A46 Newark Bypass

The A46 Newark Bypass is an important route connecting the M1 and Leicester to the A1 and central Lincolnshire.

Start date 2024 -25

End date Road Period 3 (2025 - 2030)

Cost £400m - £500m

Consultation open

Find out more and respond by visiting our A46 Newark bypass consultation page.

Give us your views

A summary of the proposals we are consulting you upon

Latest updates

09 December 2020

Consultation now open - 9 December 2020 to 2 February 2021

We’ve launched a consultation on the A46 Newark Bypass scheme and we want to hear your views on our proposed options. The consultation is open until 23:59 on 2 February 2021.

Drivers on the single carriageway on the A46 regularly suffer from congestion and poor journey time reliability.

We’ve developed two proposed options to improve and widen the A46 to a dual carriageway, providing two lanes in each direction between the Farndon and Winthorpe junctions, contributing to more reliable and safer journeys. As part of the project, both options would include a new link and a new bridge over the A1 to the north of the existing bridge. We will also improve access to the A1 by removing A46 through-traffic from the Brownhills and Friendly Farmer roundabouts, allowing them to operate better.

You can find all of our consultation materials and respond to the consultation by visiting our A46 Newark bypass consultation page.

As a result of the restrictions around holding public events due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we will be unable to hold face-to-face events and the consultation will be delivered primarily through online channels.

Your views are important to help us better understand the local area and any potential impacts our scheme may have on you and the community. If you have any questions about the consultation, please email the Project Team at a46newarkbypass@highwaysengland.co.uk.

Alternatively, you can request a call back from a member of the project team by calling 0300 123 5000.

If you’re unable to access any of our materials or require these in a different format, please contact us on 0300 123 5000.

You can watch this short video which explains how we develop a new road scheme and how you can get involved.
18 September 2020

September 2020 update

We are working towards public consultation in Winter 2020.

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Project information

The A46 Newark Bypass scheme is at an early stage of development, and we’re working to identify a solution that meets the needs of our customers.

The proposed scheme will improve capacity to address traffic congestion on the A46 around Newark-on-Trent.

This is a significant scheme which is expected to include:

Improving the capacity of the single carriageway and junctions of the A46 at Newark; and,
provide better links to the A1

The aims of the scheme are to:

boost business productivity and economic growth by providing a more reliable road network and improved local access
increase capacity, reduce delays and incidents, and improve journey times
improve resilience on the network