Swindon Borough Council has received confirmation that they’ve been successful in their bid to the government’s National Productivity Investment Fund for the Mead Way Junction Improvements scheme.
The total in grant from the Department for Transport is £2.53 million and this will be matched by £1.5 million in S106 contribution that is already held by the Council for improvements on Mead Way.
The aim for the Council is to hold a public consultation on the scheme design options in Summer 2018, and to commence construction in late 2018.
The bulk of construction work will be undertaken during 2019, with a completion date target of August 2019.
The scheme comprises junction improvements at the south-eastern end of Mead Way, and will involve the widening of Mead Way between Meads Roundabout and Withymead Roundabout to provide additional capacity, and the re-modelling of Westmead Roundabout to reduce queuing back from this junction onto Great Western Way.
The bid was supported by the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership, and by both of Swindon’s Members of Parliament.
