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The primary purpose of the new 1km access road was to provide an alternative link from the M5 to the Colley Lane Industrial Estate, easing congestion on residential roads, therefore reducing both noise and air pollution.
COLLEY LANE SOTHERN ACCESS ROAD
Client: Somerset County Council
Location: Bridgewater, Somerset
Value: £18.4M
The primary purpose of the new 1km access road was to provide an alternative link from the M5 to the Colley Lane Industrial Estate, easing congestion on residential roads, therefore reducing both noise and air pollution. The road project also included construction of Active Travel routes and unlocking of contaminated brownfield land for development.
Breedon were the Principal Contractor on this project, which included a number of key engineering innovations in order to build on the valued piece of brownfield land situated between the river and canal. The site was contaminated with cellophane waste and prone to flooding. To overcome the poor ground challenges, a light-weight embankment design was used to minimise loadings; the design used 9,000m3 of high and low-density polystyrene blocks for embankments. This reduced the number of lorry movements by 90 per cent, saving around 500 truck deliveries. The project also included the construction of the 52m single span Somerset Bridge – the longest single span bridge in the county. This needed to be specifically designed without piers in the River Parrett which would have increased flood risk and affected the river morphology. Key deliverables for the project included:
The successes of the Breedon Project Team, working in partnership with Somerset County Council, were recognised in the following awards:
