York Outer Ring Road Roundabout Improvements

The proposal is to upgrade seven roundabouts on the York Outer Ring Road between Wetherby Road and Monks Cross junctions. The blueprint for improving the capacity at all the roundabouts is based on providing three lane entries on the Ring Road approaches to the roundabout and two lane exits, which will provide an increase in the junction capacity (these proposals are similar to those recently implemented at the A1237/A59 and A1237/A19).

Increasing capacity at the roundabouts will have the largest impact on reducing journey times. Improving all seven roundabouts will ultimately reduce congestion, improve traffic flows and journey times on the outer ring road in the North of the city. This should also encourage traffic away from the city centre and onto the larger roads where traffic is more effectively managed.

As well as reducing delays, the improvements are necessary to accommodate predicted housing and employment growth projections in the New Local Plan. These improvements are also predicted to decrease the amount of traffic through the city centre, improving air quality and making public transport a more attractive form of travel.