Construction work for highways, roads

Tender description

The scheme comprises a major junction improvement of the existing roundabout and approach roads around the A650/A61 at Newton Bar, Wakefield. It involves the construction of a new signalised ‘hamburger’ roundabout (enabling a one-way south bound link through the central island of the roundabout), upgrade of adjacent signal controlled junction, additional traffic lanes, the provision of a shared cycle/pedestrian footway, signalised pedestrian/cycle crossings and the extension of the existing bus/cycle lane along the A61 Leeds Road corridor. The scheme comprises a major junction improvement of the existing roundabout and approach roads around the A650/A61 at Newton Bar, Wakefield. It involves the construction of a new signalised ‘hamburger’ roundabout (enabling a one-way south bound link through the central island of the roundabout), upgrade of adjacent signal controlled junction, additional traffic lanes, the provision of a shared cycle/pedestrian footway, signalised pedestrian/cycle crossings and the extension of the existing bus/cycle lane along the A61 Leeds Road corridor. Works include: — The reconfiguration of the A650 (north) arm of the Newton Bar roundabout junction and reallocation of lane usage to allow for two designated ahead lanes and a designated left turn lane for traffic travelling to the A61 Leeds Road (north) and A6194 Bar lane (east). — The provision of an additional two lane carriageway through the existing roundabout to allow for southbound movements from A650 north to A61 Leeds Road. — The reconfiguration of the A61 Leeds Road (south) arm of the junction and reallocation of lane usage to include a three-lane entry for traffic travelling northbound onto the A61 Leeds Road (north) and eastbound onto Bar Lane (east). — The reconfiguration of A61 Leeds Road (south) to accommodate more direct access between the A650 (south) and A650 (north) arm of the junction. This includes a designated two-lane carriageway to the west of the junction for traffic travelling northbound onto the A650 (north) and ultimately the M1. — A lengthened bus and cycle lane on the A61 Leeds Road (south) arm of the junction that extends for an additional 90 m. — The relocation of the ‘Leeds Road Newton Bar’ bus stop which is currently positioned to the south of the Newton Bar car park. — 460 m of new 3 m wide shared footway/cycleway will be provided to the west of the A61 Leeds Road northbound. 982 m of existing footway to the north and east of the A61 will be widened to 3.0 m and designated for shared footway/cycleway. — Provision of signal controlled toucan crossings and designated footways/cycleways across all arms of the reconfigured Newton Bar roundabout. — Realignment and upgrade of the signalised junction at Bradford Road/A61 Leeds Road, including crossing points. — Landscaping to include tree planting and grass seeding. — New drainage and attenuation tanks. — Associated infrastructure and earthworks.