Many motorists who commute into the city centre will be familiar with the hold ups
Getting held-up at a notorious traffic bottleneck near Coventry city centre could become a thing of the past thanks to a multi-million pound grant.
Many motorists who commute into the city centre will be familiar with hold-ups at Spon End (the B4106) as they head to or from Coventry ring road.
The good news is that £5.8 million will be pumped into a scheme to ease congestion on what is one of the main arterial routes in and out of the city centre.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has awarded Coventry City Council the money as part of £43m funding from the government’s Transforming Cities Fund.
Money will support the delivery of capacity improvements on Spon End - a “key commuter route” into the city - helping to tackle a ‘congestion pinch point’.
Cabinet member for city services Councillor Jayne Innes said: “This stretch of road is part of one of the main arterial roads in and out of the city but as users will know is regularly congested at peak times due to the volume of traffic.
“This funding will be used to help us develop a project to tackle this and improving traffic flow means we will improve air quality as well.”
Funding was agreed at a WMCA board on Friday, November 9.
A number of other schemes were considered, including a bid to enhance the Coventry ring road, but a report said it “did not meet all the objectives set out in the assessment framework”.
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