at Gloucester to the M4 at Swindon.
To back the campaign go to www.a417missinglink.co.uk.
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