GD15 – A39 Heywood Junction, Bideford

Heywood Road Roundabout is located on the A39 north of Bideford. It is the main access serving Bideford, Westward Ho!, Appledore and Northam. It is a key junction on the A39/A361 strategic corridor providing links from North Cornwall, Torridge and North Devon to the M5.

Significant growth is planned at Bideford and Northam, including 5943 dwellings and 30ha of employment. In order to accommodate the additional travel demand resulting from such growth the Heywood Road roundabout needs improvement, to increase its capacity. This will be achieved by widening to three lanes on all approaches, along with an increase in the width of the circulatory carriageway to two lanes.

The project will be achieved in two stages. The first stage involves the advance diversion of utility plant, and is the subject of this Growth Deal project. The second stage, construction of the highway improvement works, will be carried out as part of the major transport project to upgrade the North Devon Link Road.

A separate cycle route will be created to reduce the need for cyclists to negotiate the roundabout.

The objectives of the overall scheme are to:

  1. Ensure the operational effectiveness of the strategic A39 route.
  2. Support development growth in Bideford and Northam.
  3. Accommodate increased traffic movements from Bideford and Northam.

Outputs:

The overall scheme will support the creation of 500 jobs and 900 houses

Phase 1 total cost £0.22m

Growth Deal Funding: £0.07m

Started on site: 2017

Completed: 2018

 

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    David Ralph

    Chief Executive

    David Ralph started as Chief Executive of Heart of South West LEP at the beginning of June 2018. Previously, he had spent 5 years as CEO of the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (D2N2) LEP from 2013 where he oversaw the development of the D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan and sector strategies, 3 Growth Deals with HM Government to deliver a £1billion capital investment programme, securing and implementing £200m ESIF programme, the Derby and Nottingham Enterprise Zone, the D2N2 Skills Deal and Time for Innovation programme, community fund and led the executive team to develop the HS2 East Midlands hub. He was also closely involved in the proposed North Midlands Devolution Deal and one of the key architects in establishing the Midlands Engine, chairing the officer steering group. Whilst in this role David was a NED of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, and Marketing NG, the Outer Estates Foundation and a Governor of Nottingham College and on the advisory Board of Nottingham Business School.

    Before the East Midlands, David was CEO of the Have Gateway Partnership working closely with local stakeholders including the ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich and BT Adadastral Park across Suffolk and Essex and prior to that was Chief Exec of the Barton Hill New Deal for Communities programme in Bristol and the Nelm Development Trust in Norwich.

    David is a keen sailor, walker and trail runner.