This classification has nothing to do with the width or quality of the physical road, and B roads can range from dual carriageways to single track roads with passing places. I'd support option (2) and I'd be prepared to contribute a little time as a volunteer. [19] Exceptions to this are known however both in the form of numbers on signs[20][21] and past use of prefixes H and V on signs in Milton Keynes where main roads have a regular grid system.
I would like to see this section kept running as I did find it useful for schemes in and around the North West, indeed I did contribute a couple of times when we had local schemes on the go.
Two sub-schemes exist: one for motorways, and another for non-motorway roads. I wouldn't mind if this is just "here's what's happening, look up *here (else)* for latest", because it simplifies searching up and down govt and HE/TS/(wales ?) At its westernmost end it forms a spur of the M4 called the A404(M). Definitely find a way to keep the section running, it's a good resource and could be even better. [15] For example, the A10 (London to King's Lynn) is the first main route clockwise from the A1, the A11 (London to Norwich) is the next, then the A12 (London to Great Yarmouth) and the A13 (London to Shoeburyness); the next radial is the A2, followed by the A20 (London to Dover), and so on.
[17] Many 3-digit B roads outside the London area are former A roads which have been downgraded owing to new road construction; others may link smaller settlements to A roads. [9] These sections retain the same number but are suffixed with (M), for example the A1(M) and A404(M). I visit nearly every day. I also should say that I am sure many will appreciate all the work done. As a result, there is no M7 (as no motorway follows the A7), and when the A90 was re-routed to replace the A85 south of Perth, the short M85 became part of the M90. As you said, if there's no other place to summarize the stuff it probably should continue.
While I for example may have some interest in the A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass, I reckon I'm in the minority. Don't remove the road schemes! It was decided to reserve the numbers 7, 8 & 9 for Scotland.
CBRD is something I do in my spare time and my spare time is a limited resource. It's a shame that our own government and agencies don;t appreciate that there needs to be an authoritative central resource of this sort of public information. Road Schemes has now closed, and this page will no longer be updated. Each road is given a single letter, which represents the road's category, and a subsequent number, of 1 to 4 digits. Please don't bin the Road Schemes section. Also, every other time stuff crop up in wider news, this would be a handy place to collect them I suppose ? non-motorway) roads is based on a radial pattern centred on London. But because they have so few visitors, very little new information comes in and they quickly become stale. If someone else wants to take up the baton, they are free to do so. The most notable example of that is the A1(M). Introduced to arrange funding allocations, the numbers soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in Great Britain. In 2017 a £300m package of improvements was announced for the route, with a mix of road widening and junction improvement schemes. It is the Road Schemes section which shows all this. In many cases the motorways duplicated existing stretches of A road, which therefore lost much of their significance and were in some cases renumbered. The letter Q is used for many important unclassified roads in Fife. I only found your website yesterday. I would be disappointed to see the Road Schemes no longer available. Possible schemes that spring to mind are: Bourne Valley relief road (Alderney roundabout - County Gates) A338 - Christchurch (Purewell) link road Maybe the solution is to allow user editing to free yourself from the time it takes to update each scheme..? Keep up the good work on the other 99% !!! The numbers of the roads changed quite frequently during the early years of the system, because it was a period of rapid expansion of the network and some numbered routes did not follow the most usual routes taken. Zone 8: North of the A8, west of the A9 covering northern Glasgow, Zone 9: North of the A8, east of the A9 covering, This page was last edited on 10 August 2020, at 14:43. Scotland has many road projects at this time. If you know of work taking place on local road schemes, please let me know. I hope a way can be found to keep it going. national newspapers sometimes make dubious headlines out of it, https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/article/14608/Northern-Spire, Do nothing and continue as at present. Hardwick Roundabout in Kings Lynn finally got its flyover in 2003, but it wasn't what the locals had expected.
In reply to Definitely keep road schemes… by As an ex-pat I find it interesting to see what's going on around places I used to live. Some sections of A roads have been improved to the same standard as motorways, but do not completely replace the existing road; they form a higher standard part of the route for those which are not excluded. This keeps it as a valuable go-to resource but means that newspapers will have to do their own research if they want to comment further. I view it a couple of times a month and find it of interest; it will also make a valuable historical resource in the fullness of time. In reply to The loss of Road Schemes… by It would be a huge loss to see it go, so I would ask that some way is found to keep it going. Similarly, in Scotland, important roads radiating from Edinburgh have single-digit numbers, thus: While these routes remain the basis for the numbering of the A road network, they are no longer necessarily major roads, having been bypassed by motorways or other changes to the road network. I'm really interested in the ongoing plans for M2 J5. Also, the reason why only 1% look at future road schemes will be people come on the site and see there are no new updates, or none which interest them, and therefore don't click on them.
The road that connects Wales together, but which nobody really uses... All five hours of the A470, from Llandudno to Cardiff, are here. This test helps to prevent automated spam submissions. It is very useful to see what changes are planned. I find the section really useful, and it is still the only real way to summarise schemes across the whole country in one place. [12] The first full-length motorway in the UK was the M1 motorway. I'm still thinking about it, but there are three options.