Posted on Thursday 27th February 2025
Branston interchange
A scheme bringing major improvements to a key Staffordshire gateway junction is set for completion in April.
The improvements, carried out by Staffordshire County Council, will ease congestion and increase capacity at the A38 junction. It includes creating additional lanes around the junction, on the slip roads and on Branston Road and Parkway. New traffic signals will also be installed.
In March and April, there will be a series of overnight closures to resurface the roundabout at Branston Road and a section of Parkway.
They’ll be carried out between 3 March to 4 April overnight, Monday to Friday only. Traffic diversions during these times will be via Barton Turns junction and Claymills junction and then the A5121 Derby Road for A38 traffic. Again, traffic diversions are via Rangemore and Needwood for local traffic including Tatenhill to access and egress Burton town centre.
The closures will take place between 8pm and 6am. By the end of April all traffic management will be removed and the new signals operational.
People can also contact the project team at:
A38Branstoninterchange@staffordshire.gov.uk
A £6million allocation from UK Government funding and a significant contribution from the main developer of the Branston Locks site, Nurton Developments, are funding the scheme.
In addition to improving traffic flow around the junction, the project provides key transport infrastructure for the ongoing homes and employment development at Branston Locks and Burton’s future economic growth.
Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for strategic highways Mark Deaville said:
This project is delivering significant improvements to what is a busy junction and one of the main transport gateways to Burton. We’re now looking forward to its imminent completion.
Not only will it improve traffic flow around the junction but support Burton and Staffordshire’s economic growth.
We understand there will be some disruption while any traffic management is in place for which we’d like to apologise for, but it is necessary to enable us to move forward in bringing future growth and prosperity to Burton and Staffordshire.”
Anyone wanting to find out more about the scheme should visit the project webpage.
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