Help finalise transport improvement plans for Outland Road

Detailed plans for upgrading junctions and improving traffic flow along Outland Road will be on public display this week.

The A386 Outland Road Junction Improvements scheme will reduce congestion along Outland Road, improving journey times for motorists and service reliability for buses on this busy route. It will also improve road safety by upgrading pedestrian crossings and providing new on-road cycle lanes.

More modern and efficient signals will be installed on the Peverell Park Road, Weston Park Road and Torr Lane junctions. The right-turn lane into Ham Drive (just past Morrisons) will also be extended to create more space for traffic waiting to turn right. This will help to ease the overspill that often blocks traffic heading towards the city centre.

People will be able to view and discuss the plans at Hope Baptist Church in Peverell Park Road at the following times:

Thursday 4 February, 3pm to 7pm
Saturday 6 February, 10am to 1pm

Details are also available online at www.plymouth.gov.uk/outlandroad

The next step will be to develop a final business case for approval by the Heart-of-the-South-West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP), which is contributing £1.05 million towards the £1.89 million scheme.

Councillor Mark Coker, Cabinet Member for Strategic Transport and Planning said: “This is one of our main routes in and out of the city and it’s really important to keep traffic flowing and support greener travel options as Plymouth continues to grow. These improvements will reduce a lot of the queueing we see, particularly during peak times and make it safer and easier for people to walk and cycle along this busy road.”

Construction is expected to get under way in March (with some enabling works taking place at the end of February) and take around six months to complete.

The scheme is part of the master plan of highway improvements that will help unlock development and deliver 9,000 new jobs and 3,000 new homes in the north of the city, complementing other transport schemes along Plymouth’s Northern Corridor including the Derriford Transport Scheme and Forder Valley Link Road.