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Work Starts on Road Realignment at Slapton
 Work is underway to
reconnect the A379 between Slapton and Strete Gate, which has been closed since
being washed away by Storm Emma in early March.
Over the past few months, Devon County Council has been carrying out site
inspections and drawing up a scheme to reinstate the road. Detailed work has
also been undertaken to minimise the environmental impacts of the scheme and to
address the risk from unexploded ordnance.
Contractor Alun Griffiths Ltd has started work yesterday (Monday 16 July) on the
southern section of the reinstatement, near the junction to Slapton village,
which has an existing planning permission.
A second section of the route towards Strete Gate will also be realigned as the
scheme progresses. The County Council is awaiting planning approval to update
the permission for this northern realignment of the route, to move it further
north and west than in the approved scheme plans.
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work will include the removal of the damaged lengths of carriageway and the
realignment of the South West Coast Path.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway
Management, said: “We have always been committed to reconnecting this important
route as soon as possible, and I’m sure that everyone will be pleased to see
that work has now started on the ground.
"A lot of hard work has gone into the
surveys and design work to reach this point, and contractor Alun Griffiths will
be pulling out all the stops to carry out this work as quickly as possible so
that we can re-open the road.”
Councillor Julian Brazil, local County Councillor for Kingsbridge and South
Hams District Councillor, said: “It’s good to see that the work has now
started. It’s going to be a difficult summer but I hope the good weather will
help local businesses. Local people have been very patient and we are looking
forward to the road re-opening.”
The County Council has been provided with £2.5 million of capital funding by
the Department for Transport for the reinstatement work.
For more information visit:
https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/traffic-information/roadworks/a379-slapton-line-realignment/
and
https://community.alungriffiths.co.uk/projects-in-your-area/a379-slapton-line-realignment/
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