Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

A34 Alderley Edge Bypass

 Customer: Cheshire East Council

Value: £28 million 

Birse Civils, a division of Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, completed the 5 kilometre A34 Alderley Edge Bypass in Cheshire.

Thanks to a collaborative approach with the customer, Cheshire East Council, to the road's procurement, design and delivery, the £28 million bypass was opened six months ahead of schedule.

The bypass runs to the west of Alderley Edge, starting at Harden Park roundabout and rejoining the existing A34 to the south of Nether Alderley. It removes an estimated 26,000 vehicles a day from the villages, bringing improvements in road safety, traffic delays and the quality of the environment for the residents and visitors to the villages. The new route also improves access to Manchester Airport, the M6 and the M60.

 

A major aspect of the engineering project was the construction of a railway bridge to carry the West Coast Main Line over the bypass. The scheme also involved the construction of three road bridges and one footbridge as well as improvements to side roads and existing junctions. Other works have included new cycling and pedestrian facilities, street lighting, signage, extensive landscaping and tree planting.

The bypass was named North West Transportation Project of the Year 2010 at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards. The project also received the Integration and Collaborative Working Award at the North West Construction Awards and Civil/Highway Project of the Year at the Builder and Engineer Awards. The site team also won Gold in the Considerate Constructors Scheme Awards, one of just 63 out of 7,700 sites to achieve this status.

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