An £86.9m scheme to transform one of the East Riding’s biggest bottleneck junctions is to reach a number of major milestones this month.
The A164 and Jock’s Lodge Improvement Scheme is the single largest construction project ever carried out by East Riding of Yorkshire Council with extensive work on two of the area’s busiest roads – the A164 Hull to Beverley and the A1079 Hull to York roads – just outside Beverley.
The project aims to create a much freer route for traffic for the benefit of the East Riding and the local economy.
On Thursday 14 August, the project will reach a landmark with the following changes to the road layouts scheduled to take effect:
- The current Jock’s Lodge junction on the A164 will be closed, its traffic lights removed and the slipways on to the A1079 will be closed. Traffic will no longer be able to access the A1079 from Jock’s Lodge,
- Instead, traffic will be switched over to a newly built section of the A164 road travelling between Bentley and the Lincoln Way roundabout on Minster Way in Beverley,
- This will be the new way to access the A1079. Traffic will travel to a newly constructed roundabout on the A1079 along the new route between Bentley and Minster Way,
- The current section of the A164 between the Morrison’s roundabout and Bentley will be closed to all except local traffic.
The new changes come two weeks after traffic was successfully switched on to newly built sections of the A164 – northbound road between Dunflat Road and Coppleflat Lane, and a new northbound section between Skidby roundabout and Dunflat Road.
The council’s contractor GRAHAM has been forging ahead with the huge scheme since it began work in January 2024. It is due to be finished in late 2026.
Extensive construction and earthworks have been carried out across the site in order to shape the landscape and create the new road layouts.
When complete, a new dual carriageway will be opened along the A164 between Beverley and Skidby roundabout.
Progess made so far has included:
- Creation of a new roundabout on the A1079,
- Construction of the A164 northern link road from the new roundabout to Minster Way/Lincoln Way,
- Ongoing building of a new Bentley Bridge which will carry a new A164 road over the new A1079 link road, to be built,
- Ongoing widening of the A164 road to transform it into a dual carriageway between Beverley and Skidby,
- Building of a new, safer Dunflat Road junction on the A164,
- Construction of a new path between Beverley and Skidby,
- The installation of a new surface water drainage system along the route to help prevent the roads flooding in heavy rainfall.
The latest road switches are crucial in order to continue the work and move on to the next phase to reconstruct the existing southbound A164 road.
Councillor Gary McMaster, the council’s cabinet member for housing and infrastructure, said: “I continue to be incredibly impressed by the progress of this major scheme and it’s all thanks to the work of the council’s civil engineering team and our contractor, GRAHAM.
“This is the largest construction project the council has ever undertaken and we highly appreciate the patience and understanding of drivers, local residents and businesses while the work carries on.
“We have passed the halfway point now but there’s still plenty of work to be done.
“When it’s all complete next year, motorists will enjoy much freer, smoother and quicker travel along this route and onwards to the rest of the East Riding.”
To fund the scheme, the council was awarded £40.7m from The Department for Transport, with the council investing the remaining £46.2million.
