POLICY T2.
THE FOLLOWING SCHEMES FOR MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ROADS ARE PROPOSED:
i) A1068/B1337 JUNCTION.
ii) INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACCOMMODATION OVERBRIDGE ON THE A1 BYPASS WEST OF MORPETH.
iii) A197/B6524 JUNCTION, MORPETH.
iv) CARLISLE LEA AND COOPIES LANE/A192 JUNCTIONS, MORPETH.
v) A197/B1337 JUNCTION, PEGSWOOD.
vi) ST. GEORGE'S ACCESS ROAD.
vii) B6343 MITFORD ROAD, DOGGER BANK.
DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IF IT WOULD BE LIKELY TO PREJUDICE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF THESE SCHEMES.
8.15.1 Schemes iii - vii lie within settlement boundaries and are dealt with in the relevant chapters.
A1068/B1337 Junction
8.15.2 Priority is currently given to north-south traffic and north bound traffic on the A1068 Primary Route is obliged to give way. The accident record has given cause for concern and in 1987 improved signing and carriageway markings were introduced. However, during the last three years four personal injury accidents have been recorded here.
8.15.3 Traffic flows are approximately balanced and the introduction of a roundabout has been considered as a possible means of alleviating conflict. However a roundabout would introduce delays to all traffic movement and be expensive to construct. Further monitoring is proposed to ascertain the need for and timing of appropriate measures.
8.15.4 When the Morpeth Bypass was constructed in 1970 the agricultural accommodation overbridge here was built to the standard height clearance requirement of 5.1 metres, but not, however, to satisfy a high load clearance requirement of 6.1 metres As a result the largest loads have to pass through the centre of Morpeth with consequent delay and disruption to traffic, and damage to the foundations and the fabric of buildings. In addition, traffic management and environmental improvement schemes in Bridge Street, Market Place and Newgate Street are severely restricted in that allowance has to be made for these abnormally high loads. Accordingly there is a requirement to raise the height of this bridge.
FIG. 8.3 - A1068/B1337 JUNCTION ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAM
FIG. 8.4 - AGRICULTURAL ACCOMMODATION OVERBRIDGE A1 BYPASS ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAM
